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  • Peshtigo Residents Seek Superfund Designation for PFAS Pollution

    A sign in Kayla Furton’s yard Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Peshtigo, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Mar 25th, 2022 by Danielle Kaeding
  • Drilling For Gold in Wisconsin

    This body of water was once the site of the Flambeau Mine. Rich Kremer/WPR Mar 21st, 2022 by Danielle Kaeding
  • Eyes on Milwaukee: Legislature Approves Selling Key Bronzeville Site

    Conceptual, non-site-specific rendering of Bronzeville Center for the Arts. Rendering by Wilson & Ford Design Studios. Feb 23rd, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
  • The Fall and Rise of Bronzeville

    Milwaukee native Antonio Perkins, left, trims a client’s hair Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at Gee’s Clippers, a barber shop in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Feb 22nd, 2022 by Corrinne Hess
  • Great Lakes Get $1 Billion for Clean Up

    Milwaukee's rivers flow out to Lake Michigan. Photo by Sulfur at English Wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons Feb 18th, 2022 by Isiah Holmes
  • Eyes on Milwaukee: Bronzeville Center for the Arts Proposed

    Conceptual, non-site-specific rendering of Bronzeville Center for the Arts. Rendering by Wilson & Ford Design Studios. Feb 2nd, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
  • City Hall: Federal Funding for Lead Pipe Removal Likely a Year Away

    Lead lateral diagram from the Milwaukee Water Works. Image from the City of Milwaukee. Jan 26th, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Judge Says DNR Needs PFAS Rules to Enforce

    Foam present in Starkweather Creek in October 2019 shows elevated levels of PFOS and PFOA (PFAS chemicals). Photo from courtesy of the DNR. Jan 26th, 2022 by Danielle Kaeding
  • $90 Million Coal Plant Upgrade Approved

    An aerial view of We Energies’ twin Oak Creek and Elm Road coal-fired power plants south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Image from Google Earth. Jan 18th, 2022 by Danielle Kaeding
  • Planned Oil Pipeline Across Northern Wisconsin Raises Questions

    Jennifer Smith with Enbridge provides a presentation about the company and its plans to reroute Line 5 across northern Wisconsin in Ashland on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Danielle Kaeding/WPR Dec 20th, 2021 by Danielle Kaeding
  • Plats and Parcels: Black Holocaust Museum Buys Building, Receives $10 Million Donation

    324-332 W. North Ave. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Dec 19th, 2021 by Jeramey Jannene
  • Court Upholds Protection of Rare Wetland

    Example of a hardwood swamp, Eric Epstein, DNR/Wisconsin Examiner. Dec 19th, 2021 by Isiah Holmes
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