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Head of Wisconsin DNR Preston Cole retiring
The head of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is retiring after four years on the job, Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday.
Water works job fair connects jobseekers and industry employers to bridge labor gap
Employers in the water industry met with jobseekers at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources office in Milwaukee on Wednesday to increase exposure for infrastructure jobs and address growing vacancies in the water sector.
GRAEF to design options for Potawatomi State Park observation tower revival
State officials have picked GRAEF to design options for a rebuild of a 90-year-old observation tower at Potawatomi State Park in Door County that has been closed to visitors since 2017.
Kaul allows DNR to consider high-capacity wells’ effects
Attorney General Josh Kaul has restored the state Department of Natural Resources' power to consider, when granting permits, whether high-capacity wells might drain area water bodies.
Senate confirms pair of Evers’ Cabinet secretaries
The Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Gov. Tony Evers' pick to lead the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 14 months into the job he began last year.
Evers’ pick to head Wisconsin DNR wins committee approval
Gov. Tony Evers' pick to head the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has won bipartisan support, setting up a confirmation vote before the full state Senate as soon as next week.
Legislative committee to vote on DNR chief confirmation
Republican legislators are poised to vote on whether to recommend the state Senate confirm Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' pick to lead the Department of Natural Resources.
DNR Secretary refuses to reinstate permit for sand plant
The state Department of Natural Resources' secretary has decided not to reinstate a permit for a $75 million sand-processing plant in Monroe County.
How Evers’ budget tries to ‘bring back science’ to DNR
Fans of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are hoping for better times under a new governor.
Senate Republican grills Wisconsin DNR chief at hearing
The leader of the Wisconsin Senate's sporting heritage committee spent more than three hours interrogating Gov. Tony Evers' pick for Department of Natural Resources secretary during a confirmation hearing on Thursday, peppering him with questions about his management style and how tough he would be on polluters.
DNR secretary brings water administrator back to agency
The new state Department of Natural Resources Secretary, Preston Cole, is bringing a former water administrator back to the agency.
View from around the state: Preston Cole is right choice to head DNR
Gov.-elect Tony Evers provided vital insight into his approach to governing when he tapped Preston Cole to head the state Department of Natural Resources. A forester by training, and a skilled administrator of environmental and public-works projects, Cole is literally known as "the tree guy."
Today’s News
- Medical College of Wisconsin breaks ground on student housing complex
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of Aug. 3, 2026
- Irgens starts apartment construction at Milwaukee County Research Park
- ABC of Wisconsin hits membership milestone
- More construction unions get behind Crowley
- Appeals Court restores Act 10 collective bargaining law
- Land use, zoning changes approved for Rockwell Automation in New Berlin
- $61M corporate headquarters planned in Brookfield
- Wisconsin expands recertification process for DBE firms
- Dangerous tornadoes hit the western Fox Cities
- Fraser and HD Hyundai eye Superior shipyard for modernization
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 27
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)