MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Damage estimates from the past week’s floods are climbing. State emergency management officials said Thursday that 418 homes and 62 businesses have sustained damage, up from 372 homes and 57 businesses on Wednesday. The floods have ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin River is dropping, promising relief for the state’s flood-weary south-central section. The river started overflowing its banks on Saturday after heavy rains to the north flowed downstream. The river poured around a levee and ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The swollen Wisconsin River should recede dramatically over the next day or so, giving an isolated rural neighborhood a chance to recover from three days of flooding, authorities said Tuesday. ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — Floodwaters from the burgeoning Wisconsin River turned a rural neighborhood into a virtual island Monday, cutting off dozens of homes from the outside world. The river was seeping through and ...

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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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We Energies has selected three Wisconsin contractors to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park. The three contractors are The Boldt Co., Appleton; Michels Corp., Brownsville; and Edgerton Contractors Inc., Oak Creek. The project to build a wind farm in Columbia ...

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By Paul Snyder Resistance from Columbia County landowners threatens We Energies’ attempt to build 90 turbines for the Glacier Hills Wind Park. Randolph resident Pete DeBoer, for instance, said the utility offered him $2,000 per year and a $5,000 bonus ...

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By Joe Yovino

web editor

In the near future, residents of northeast Columbia County could see a skyline inhabited with large windmill-looking things spinning in the distance.

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PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — A newspaper reports a state legislator has reached a plea deal in one of his three driving-under-the-influence cases. The Portage Daily Register reports Rep. Jeff Wood will plead in Columbia County to third-offense operating under the ...

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By Paul Snyder Chicago-based Invenergy LLC wants to finance its 100-turbine wind farm project near Green Bay with We Energies’ money and has put the decision in public service commissioners’ hands. “It would set a big precedent if they approve ...

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