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Repairs begin at Mitchell International Airport after pipe leak
WITI Local News
Feb 01MILWAUKEE — Repairs begin Wednesday at Mitchell International Airport following an underground fuel spill. Officials say the leak has been... »
Record turnout expected for sturgeon season in Wisconsin
WITI Local News
Jan 30OSHKOSH (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are expecting a record number of spearers on the ice when the state’s annual... »
Muskego residents gather signatures against park plan
WITI Local News
Jan 30MUSKEGO –Citizens of Muskego staged another protest Sunday after the Muskego City Council passed a plan last week to build... »
State Assembly passes mining bill in party line vote
WITI Local News
Jan 27MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans scored a major victory Thursday in their push to help a Florida company dig... »
Approval approaches for hunting of problem wolves
JSOnline.com Newswatch
Jan 22Madison - The state Department of Natural Resources is telling landowners they can start hunting problem wolves later this week. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
DNR Pooh-Poohs Need For Stronger Sand Mining Oversight
The Political Environment
Jan 31Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources says today it plans no new regulations to control silica dust released by newly-increased sand mining statewide to serve energy-mining, or "fracking" operations nationally: The DNR said last week that the num... »
Wisconsin DNR Understaffed For Mining Issues
Caffeinated Politics
Jan 24For the second time in about nine weeks Wisconsinites have been alerted to the shortage of workers in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Each time the news has come in the context of how the average citizen is paying a price for not having... »
Walker Recall Proves To Be Even More One Helluva Bargain
Cognitive Dissidence
Jan 10I pointed out over the weekend that the recall of Scott Walker would be one helluva bargain for the people of Wisconsin.Today, the price that tax payers will be stuck with for Walker puckering up to the mining companies shows that it would be even more... »
Assault On Wisconsin Waters Started By Tommy Thompson 'Streamlining'
The Political Environment
Jan 09While grappling with news about fast-tracked bills "streamlined" procedures to hand over Wisconsin lands and water to private interests, you'd do well to read Atty. Jodi Habush Sinykin's 2004 law review essay about the impact of the elimination of the ... »
WDNR's Change "Climate Change Tip of the Week"
Berry Laker
Dec 27WDNR's Climate Change Tip of the Week Will Now Be "Air Quality Tip of the Week""Wisconsin Climate Change Roles During the past 100 years, human behaviors have been affecting our world's climate. As human activity increases greenhouse gases, and the gre... »

