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FEMA confirms $17.9M in disaster aid for four Wisconsin counties

The Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed $17.9 million in disaster aid is being made available for Wisconsinites in Forest, Outagamie, Vilas and Winnebago counties to assist with damage caused by a tornado and severe storms July 27. President Donald Trump announced via a post on ...

Remember when?

This week’s “Remember When?” — provided by the Niagara Area Historical Museum — continues with its “Life Behind the Mill” series, offering a glimpse into the close-knit community and everyday experiences of generations of families who resided along the Menominee River. In ...

Tribes respond to reports of euthanized wolf pack

The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is condemning what it calls a lack of communication between state agencies and tribal communities after nine wolves were trapped and euthanized in Wisconsin's Price County. In a news release, the commission described the wolves as a pack ...

Region’s drought worsens as El Nino may be intense

IRON MOUNTAIN — Drought conditions have turned extreme in northern Wisconsin and bordering Upper Peninsula communities, including Iron Mountain-Kingsford. Rainfall has measured far below average since July at the Iron Mountain-Kingsford Wastewater Treatment Plant observation site. A mere ...

Enbridge reports aquifer breach on Line 5 reroute in northern Wisconsin

Enbridge is responding to an aquifer breach on a $1 billion project to reroute its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin. The breach occurred last week during installation of a new stretch of the pipeline under the Marengo River. The breach was first reported by Northern News ...

UW physicist earns Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. Halzen said he had been told he was among the ...