By SCOTT WILLIAMS Waukesha -- For the second time in recent months, the state has filed suit to protect a Waukesha County lake against the perceived threat of encroaching shoreline development.

By Darryl Enriquez and Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jul.

By BOB RIEPENHOFF Okauchee - Each spring, as the water warms up in lakes across the state, bass move into the shallows for their annual spawning ritual. The males arrive in shallows first to make spawning beds - irregularly shaped patches of shoreline gravel, swept clean of sediment or muck.

By BOB RIEPENHOFF Okauchee - It was the kind of afternoon that's hard not to love. The sun was warm, the blue water sparkled and the crappies kept pulling the bobbers down. Chris Terry had called me to say that it might not be too early to try for some pre-spawn crappies.

By Amy Rinard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Nov. 22--TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC -- A popular Lake Country restaurant has been cited by state inspectors for more than a dozen safety violations, including having a sprinkler system that was not connected to water.