MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota regulators began accepting public comments Tuesday on whether the state’s regulation of nonferrous mining would provide sufficient protection against environmental damage to...
Not one fishing pole among them. Ten boats, about 25 wildlife experts, all working for government agencies with a mission this week to catch invasive carp...
It’s a start. That about sums up the attitude of La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynods, after news that the federal government is going to start getting...
Oktoberfest in La Crosse may be four days, but for one group in the city, cleanup started early. While Sunday, Oct. 3, was the official final...
While the city of La Crosse continues to deal with well water pollution traced to chemical use at the municipal airport, the federal government is taking...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators on Friday launched a court-ordered process for assessing the risks to clean water from waste from the proposed PolyMet...
The chorus is growing for the Republican-appointed chairman of the Wisconsin DNR policy board to step down. Fred Prehn’s six-year term ended May 1. He’s refusing...
Ryan O’Connor got a note from his 6-year-old daughter that morning. “Dear Dad, I hope you find lots of rare stuff,” Sophia wrote. Turns out, he...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and a top state lawmakers say they will support an emergency financial relief package for farmers in Minnesota,...
OGEMA, Minn. (AP) — Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota are taking a novel legal approach to try to halt...
WASHINGTON (AP) — So much for Donald Trump’s quest for “perfect” hair. The Biden administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained...
BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it’s investigating a spill of drilling fluid into the Willow River in Aitkin County last week...
A glaring problem right where Joe Biden landed Tuesday was addressed by the president. French Island residents are caught in a PFAS mess, after private wells...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline project are worried about the potential impact of the company’s plan to temporarily...
Imagine dirt bikes or four-wheelers bumming around the hillside around La Crosse’s Grandad Bluff all day. That’s, essentially, what the city of Houston, Minn., is considering...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has rejected another attempt by opponents to shut down construction work on Enbridge Energy’s replacement for its aging Line 3...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied a request by two American Indian tribes to shut down construction of a contentious crude...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan task force that brought together environmentalists, the energy industry and others released its recommendations Wednesday for how Wisconsin might bolster...
Turning trash into invaluable information, the Wisconsin DNR launched a waste characterization study at Wisconsin landfills. This past September, SCS Engineers began collecting and sorting samples...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Mining applicants would have to pay more for permits and licenses, supply more detailed plans to state regulators, and work around a...
