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Aug 29, 2012

Judge puts off wolf hunt injunction ruling (UPDATE)

A Dane County judge has postponed a ruling on a request to block hunters from training dogs to go after wolves until next week.

Aug 27, 2012

Judge set to consider blocking wolf hunt

A Dane County judge is expected to consider this week whether to halt Wisconsin's new wolf hunt before it starts.

Aug 11, 2012

Judge approves settlement in wetlands violations case

The Wisconsin Department of Justice on Friday settled its lawsuit against Green Bay concrete and aggregate contractor Triple P Inc., Green Bay, and James O. Peters Sr.

Aug 9, 2012

Lawsuit seeks to stop Wis. wolf hunt

A coalition is suing the Department of Natural Resources to try to stop Wisconsin's planned wolf hunt.

Aug 6, 2012

Settlement reached in wetlands violation

An Illinois resident who illegally filled wetlands during three separate years in Oneida County has agreed to pay $30,000 plus the cost of environmental restoration, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Monday.

Jul 24, 2012

THE DARK SIDE: Medicaid case fails test for jury

Last month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the state is entitled to a jury trial when suing a private actor for Medicaid fraud under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (State v. Abbott Laboratories, 2012 WI 62).

Jun 18, 2012

Driller settles with DNR over well violations

The Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit related to a complaint by the Department of Natural Resources against Wisconsin well driller Todd Huemann and his company, T. Huemann Well & Pump Inc., according to a news release from the DOJ.

May 1, 2012

Kaukauna loses appeal over right to provide sewer service

Failure to file a timely challenge could cost the city of Kaukauna its right to provide sewer service to 89 acres of land in the town of Harrison, according to a Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision issued Tuesday.

Mar 5, 2012

Property owner to pay 12K for waterway, wetland violations

Suamico property owner David Blohoweak has been ordered to pay $12,000 in forfeitures, assessments, costs and fees for illegally filling wetlands and building an artificial pond on the bank of a navigable stream without any permits from the Department of Natural Resources, according to a news release from the Wisconsin attorney general's office.

Nov 28, 2011

Court orders contractors to pay $50K in asbestos case

A circuit court ordered a pair of Oshkosh contractors to pay $50,000 for violating state asbestos-handling laws during renovations in Fond du Lac, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office.

Aug 2, 2011

DNR’s dairy farm plan approval may be headed to court

A Coloma man and a Madison nonprofit want further review of a $35 million farm project proposed for Adams County. In a petition for judicial review filed in Dane County Circuit Court, Bob Clarke, a seasonal resident, and Family Farm Defenders Inc., allege the state Department of Natural Resources erred in its automatic approval of […]

Jul 29, 2011

Civil lawsuit filed to stop Wisconsin mega farm

TOWN OF RICHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed mega farm in Adams County have filed a civil lawsuit to try to stop the development. A group called Family Farm Defenders and a homeowner filed suit in Dane County against the Department of Natural Resources. They want an administrative review of the DNR’s decision […]

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