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6:01 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Anti-Mining Activists Gather In Penokee Hills This Weekend

Credit J. Chapiewsky (CC-BY-SA) / http://www.flickr.com/photos/24311566@N07/7245585946/
The Penokee Hills will be the site of a weekend gathering for anti-mine activists, both native and non-native.

Native and non-native people will join tomorrow at a river downstream from a proposed open-pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Range.

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3:30 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Mysterious Virus Plagues Ammunition Plant's Famous Salamander

Credit Al (CC-BY-NC) / http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderal/6699220409/
The abandoned Badger Army Ammunition plant, which has provided a habitat for a unique, legless strain of salamander.

A virus is infecting salamanders at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo.

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5:07 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

DNR May Delay Exploration License For Penokee Mining Company

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) may want more information on exploration plans from the company that wants to mine the Penokee Range.

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3:28 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

City Of Adams Rolls Out Red Carpet For Green Energy Company

Credit GEITS
The solar power array that GEITS proposes still needs authorization from the Adams County.

The Adams city council and the Adams-Friendship Area School Board voted to let an Australian company make Adams its American headquarters.

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