Waukesha bypass planners balance nature, traffic

Cabela’s gets go-ahead to open store on part of wetland

Published: May 4, 2012
Tags: Highway 41, Lombardi Avenue, wetland

Outdoor retailer Cabela’s will open on a store on property owned by the Green Bay Packers.

Walker signs wetlands development bill into law (UPDATE)

Published: February 29, 2012
Tags: DNR, Scott Walker, wetland, wetlands

Gov. Scott Walker says he plans to sign a divisive bill that would help developers win wetland construction permits.

Contractor cited again for violations of state wetland

Published: September 21, 2011
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Eagle Spring Environmental, Lee Cresca, marine construction, wetland

A Waukesha County contractor has been ordered to pay $7,500 in forfeitures, assessments, costs and fees for illegally filling wetlands as well as removing material from the banks of a pond without any permits from the Department of Natural Resources, according to a news release from the Attorney General’s office.

Wis. governor signs bill to lure Bass Pro Shop

Published: February 6, 2011
Tags: Bass Pro Shop, Green Bay, John Bergstrom, Lambeau Field, Scott Walker, wetland

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill designed to help lure a Bass Pro Shop to a site near Lambeau Field. Walker said the bill creates the opportunity for jobs in Green Bay while balancing environmental concerns. The bill would allow Neenah-based car dealer John Bergstrom to fill in about [...]

Senate passes bill to lure Bass Pro Shop to Wis.

Published: February 2, 2011
Tags: Bass Pro Shop, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Lambeau Field, Scott Walker, wetland

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill designed to help lure Bass Pro Shop to a site near Lambeau Field. The bill passed 20-11 Wednesday and backed by Gov. Scott Walker would exempt filling a wetland from the normal permitting process. A spokesman for Bass said last week that the [...]

Senate passes bill reorganizing Commerce

Published: February 2, 2011
Tags: Commerce Department, Lambeau Field, Scott Walker, unions, wetland, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill that would reorganize the state Commerce Department into a public-private hybrid. Gov. Scott Walker has argued for changing the makeup of the department to place the regulatory functions of the agency elsewhere and leave the new corporation created free to focus exclusively on [...]

Wis. Assembly committee passes wetland exemption

Published: January 27, 2011
Tags: Green Bay, Highway 41, John Bergstrom, Lambeau Field, Natural Resources Committee, wetland, Wisconsin Wetlands Association

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican-controlled Assembly committee has approved a bill that would allow a car dealer to avoid a permit to build on a wetland near Lambeau Field. Car dealer John Bergstrom wants to build a retail development on about an acre-and-a-half of wetlands between U.S. Highway 41 and the stadium. State environmental [...]