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Wisconsin DNR to study data centers’ environmental costs

Wisconsin regulators will conduct a full statewide review of the environmental impacts of data center development under a legal deal reached among environmental groups, a data center developer and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The settlement reached Friday stems from a ...

‘Ready’ status lifted for residents near UP wildfire

After a week of living under the “Ready, Set, Go!” protocol for potential evacuations initiated in response to the Ridge Fire 10 miles northwest of Marquette, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Marquette County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management on Monday lifted the ...

Rapid River man pleads no contest in fatal crash

ESCANABA — A Rapid River man has pleaded no contest to multiple charges, including homicide, after a fatal crash in 2025 in which he was accused of driving drunk. David Brandon Abruzzo, 46, entered the plea Oct. 1 in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court to one felony count of homicide — ...

California sweep targets alleged noncitizen voters

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities charged more than two dozen foreign nationals Monday in California as part of a statewide sweep targeting people who officials say have illegally registered or voted in U.S. elections. The arrests are part of a Trump administration effort to root ...

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Japan launches spacecraft (AP) — A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing toward Mars on an unprecedented quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples. Japan launched it before dawn Tuesday from the country's main spaceport. Five of the world's space agencies have joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land a robotic prospector plus a rover on Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons. While NASA and China have successfully landed spacecraft on Mars, no one has ever ventured onto Phobos or its sidekick Deimos and no one has managed to fetch samples. ...