U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Algoma is building storm runoff ponds for better Lake Michigan water at Crescent Beach
ALGOMA – There's a good reason the city is digging up land by Crescent Beach and the Lake Michigan shore, and that reason is to improve ... -
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. ... -
Where’s the Clean Water? activists ask
Where is the clean water? That is the question asked of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources by environmental groups this week. They charged ... -
Manure spraying proposed by Conservation chair
At a Department of Natural Resources public hearing last week county officials, environmentalists and residents protested a permit request by Kewaunee County’s Land and Water Conservation Committee Chairman John ... -
Great LakesJoel KitchensKewaunee CountyLake MichiganU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWisconsin DNR
Number of polluted waters in state, counties continue to rise
The proposed EPA Impaired Waters List for 2016 in Wisconsin contains 1,694 listings, more than double the 761 approved for the list in 2004. The Wisconsin Department of Natural ... -
Walker promises ‘science-based’ groundwater solutions
In an interview before an invitation-only “town hall” meeting at the Kewaunee County Administration building Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker promised “science-based” solutions to the county’s water pollution problems. ... -
Algoma School DistrictBay of Green BayKewaunee CountySchool DistrictsSchoolsU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tensions mount over Kewaunee County groundwater
During a contentious meeting of the Kewaunee County Groundwater Task Force Wednesday, members broke into an argument during the public comments section after Sue Weisser, who lives ... -
Controversy arises over manure treatment proposals
At a contentious Personnel, Advisory and Legislative Committee meeting Dec. 10, committee members voted to recommend that the Kewaunee County Board accept a $50,000 grant to ... -
Two groups challenge DNR Kinnard decision
UPDATE: About 30 percent of the wells taking part in a voluntarily testing program in the towns of Lincoln and Red River showed evidence of nitrate or ... -
Lincoln residents, Kinnard battle over expansion
On a beautiful fall day, the tiny hamlet of Lincoln last week looked like many of the pastoral small towns that dot the Wisconsin landscape. On ...