More than 100 waterfront property owners in Wisconsin are backing a petition to require decontamination of wake boats moving between lakes to prevent the spread of invasive species.

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Hundreds of nurses in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin returned to work Wednesday after ending a two-week strike against Essentia Health, including nurses at its Superior clinic.

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Much of Wisconsin is under a heat advisory Wednesday, and a new analysis by the nonprofit group Climate Central finds extreme heat streaks are becoming more common across the state and nation.

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State regulators say the commercial harvest of lake whitefish in Lake Michigan has reached its lowest level since 1990, and some fisheries biologists fear the species might largely disappear in parts of the lake.

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An updated report confirms that climate change is impacting the Great Lakes region through warmer and wetter weather, greater fluctuation in lake levels and disappearing fish populations.

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The village of Winter in Sawyer County witnessed the state’s highest heat index of 111 degrees Fahrenheit during a heat wave late last month.

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Federal workers living in Wisconsin and Minnesota are among those who have been placed on administrative leave by the Environmental Protection Agency after voicing concerns about politicization of the agency.

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A board that investigated a 2018 explosion at the Superior oil refinery is slated for elimination under President Donald Trump's proposed 2026 budget.

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As Wisconsinites hit the beach this summer, a new report finds 77 percent of Great Lakes beaches in the state tested as potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day last year.

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Homeowners and the city of Superior for the first time will be apply to apply for funding help to replace the city's lead pipes.

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The $111 billion budget recently signed by Gov. Tony Evers didn’t set aside money for key conservation and environmental priorities, including funding for the state’s land purchase program.

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