The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced preliminary totals for the 2026 spring turkey season.

Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 47,725 birds this season, 8.6% above the 5-year average of 43,953.

It’s a tall task to recruit a new hunter to the turkey woods and kill one on the day planned.

Eland picked up a 10-2 win over Hatley on June 7 in a full slate of Badger Amateur Baseball Association games.

North Division

Eland 10, Hatley 2

Eland had 17 hits in the Engineers’ win over the Braves in Hatley.

Nick Barnes led Eland with four hits, while Charlie Woida had three; Jeremy Jensen, Blade Niewiadomski and Ryan Richter added two each.

Mason Dorn hit a pair of home runs and had five hits June 7 in Hofa Park’s 7-6 win over Nichols in a matchup of Dairyland League baseball teams.

Hofa Park 7, Nichols 6

Ayden Tomlinson’s RBI single broke a 6-6 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning and helped the Panthers top the Nitros in Hofa Park.

Wausau’s Marcus Yarie won the IMCA modifieds 20-lap feature race at the Shawano Speedway on June 6.

Yarie started fifth and worked his way to the front, finishing in front of Clintonville’s Lucas Lamberies and Shawano’s Andrews Yaeger.

Shawano’s Jason Yaeger started on the pole and finished ninth.

Mike Schmidt of Shawano won the first heat, and Lamberies won the second heat.