The Wisconsin Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits that could define state officials' ability to regulate factory farms and high-capacity wells and determine how far state agencies can go when interpreting state law.
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The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a railroad company is responsible for paying the bill for cleaning up contamination in a park on Lake Superior.
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Read More »A Fond du Lac couple has reached a plea deal to settle charges that they illegally processed sturgeon eggs into caviar.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is being sued over its enforcement of environmental-protection laws.
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Read More »Two dairy farms and a cheese cooperative have settled water pollution and wastewater violations for $190,000.
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Read More »A judge ordered the state Department of Natural Resources on Thursday to start a wolf hunt this month rather than wait until November.
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Read More »Prosecutors charged the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' top sturgeon expert Thursday with obstructing an investigation into allegations that his employees have been funneling the valuable fish's eggs to a network of caviar processors under the guise of a scientific study.
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Read More »A factory farm in Kewaunee County has agreed to pay the state $144,000 to resolve pollution violations.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers' administration announced Friday that it wants to hire outside attorneys to potentially file lawsuits over PFAS contamination.
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Read More »The state Department of Natural Resources is investigating a manure spill that has apparently killed scores of fish in Vernon County.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has suspended the reporting of new COVID-19 totals until early next week while its computer system undergoes an upgrade.
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Read More »The Wisconsin Claims Board approved $10,000 in payments for two northwestern Wisconsin residents whose deer died after gypsy-moth spraying.
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Read More »Environmental regulators in Wisconsin voted Wednesday to table rules setting new restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals.
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Read More »An unknown number of unemployed people in Wisconsin received too much, or not enough, in benefits from the state Department of Workforce in late April as it worked to process additional money in federal aid to help those suddenly out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic, an audit released Wednesday found.
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Read More »Attorney General Josh Kaul has restored the state Department of Natural Resources' power to consider, when granting permits, whether high-capacity wells might drain area water bodies.
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Read More »Wisconsin Republicans were poised Tuesday to pass a bill that would impose new restrictions on the use of firefighting foam containing chemicals known as PFAS in the hopes of reducing soil and water contamination, despite Democrats' complaints that the proposal would do next to nothing.
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Read More »State regulators say the Wisconsin Air National Guard is responsible for contaminating soil and groundwater in and around Madison's Truax Field and needs to clean up the toxic chemicals or be faced with legal action.
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Read More »Gov. Tony Evers’ pick to head the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has won bipartisan support, setting up a confirmation vote before the full state Senate as soon as next week.
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Read More »A judge has restored Wisconsin's authority to protect water quality after ruling it was improperly given up in a settlement with a dairy-industry group.
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An environmental-law center is suing the state Department of Natural Resources over the agency’s refusal to hand over records related to diverting Lake Michigan water for the plant Foxconn Technology Group is building in southeast Wisconsin.
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