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Federal officials predict water levels will surge to record highs in some parts of the Great Lakes in the next six months.
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Read More »Rural northern Wisconsin logs record-setting solar group buy
Growing plants year-round is not easy near the often-frigid, wind-swept Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior.
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Read More »Congress OKs construction of new Great Lakes shipping lock
Congress has taken a big step toward building a long-sought shipping lock on the waterway that links lakes Huron and Superior.
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Read More »Powerful winds whip up waves, flood Lake Superior shoreline
Powerful winds have whipped up big waves along the shores of Lake Superior, flooding a business district and causing power outages.
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Read More »High water levels causing damage on Lakes Superior, Michigan
High water levels on Lake Superior and Lake Michigan have been causing trouble for some shoreline municipalities in recent years.
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Read More »Project begins to clean pollution from Lake Superior harbor
A project to remove contaminated sediments from a harbor on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin is underway after years of planning and legal battles.
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Read More »Proposed hog megafarm causes stir
A proposed hog "megafarm" in northern Wisconsin is raising concerns among some residents that millions of gallons of pig manure will eventually wash off the land and pollute Lake Superior.
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Read More »Groups ask EPA to study Lake Superior basin mining
A coalition of 59 groups from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a broad review of the cumulative effects of expanded mining in the Lake Superior basin.
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Read More »Proposed oil terminal on Lake Superior put on hold
A proposed crude oil shipping terminal on Lake Superior has been put on hold, meaning oil tankers won't be sailing from the Twin Ports to the East Coast for now.
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Read More »Power company to clean up polluted Ashland on-land site
Northern States Power Co.-Wisconsin could start cleaning up a 40-acre contaminated site along the Lake Superior shore in Ashland later this year, under an agreement announced Wednesday.
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