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MILWAUKEE, WI (AP)-- Gogebic Taconite says its application to develop an iron ore mine in northwestern Wisconsin will be pushed back until at least the…
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MELLEN, WI (AP)-- A company looking to open a huge iron mine near Mellen wants state officials to renew its two exploratory drilling permits. The…
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MADISON, WI (AP)-- A Wisconsin legislator has proposed a bill that would scale back local governments' ability to regulate sand mines and blasting.…
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ASHLAND COUNTY, WI (AP)-- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says asbestos mineral fibers have been found in a rock sample from the proposed…
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MADISON, WI (AP)-- A bipartisan group of lawmakers is developing an alternative to barring the public from 3,500 acres of forest around a proposed mine…
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MADISON, WI (AP)-- The author of a bill that would restrict public access to a northern Wisconsin mine site says he doesn't have the votes to pass it…
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MADISON, WI (AP)-- A legislative committee has approved a Republican bill that would close thousands of acres around a potential mine site in far northern…
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MADISON, WI (AP)-- A Republican lawmaker says the Legislature must close the woods around a northern Wisconsin mine site to protect miners and public…
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MADISON, WI (AP)-- Wisconsin regulators have cleared the way for military-style guards to return to a mine site near Lake Superior. Gogebic Taconite hired…
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In Wisconsin news… A woman accused of stealing a camera from a mine worker in northern Wisconsin in June… as she protested Gogebic Taconite's mining plan……