SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has set a goal of phasing out electricity produced by fossil fuels by 2045 under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Winona County’s fight against frac-sand mining could be heard by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Minnesota Sands filed a petition with the high...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy sucked into a flooded Wisconsin storm sewer was saved when an eagle-eyed firefighter saw the boy’s fingers pop through...
Nearly 50 roads were closed this Tuesday morning in Vernon County due to flooding overnight. Local street flooding really the only effects of Monday night’s rains...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Domestic oil exploration drilling is expected to cause “extreme” demand for frack sand in western Wisconsin in coming years, according to a...
New electric buses for the city of La Crosse are ‘just a starting point.’ New transit manager Adam Lorentz said the big grant just announced by...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of an oil refinery planned near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota are imploring state regulators to give them a...
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is investigating air pollution at a 3M Corp. factory in Wausau. Records show that a pollution control...
One La Crosse organization is appealing directly to airline travelers to help preserve the area’s natural beauty. The Mississippi Valley Conservancy has placed a donation box...
Even the treated ash trees face removal in La Crosse. The city’s parks and forestry department is moving ahead with plans to assess and remove trees...
All those trees city of La Crosse crews planted on the boulevards over the last few years to replace ash trees lost to disease could all...
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is moving toward replacing plastic straws with reusable straws at dining locations on campus. The university announced the change to reusable...
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A dirt and gravel corridor as wide as a highway splits the green-hued forest, winding over steep slopes before disappearing into a...
DENVER (AP) — Recently released undercover video by Mercy For Animals showing pigs being kicked, hit and punched at a Kentucky supplier for the world’s largest...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A wildlife advocacy group says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued permits to hunters in South Dakota and Wisconsin to bring...
A mild winter that wouldn’t go away, followed by a warmer than usual summer, have combined for a bad mosquito season in Wisconsin. A University of...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and spurring extreme measures to...
DARLING, South Africa (AP) — A South African brewery is said to be the first in Africa to go carbon-neutral as more businesses across the continent...
DENVER (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ending automatic protections for threatened animals and plants and limiting habitat safeguards meant to shield recovering species...
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A five-year study has transformed a reclaimed Wisconsin frack sand mine into a successful wild prairie. Researchers from the University of...
