I’ve hunted morel mushrooms for most of my 65 years, and I’ve heard all the advice. Look for dead elms. Look on the south side of hills first. Look in apple orchards. The hard part is actually seeing the sponge-shaped delicacies. They are a brownish yellow or sometimes gray that seems to blend in like a ghost on the forest floor. Tuck them under some May apples, ferns or other understory, and it’s like Mr.

April 26 Brillion 2, Bonduel 1 Beckett Hartlaben and Landon Mathes squared off in a pitching duel in Brillion as both pitchers went the distance in Brillion’s 2-1 win. After three scoreless innings, Bonduel jumped out to a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Aiden Hillsberg. Brillion tied it on a suicide squeeze in the sixth inning. After the Bears failed to score in the seventh, Harlaben struck out the first two batters in the bottom of the inning.

April 25 Amherst Invitational Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s George Seegmiller scored an 82 in a three-way tie for second place on the Whistling Straits/Irish Course. Marathon’s Myles Handrick was the medalist at 79. “I was again extremely happy with the performance of George (Seegmiler),” Wittenberg-Birnamwood coach Chris Bartletti said. “He is proving to be not only one of the best players in our conference but an overall exceptional player.

April 25 Pulaski 2, Menasha 0 Pulaski’s girls soccer team shut out Menasha 2-0 to improve to 5-2 overall.

April 25 Rosholt Back the Track Wittenberg-Birnamwood track and field athletes captured 10 first-place spots against 11 teams at Rosholt. Kaden Yaeger won the 100-meter dash in 11.65 and the 200-meter dash in 23.51. Jett Rogowski won the 400-meter dash in 52.67.

April 23 Mosinee Invitational Wittenberg-Birnamwood placed last after the completion of the two-day invite at Wild Rock Golf Course in Wisconsin Dells. “There is no other way to say it other than we played poorly,” coach Chris Bartletti said. “We did improve on the second day, but these scores are not competitive and not where we expect to be.

The 2025-26 general inland fishing season will open statewide May 3. With more than 15,000 inland lakes, 42,000 miles of perennial streams and rivers, 1,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline and 260 miles of the Mississippi River, there are plenty of places to wet a line over opening weekend. The new Wisconsin Fishing Finder can help aid anglers in finding their next fishing adventure.