The Department of Natural Resources' board is set to consider buying an easement on about 7,000 acres of northwestern Wisconsin forest.
Read More »Court finds for couple in property dispute over transmission lines
A state appeals court has ruled that a transmission company does not have the right to trim and remove trees standing near one of its high-voltage lines in Waupaca, largely because the trees stand outside of the bounds of a legal easement established decades ago.
Read More »DNR board OKs northern Wis. land purchase (UPDATE)
The state Department of Natural Resources' board has approved spending nearly $2 million to complete a new recreational forest in northwestern Wisconsin, despite Republican lawmakers' misgivings about the stewardship program.
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Read More »State’s high court reduces award in property dispute
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reduced a $1 million damage award against a title insurance company in a Door County property dispute.
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Read More »New Illinois, Wisconsin wildlife refuge approved
A new federal wildlife refuge has been authorized along the border between Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Read More »PGA Championship visitors to rough it with just one ramp (UPDATE)
By Joe Lanane Most people at this week’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits Golf Course should hit less traffic leaving the golf tournament than they do driving to the event. A proposed interchange at Interstate 43 and Rowe Road near ...
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Read More »Landowners resist Glacier Hills Wind Park waivers
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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Read More »Man arrested for trespassing on his own land (8:35 a.m. 12/4/09)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A northwestern Wisconsin man who confronted a work crew building a pipeline across his land has been arrested for trespassing on his own property. Jeremy Engelking of Superior is expected to appear in Douglas County Circuit ...
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