An Atlanta-based fracking company is taking the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to court over its decision to deny a permit to build a $75 million sand-processing plant in Monroe County.

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Competing with lower-cost mines in Texas, the frac-sand-mining company Hi-Crush recently announced it would be idling part of its plant on Highway Q in Whitehall.

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Hi-Crush Partners, which operates one of the largest frac-sand mines in Wisconsin, has paused production at a plant in Whitehall, citing weak demand for its product.

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Wisconsin officials say early tests have found no harmful chemicals after a spill near a frack sand mine sent millions of gallons of sludge into waterways.

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Wisconsin officials were testing for environmental and health hazards Thursday after an accident at a frack sand mine sent millions of gallons of sludge into waterways, tinting them orange as the thick plume traveled downstream into the Mississippi River.

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Wisconsin officials are working to determine the environmental impact of releasing millions of gallons of sludge from a settling pond to rescue a trapped sand mine worker.

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New data from the U.S. Geological Survey show the country's production of industrial sand increased more than 36 percent in 2017 as Wisconsin again led the nation.

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Frack-sand companies doing business in Wisconsin are seeing their stock prices fall despite high demand for their product.

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A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a Trempealeau County decision denying a permit to open a new sand mine for use in hydraulic fracking.

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Ron Baerbock had never heard of frack sand when he moved to Jackson County in 2010.

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