Land doesn’t get better than on the Rock Prairie
By MARCIA NELESEN The Janesville Gazette JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A glacier that moved south from Canada about 13,000 years ago ground to a halt across northern Rock County. As the mile-thick slab of...
View ArticleOak Creek opts for dirt cheap deal
By Joe Lanane The first waves of dirt deliveries are rolling into Oak Creek from the Mitchell Interchange reconstruction on Interstate 94 to cap contaminated soil on the city’s lakefront. The...
View ArticleChemical plant neighbors sue over contamination
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven families who live near a Madison chemical plant are suing the company, alleging it has failed to clean up contaminants. The plaintiffs say chemicals from the Madison-Kipp...
View ArticleContaminated soil to be excavated from former Army plant
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has approved a U.S. Army proposal to excavate contaminated soil at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Fitchburg.
View ArticleRestoring wetlands needs science, art, patience
Megan Lennon and Eric Mohring are debating which shade of "muck" they're staring at.
View ArticleContaminated soil floods stormwater-basin project with cost increases
A budget originally calling for spending $14.1 million on a pair of stormwater drainage basins in a Milwaukee industrial corridor has lately increased to around $15.2 million.
View ArticleMushrooms being tested for cleaning up contaminated soil
In the garage of a vacant farmhouse at the Marathon County landfill, mushrooms are growing in contaminated soil.
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