A large hog lot in northern La Crosse County is in line for a permit renewal from the Wisconsin DNR this year, but the county health...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers pledged to clean up Wisconsin’s drinking water in his State of the State address, promising to work to...
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general in 2016 promised to investigate “without fear or favor” the scandal over Flint’s lead-tainted drinking water and pledged that state...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum wants to know why the federal Environmental Protection Agency opted against filing formal comments with Minnesota regulators...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will take up a series of legal disputes that could have far-reaching implications for state regulators’ power to...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has restored Wisconsin’s authority to protect water quality after ruling it was improperly given up in a settlement with a...
The tragedy in Sparta over the weekend that saw a 9-year-old boy die after going through the ice has returned the focus to safety. Matthew Groppi...
A report out Thursday said 42 percent of 301 random wells in southwest Wisconsin were contaminated. Some of that can be blamed on farm waste or...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison water utility officials say they will step up testing for toxic chemicals that are spreading from contaminated soil and groundwater at...
If the state of Minnesota is rejecting a plan for a large corporate hog farm in Fillmore County, one might think opponents of the farm project...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Senate approved a compromise policy Wednesday on dumping ship ballast water in coastal ports and the Great Lakes, a...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It started out modestly enough: David Hertz, having learned that under the right conditions you really can make your own water out...
MISHKHAB, Iraq (AP) — Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows...
Students at Logan High School built a machine that turns saltwater into drinking water. Two classes built the desalination machine in about three months. It can...
OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Despite almost 100 percent of public comments going against, Michigan officials have approved a permit allowing Nestlé Waters North America Inc. to...
A new website should tell most of the story about why it’s important to think about stormwater runoff. That is, at least, the hope of the...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Monday questioned the structure of a multimillion-dollar settlement between the state of Minnesota and 3M Co., arguing they...
PRESTON, Minn. (AP) — “We brought in some dirty water,” Joni Mehus said, holding a glass jar filled with brown water from field runoff. She and...
The tainted water crisis in Flint, Mich.,may be causing other cities to be careful about water quality. The Wisconsin DNR found elevated levels of copper in...
If the state found a problem with a La Crosse’s water supply, there is a chance the city wouldn’t immediately be notified. Putting pressure on the...