A town of about 600 residents in western Wisconsin has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and taken out a line of credit to fight a wind farm the local elected board once approved.

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Utility regulators decided Friday to postpone the deadline for starting construction on a wind farm in western Wisconsin until after the project is no longer facing challenges in court.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has released a bill that would dramatically increase property setback requirements for wind turbines. Currently, turbines must be built at least 1,250 feet from nearby homes. Under the bill, they would have to ...

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Todd Richmond AP Writer Madison — Ron Winn had an idea in 2006 for a section of ridgeline he owned in Ettrick in western Wisconsin. Wind mills. Big ones. Winn and other landowners formed AgWind Energy Partners. They got permission ...

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