A bright but windy August morning greeted visitors at Blackhawk Park in Vernon County along the Mississippi River, where uniformed law enforcement officers and a group of children enjoyed fishing and fun.
“This is the first Vernon County Cops & Bobbers,” said organizer Shawna McDowell. “But it won’t be the last.”
McDowell, a DNR game warden and part-time sheriff’s deputy, was one of dozens of officers, biologists, lifeguards and others who volunteered to teach children in the county about fishing, fish biology and management.
Blackhawk Park in Wisconsin hosts first Cops & Bobbers event to introduce kids to fishing
