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Dane County tries out $750K farm-runoff program
Dane County plans to spend $750,000 this year to test out paying farmers to plant cover crops in an attempt to curb runoff from heavy rains and snowmelt.
Dunn County group aims to slow watershed’s fertilizer runoff
A coalition of farmers, conservation groups and others in Dunn County is working to improve the water quality in a watershed encompassing 1,900 square miles in Wisconsin.
Fox Cities investing in urban runoff management (UPDATE)
The proliferation of stormwater ponds over the years has cost taxpayers and developers millions of dollars in the Fox Cities, but officials say they are working as intended.
DNR creates new software to track runoff potential
The state Department of Natural Resources has developed new software for identifying terrain susceptible to agricultural runoff.
Sand mining company to pay $80K for runoff
An Illinois-based sand mining company has agreed to pay an $80,000 fine in response to allegations that it failed to prevent untreated rainwater from running off a mine site in western Wisconsin.
EPA releases 5-year plan to improve Great Lakes (UPDATE)
The Obama administration has announced an updated five-year plan for restoring the Great Lakes, calling for accelerated efforts to address toxic pollution, invasive species and farm runoff and restore plant and wildlife habitat.
Milwaukee, Racine nab Lake Michigan water quality grants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Milwaukee a $1 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to improve Lake Michigan water quality.
Watershed protection goal of pact
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Coca-Cola signed a five-year agreement Friday to restore watersheds that have been damaged or altered by development, wildfires and agriculture as part of an initiative to slow runoff and replenish groundwater on federal lands.
Bills target water runoff efforts
The state in the past 10 years has spent only about a fifth of the estimated $500 million needed to control water runoff from farm fields, construction sites and other areas.
Uniform erosion standards not uniformly welcomed
Dane County is in danger of losing authority that for almost 11 years has let it tailor its erosion-control standards to protect resources such as lakes Mendota and Monona and trout streams.
Builder Toll Brothers fined $741,000 for pollution
The Department of Justice says national homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. has agreed to a fine and changes in managing stormwater runoff at home sites.
EPA accepting Great Lakes grant applications
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will award $20 million in grants this year for projects to help the Great Lakes.
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- Milwaukee County breaks ground on first health and human services center
- Where are the homes? Glaring need for housing construction underlined by Century 21 CEO
- Lawmakers block update for new commercial building standards
- Milwaukee mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
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)
