A Texas industrial sand-mining company’s announcement that it has devalued two of its mines marks the bleak conditions facing Wisconsin’s frac-sand industry.

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A northwestern Wisconsin company has applied for a 60-year permit to expand its sand mine.

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A Georgia company looking to build a sand-processing plant in Monroe County wants Department of Natural Resources Secretary Dan Meyer to review a finding invalidating the company's wetlands permit.

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A state appeals court says Whitehall city officials properly annexed land for a sand mine.

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It looks as if legislation that would clear the way for a $70 million frac-sand processing plant in western Wisconsin is dead.

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Two companies with sand-mining operations in western Wisconsin have alerted state officials that they are planning to lay off employees in response to a weaker demand for their product.

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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.

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Only 20 percent of active frack sand mine operations have been inspected by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to ensure compliance with air pollution rules, according to a new report.

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Controversies over the fracking process may be inevitable, a former administrator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged recently, but Wisconsin can protect its place as the leading supplier of sand for the nation's fracking boom as long as the state has strong regulations, maintains maximum transparency and responds quickly to neighbors' concerns.

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The sand mining and natural gas industries have given Wisconsin candidates nearly $758,000 since 2007, with contributions spiking last year as sand mining took off in the state, according to a report.

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