Rich Kremer

Two state lawmakers from western Wisconsin are asking for 10 additional staff members to monitor air quality at frac sand mines.

Native American tribal elders from Bad River and Red Cliff held a drum ceremony this weekend calling upon the spirits to offer guidance in their fight against a proposed iron mine in northern Wisconsin.

Some residents in Douglas County are starting to check on their properties after the Germann Road Fire burned nearly 9,000 acres.

A new economic impact study of Wisconsin’s frac sand mining industry warns of booms and busts.

Health officials in Wisconsin are watching for shortages of a drug used to treat Lyme disease. A shortage in the Twin Cities is causing prices to jump.

A web portal used by thousands of teachers in Wisconsin has been hacked, with login and password info being posted on a public site.

Xcel Energy is teaming up with libraries to educate people about how they’re using electricity in their homes.

A first-of-its-kind attempt to save the Wisconsin prairie chicken from extinction has finished up with mixed results.

A 24-year-old man from the Village of Roberts has been arrested in connection with a fire causing more than $1 million in damage to a local school.

An especially wet and late spring in Wisconsin has left forestry officials at the Department of Natural Resources scrambling to complete necessary prescribed burns on state lands. This delay could give invasive plants a free pass and could make later management more expensive.