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.

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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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A meeting to discuss new designs for a stormwater management plan in Dane County and a human-services building in Madison will take place Monday.

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Dane County is offering $750,000 in grants to farm families that agree to take steps to prevent phosphorus from running off their land.

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When the state adopts its uniform erosion-control standards, Mark Etrheim said, he wants it to eliminate a La Crosse County rule forcing his company to lay down a gravel driveway before beginning work on a house.

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A mining company has reduced the number of test holes it plans to make for a proposed iron ore mine near Lake Superior.

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Almost one-fifth of Wisconsin’s 70 active frac sand mines and processing plants were cited for environmental violations last year, as the industry continued to expand at a rapid clip.

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The Department of Justice says national homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. has agreed to a fine and changes in managing stormwater runoff at home sites.

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By Jack Zemlicka The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking another shot at establishing a controversial sediment runoff threshold, less than a year after backing off a similar attempt that resulted in a lawsuit. The agency is considering proposed modifications ...

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Holst Excavating Inc., Prescott, and its owners and operators, William Holst and Nancy Beeler, have agreed to pay a $25,000 fine to the state and will come into compliance with the state’s erosion control laws under the terms of a ...

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