The 20th annual shootout at Lake of the Ozarks, August 22-24th, was a huge success in its new location at Captain Ron’s. The 23 acre event site was well coordinated with lots of parking and golf cart rides to and from the venue location. The newly remodeled restaurant has a pirate theme modeled after a [...]
Polaris has donated the 440 IQ race sled that Ross Martin used to win two Championships in 2005. ISOC Racing will be raffling off the winning sled this year at Hay Days September 6-7, in Lino Lakes, MN. The raffle will continue on Monday, September 8, at the 2nd annual CJ Ramstad Memorial Golf Classic [...]
Several species of fish found in the Great Lakes have been declining in population and in size. Why? That’s exactly what researchers are trying to solve with a four-year, $560,000 grant. The initiative includes three schools – Purdue, the University of Michigan and the State University of New York – and two federal institutions. The [...]
There’s a new search engine in town that plans to give Google a run for their money; and boy, do they have a lot to keep track of. Beat Google?! We all have our doubts…I’m talking about cuil (cool), the “world’s biggest search engine”. It’s a brand new engine that searches a whopping 121,617,892,992 web [...]
Maybe many people don’t know about the small and seemingly harmless striped shells that that begin appearing at the bottom of their lakes and streams. Boaters and water enthusiasts in the Great Lakes, and unfortunately the inland lakes of the states surrounding the Great Lakes, know these small, but ever multiplying shells all too well. [...]
Congress recently passed the Clean Boating Act, which excludes recreational boaters and anglers from the federal and state permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act. “Excludes boats from Clean Water Act!” you say, sounds bad. Not so much. This will prevent the Fed and States from issuing unneeded fines and permits relating to water-based, non-polluting [...]