Lake Superior had not seen an established population of the invasive bloody red shrimp until now. A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and University of Wisconsin-Superior show there's a self-sustaining population in the Duluth-Superior harbor.

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.

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Tech giant Oracle is suing the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin over financial requirements that regulators approved to protect ratepayers as developers build a $15 billion data center campus to expand its AI initiatives.

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Xcel Energy has filed a rate proposal with Wisconsin utility regulators that would require data centers to pay all costs tied to their projects.

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Wisconsin native Callie Grones was among AmeriCorps members abruptly fired by the Trump administration last year. Now, she's being recognized as an AmeriCorps Member of the Year.

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Marinette and Peshtigo area residents told regulators Monday that they want the state to use a recent $10 million settlement over PFAS contamination to fund a health study and safe water for community members.

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Monday it has reached two settlements with a waste management company in Eau Claire over alleged air and hazardous waste violations.

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Emergency medical services personnel in Bayfield County say a declining number of volunteers and increased call volumes are stressing a fragile system.

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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that officials with the Lac du Flambeau tribe must not enforce fishing restrictions among nonmembers on lakes within its reservation while a legal challenge remains ongoing.

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The city of Superior has passed a moratorium on data centers as a nearby Duluth suburb weighs a massive data center complex proposed by Google.

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Canadian energy firm Enbridge said work on rerouting its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin is picking up steam with hundreds of workers on site as legal challenges remain ongoing.

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Iron County officials held a ceremony Thursday that capped off a yearslong conservation effort to purchase roughly 1,100 acres surrounding the Gile Flowage in northern Wisconsin.

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A battle over funding for the state's fish and wildlife account and a lack spending authority forced the closure of Brule and Osceola fish hatcheries and deep cuts to fish stocking statewide.

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The nonprofit group Friends of the Apostle Islands raised about $350,000 or just more than half of the funds needed to build a 500-foot ramp to improve access to Meyers Beach. Construction is set to begin later this month.

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Gov. Tony Evers announced the state’s first settlement with a Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam over alleged violations of the state’s spills law for failing to report PFAS contamination.

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The Cenovus oil refinery in Superior has shut down a unit that treats and removes hydrogen sulfide gas due to a small leak, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

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The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the theft of a navigational beacon at the lighthouse that guides ships into the Superior harbor.

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The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will bid farewell this summer to a historic light tower that’s been compromised by storm damage and shoreline erosion on Lake Superior.

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Wisconsin youth are appealing a recent decision to dismiss their legal challenge seeking to strike down state laws that they say worsen the climate crisis and violate their constitutional rights.

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Wisconsin wildlife regulators and an advisory committee are advising against a hunt for sharp-tailed grouse this fall due to a decline in the bird’s population.

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