While thousands gather for an international summit on global climate change in Europe this week, many are working locally to make a difference. La Crosse mayor...
La Crosse County will spend several thousand dollars this winter on plows and salt trucks to make the roads safer in bad weather. Last winter, however,...
CHICAGO (AP) — “Chicago is the coldest place I’ve ever been,” said Jing Hu, who came from southern China to do her postdoctoral work in materials...
A new governor, a new direction for natural resources protection? That’s the hope from conservationists and environmentalists in Wisconsin, fatigued after fighting eight years of a...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — “Here’s our thistle! This is a rare, very rare plant,” retired wetland ecologist Pat Trochlell exclaimed as she stood at the edge...
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — A water safety nonprofit group says 2018 has been a deadly year on the Great Lakes, with at least 110 drownings recorded....
Uncle Sam is ready to lend money to Coulee Region residents who had property losses from the summer flooding. Victims of the recent flooding in the...
FEMA inspectors should be back in the La Crosse area soon, helping families get assistance for repairing summer flood damage. Two disaster recovery centers are open...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has joined 18 other GOP attorneys general in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling...
Some more emergency assistance available for those in western Wisconsin impacted by heavy rains and flooding during August and September. Gov. Scot Walker’s administration announced the...
A big drawdown of Lake Neshonoc began Monday. The long-delayed repairs to the Town of Hamilton dam are finally underway by operator Eagle Creek Renewable Energy....
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A subsidiary of Foxconn Development Corp. has been fined nearly $1,200 in connection with flooding at the company’s construction site caused by heavy...
GAYS MILLS, Wis. (AP) — Floods here are measured in black, permanent marker on the worn, white door of the Lion’s Club picnic shelter. The 2016...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A conference at the University of Michigan is bringing together experts to share ideas on dealing with a warming climate in...