WISCONSIN DOT | SUPPORT FOR BARABOO NONPROFIT Sandhill cranes, whooping cranes coming to a license plate near you SAMARA KALK DERBY Oct 9, 2024 Oct 9, 2024 Updated Nov 22, 2024 × Flocks of cranes have been coming to the Platte River every spring for millions of years. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A cranes of Wisconsin license plate is available to order as of Wednesday from the state Department of Transportation. The specialty plate was designed by Wisconsin wildlife artist Jay Jocham. International Crane Foundation kAm%96 DA64:2=EJ A=2E6[ 56D:8?65 3J (:D4@?D:? 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Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Sandhill crane migration Flocks of cranes have been coming to the Platte River every spring for millions of years. Notice this Wisconsin license plate trend? Why so many start with this letter Since 2017, nearly every license plate issued in Wisconsin starts with this letter. Last taste of summer for southern Wisconsin before fall weather takes hold Friday’s predicted high of 81 under mostly sunny skies will approach the record high for Oct. 11 of 84, set in 1928. Wisconsin utilities send crews to Florida in Hurricane Milton aftermath Dozens of Wisconsin utility workers left this week for the hardest-hit parts of the Sunshine State. What's behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal The sun sometimes "burps" out huge bursts of energy.
Sandhill crane migration Flocks of cranes have been coming to the Platte River every spring for millions of years.
Notice this Wisconsin license plate trend? Why so many start with this letter Since 2017, nearly every license plate issued in Wisconsin starts with this letter.
Last taste of summer for southern Wisconsin before fall weather takes hold Friday’s predicted high of 81 under mostly sunny skies will approach the record high for Oct. 11 of 84, set in 1928.
Wisconsin utilities send crews to Florida in Hurricane Milton aftermath Dozens of Wisconsin utility workers left this week for the hardest-hit parts of the Sunshine State.
What's behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal The sun sometimes "burps" out huge bursts of energy.
