Home building permits hit 3½-year high

Saratoga dairy farm gets construction permits

Published: April 12, 2013
Tags: Golden Sands Dairy, permits

A judge has ruled in favor of a company that plans to build a large dairy operation in southern Wood County.

Decision to build 7,000-acre dairy farm expected

Published: April 11, 2013
Tags: Golden Sands Dairy, permits

A decision is expected on whether a proposed mega dairy farm can build in southern Wood County.

White House to focus on quick permits for infrastructure projects

Published: January 31, 2013
Tags: infrastructure, Obama, permits

Unemployment remains problematical, but that isn’t stopping the White House jobs council from shutting down.

DNR closes in on general permit for wetlands

Published: July 31, 2012
Tags: Cami Peterson, DNR, permits, wetlands

The state Department of Natural Resources is on the verge on implementing its first general permit for commercial, residential and industrial projects that would fill small areas of wetland.

Latest federal anti-regulation bill will streamline construction permits (UPDATE)

Published: July 26, 2012
Tags: permits, Reid Ribble

The Republican-led House on Thursday passed legislation that would freeze major government regulations until the unemployment rate, now at 8.2 percent, drops to 6 percent or below.

EPA approves state’s phosphorous rule

Published: July 26, 2012
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, EPA, Great Lakes, permits, phosphorus, pollution

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Wisconsin’s revised rule to curb phosphorus pollution.

Dairies go solo on waste plant for Richland Center

Published: July 25, 2012
Tags: anaerobic digester, DNR, Foremost Farms USA, Lower Wisconsin River, New Markets Tax Credits, permits, phosphorus, Pine River, pollution, renewable energy, Richland Center Renewable Energy, Schreiber Foods, Scott Walker, Todd Fischer, Tom Mugan, treatment plant, waste, WHEDA, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority

The potential for phosphorus pollution has residents downstream nervous to the point of filing a formal petition with the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

Amish man fails to make case for no permit, court rules

Published: July 19, 2012
Tags: Joni Borntreger, permits, zoning permit

An Amish man failed to show how obtaining a permit for his new sawmill violates his religion, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.

DNR appointee didn’t refer waste violation

Published: May 7, 2012
Tags: Cathy Stepp, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Herr Environmental, permits, waste

A top political appointee at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources chose to handle a complaint against a waste hauler internally instead of referring the case to the state Department of Justice for prosecution, DNR records show.