Another outside, multi-billion-dollar corporation, this time in Switzerland, is trying to come into northern Minnesota and create a copper-nickel (sulfide) mine. La Crosse Talk PM airs...
In a river town like La Crosse, flooding is normally the biggest river problem to worry about. But on the lower Mississippi River, extremely low water...
The state of Wisconsin may have decided to sue companies that make PFAS chemicals but court cases can move slowly. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced the...
Made famous being portrayed by Julia Roberts in a movie about her activism, Erin Brockovich is headed to La Crosse asking an important question about the...
It’s been over a year now that residents in the town of Campbell on French Island have been forced to use bottled water because of PFAS...
For over a year, residents of the Town of Campbell on French Island have been forced to use bottled water because of PFAS. The “forever chemical”...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota appeals court on Monday issued a mixed opinion in a complicated case contesting one of the key permits that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lawsuits, the seemingly impossible task of tracking “forever chemicals” in groundwater, providing residents that have contaminated wells with bottled water and — yet to come —...
About one-third of private wells tested so far on French Island contain an excess amount of a hazardous chemical used for years at the La Crosse...
You don’t see it often. Even less so in Wisconsin — bipartisan legislation. The state got that last year in restricting firefighting foam containing PFAS, compounds...
Praising it as a chance to conserve and manage waters such as the Mississippi River, Congressman Ron Kind (D-La Crosse) is pushing for the Senate to...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Opponents of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota sued Wednesday to challenge the federal government’s renewal of Twin Metals’ mineral rights leases,...
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Saturday requiring communities statewide to restore water service, effectively ending water shutoffs for the duration...
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Researchers in Minnesota are trying to find an alternative to road salt in an effort to protect the state’s water bodies from...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals sent an air-emissions permit for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine back to state regulators for further review...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a challenge by environmental groups against the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, saying the...
