Residents who have been struggling with PFAS contamination in northeastern Wisconsin are one step closer to securing safe water after lawmakers voted to release $10 million from the state’s PFAS trust fund.

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Enbridge says it’s temporarily halting work on rerouting its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline following a gas leak in Iron County on Tuesday.

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Enbridge says it’s working around the clock to safely remove remaining vapors from a stretch of its Line 5 pipeline following a gas leak in Iron County.

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Republican candidate for governor Tom Tiffany said Thursday he doesn't support President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario as a trade war intensifies with Wisconsin’s biggest trading partner.

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Scientists say the strengthening El Niño is likely to be the largest ever recorded, increasing the chances of a warmer fall and winter in Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking Enbridge to halt work on its Line 5 reroute in response to a gas leak that began Tuesday.

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Enbridge has said a parked, unoccupied semi truck rolled into an open excavation site on a Line 5 valve project, striking the pipe and releasing natural gas liquids.

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For the first time in almost 50 years, a pair of endangered shorebirds have been spotted nesting  on one of the world’s largest freshwater sandbars on Lake Superior.

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Homes have been evacuated as a precaution after a gas leak occurred during work on Enbridge's Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in rural northern Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin environmental and health regulators are seeing more reports of blue-green algae blooms and more illnesses that may be related to them this year. 

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Governor Tony Evers and state environmental regulators are urging the Legislature’s budget-writing committee to release $10 million from the state’s PFAS trust fund.

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Gov. Tony Evers announced over $31 million with state transportation officials for projects that improve the flow of traffic and air quality.

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An outbreak of an infectious and often fatal disease among deer in southeastern Wisconsin could affect more deer than previously seen in Wisconsin, according to state wildlife regulators.

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Two years ago, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, first introduced a bill to redesignate the Apostle Islands as a national park. While some elected and economic development officials backed the proposal, it was met with immediate pushback from local communities and Lake Superior tribes.

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An ancient freshwater fish that’s been around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth has now been found to live longer than researchers previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers have […]

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On Thursday, the policymaking board for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved the agency’s request to purchase a nearly $1 million conservation easement from the Michael A. Uihlein Exemption Trust.

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Tech giant Oracle is dropping its lawsuit against Wisconsin utility regulators over financial support requirements for data centers in southeastern Wisconsin.

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The Douglas County District Attorney is not filing charges against a Superior police officer who shot and killed a man in April. 

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Wisconsin regulators can now forge ahead with regulations to prioritize and prorate payments for wolf attacks on livestock and dogs due to a potential funding shortfall.

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State health officials have confirmed 15 cases of measles among residents in southwestern Wisconsin, and it’s likely there will be at least a half dozen more.

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