Heavy rain is flooding roads and causing mudslides in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
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The OSHA report 
The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.
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Neighbors are opposed to a proposed frack sand mine near Arcadia in Trempealeau County.
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Read More »Flood fight continues in parts of Wis., Minn.
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With 240 guests expected, Luke Fischer and Rachel Smith weren’t about to let the widespread flooding in southern Minnesota get in the way of their wedding Saturday. The 24-year-olds, who live ...
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Read More »Dry day gives flood fighters break in Minn., Wis. (UPDATE)
By CHRIS WILLIAMS and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writers OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — Cindy Dorsey has lived near the Straight River in southern Minnesota for 15 years and never laid a sandbag before Friday. But the river’s swift rise from ...
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Read More »Flooding forces evacuation of homes in western Wis. (UPDATE)
ARCADIA, Wis. (AP) — A powerful storm drenched parts of the upper Midwest on Thursday, flooding creeks and rivers and forcing up to 1,500 residents of one Wisconsin city to evacuate their homes for higher ground. Police officers in Arcadia, ...
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Read More »The OSHA report
OSHA reports • Metzler Roofing Inc., Stoughton, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on April 30 to reduce a $600 fall-protection citation to $360 and a $600 fall-protection-training citation to $360. The company was issued the citations April 26 during ...
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