U.S. Department of Agriculture
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USDA: Many factors for Kewaunee Co. well contamination, including human and bovine waste
LUXEMBURG – A variety of natural and manmade factors appear to contribute to contamination of private water wells in Kewaunee County, and both bovine manure and ... -
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Letter: Where does Gov. Walker stand on protecting our water?
STURGEON BAY – The Dairy Business Association’s John Holevoet recently stated that the DBA won’t apologize for pushing pro-dairy policies and lobbying Gov. Scott Walker’s office ... -
Relief available for rural well-water woes
KEWAUNEE – The availability of federal funds for rural well owners is welcome news but doesn’t go far enough, a clean water activist says. The U.S. ... -
Time change of Kitchens Kewaunee listening session
KEWAUNEE – State Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon Bay, will hold a listening session from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Kewaunee City Hall, 401 Fifth ... -
Info on biogas project now on Kewaunee County website
Kewaunee County has launched an informational “State Biogas Project” page on its website. The page is intended as a service to the public and local elected ... -
Kewaunee Co.: All about WIC nutrition program
439 people. That is how many people were helped this last year by the Women Infants and Children Program, otherwise known as WIC. WIC is a nutrition ... -
Stepp: DNR puts science to work in Kewaunee County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has been working for more than a year with multiple stakeholder groups to address water quality issues in and around ... -
Groundwater ordinance, manure irrigation focus of Land and Water meeting
At the Kewaunee County Land and Water Conservation Meeting Tuesday, the committee discussed implementation of the groundwater protection ordinance’s first year and heard a scientific presentation on manure ... -
County offers answers to well questions
In April of this year, the Kewaunee County Board of Supervisors established a Groundwater Task Force (GWTF) to help educate the citizens of Kewaunee County about ... -
Count of unsafe wells in Kewaunee County rises
More wells are contaminated with coliform, nitrates or E.coli in Kewaunee County than previous studies showed, according to the results of a new scientific study of ... -
Sevcik’s passion for farming calls her back
In Wisconsin, more than 7,300 farms are operated by a woman as the principal operator, according to statistics from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The number of ... -
Kewaunee County starts scientific well study
Kewaunee County government officials and residents may finally have the scientific data to determine how many wells in the county are contaminated. Davina Bonness, county conservationist, reported ...