All in favor of having clean water, say “aye.” La Crosse County voters may soon get a chance to approve a referendum calling for Wisconsin to...
The effort to eliminate PFAS chemicals from firefighting foam may still take a while. Widespread contamination of French Island wells by PFAS has been blamed on...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — The city of Eau Claire has shut down almost half its wells due to PFAS contamination. The city announced in July...
State environmental regulators are prepared to spend more than a half million dollars a year to provide bottled water to nearly 1,200 households on French Island...
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...
The threat of PFAS pollution in ground water has spread throughout French Island, and the only real remedy has been to supply affected families with bottled...
A new full-time management position is being proposed at La Crosse City Hall, to organize efforts to reduce homelessness in the community. The city finance committee...
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...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly planned to vote Tuesday on a bill that would create a new $10 million grant program to help communities...
The town of Campbell is still waiting for official results from the latest round of well-testing to find PFAS chemicals. But the reports they’ve gotten so far...
La Crosse’s Congressman is pursuing state and federal relief programs for families on French Island who have found PFAS in their well water. Democrat Ron Kind,...
The PFAS chemicals being detected in French Island wells are often called “forever chemicals,” but maybe they don’t last forever. The city of La Crosse says burning...
Funding for PFAS testing and climate change will be discussed by La Crosse city council members during its May meetings. Later this week, the city finance...
Will Wisconsin lawmakers pay more attention to PFAS chemicals now than they did two years ago? Governor Tony Evers is re-introducing the CLEAR Act, aimed at...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources is urging people to limit consumption of fish from a Monroe County creek due to PFAS contamination....
The number of private wells showing hazardous levels of PFAS close to the La Crosse Airport continues to grow. La Crosse County supervisors have learned that...
The White House is making infrastructure a major focus, with a $2 trillion bill to be debated by Congress. The Democratic House member from La Crosse...
Maybe 2020 was enough for La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat. He wasn’t asked — this time — about not running for a third term but he...
