Michels Corp. has won a nearly $1 million contract to remove sediment from a Dane County lake as part of the county’s “Suck the Muck” campaign to curtail phosphorus pollution.

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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced a 2022 budget proposal Friday that puts $88.2 million into capital projects.

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After high initial interest and two bidding cycles, Dane County received just one bid for a $3.25 million sediment-removal project.

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A lot of rain — but maybe not as much as you think — fell Aug. 20 on the shallow, 281-square-mile basin of land that drains into Madison's lakes Mendota and Monona.

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Nearly half of the land around Madison's five big lakes — 28 miles of shoreline, according to the Clean Lakes Alliance — is publicly owned.

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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi says he will include in his 2017 budget proposal $12 million that would go toward cleaning up 33 miles of streams that feed phosphorous into the chain of Yahara River lakes.

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In a water cleanup effort more complex than any other in the nation, virtually every community in the 360-square-mile watershed around Madison has agreed to pool resources with farmers to eliminate nutrient-driven weed and algae growths that limit use of lakes and streams.

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Dane County is working with three local governments to spend more than $1 million on projects meant to keep phosphorus out of local waterways.

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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi has proposed a budget that would set aside money for a variety of construction projects, including trails and parking spots at the county's airport.

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Commuters can expect delays during peak hours due to maintenance on a major highway in Madison.

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