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Republicans want to limit access to proposed mine site Submitted: 06/18/2013
MADISON - Wisconsin Republicans are looking to curtail public access to an iron mine site in far northwestern Wisconsin in hopes of stopping protesters from interfering with the project.

Representative Mark Honadel is trying to persuade Republican leaders to make changes in the state budget limiting access.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, a Juneau Republican, acknowledged the discussions on Monday.

Gogebic Taconite wants to dig a massive open-pit iron mine in the Penokee Hills.

The land is regulated under the state's managed forest law, which grants the landholder lower property taxes but gives the public access for hiking, hunting and fishing.

Authorities say mine protesters last week slashed tires, damaged equipment, destroyed a geologist's camera and stole her cellphone.

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Home sales in Wisconsin continue to rise Submitted: 06/18/2013

MILWAUKEE - Home sales in Wisconsin continue to rise.

The Wisconsin Realtors Association says May sales are up about 18 percent compared to the same month last year.

It's the 23rd consecutive month of growth.

Prices are up as well.

The median price last month was 144-thousand dollars.

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New study raises concerns about Wisconsin economy Submitted: 06/18/2013

MILWAUKEE - A new study raises concerns about Wisconsin's long-term economy.

Part of the problem is the state's larger industries sell older technologies that are being overtaken by newer advances.

Three of the state's five largest sectors have to do with paper and printing.

That could be a concern as the nation shifts its demand toward digital media.

The study also says Wisconsin's main industries aren't as globally minded as are manufacturers elsewhere.

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Making Cheese the Old Fashioned Way Submitted: 06/17/2013

MARATHON - Wisconsin makes up 24 percent of the nation's cheese production.

Helping out that number is Bletsoe's Cheese in Marathon.

Their old fashioned approach to cheese making still proves successful.

Bonnie Bletsoe and her husband David started the business in 1983.

They have a fully operational cheese factory, making cheese, the old way.

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Plane crash kills Two at Madeline Island Submitted: 06/17/2013

ASHLAND COUNTY - Two people died when a plane crashed near the airport on Madeline island in northwestern Wisconsin.

Sheriff Mick Brennan says a witness saw the plane try to land, then abort the landing and apparently turn to make a second approach.

The plane then went down just short of the runway and caught fire.

The names and hometowns of the two men were not immediately released pending notification of relatives.

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Increased wolf hunt quotas go to Natural Resources Board Submitted: 06/14/2013

MADISON - Hunters could kill more wolves under quotas going before the state natural resources board for Wisconsin's second wolf hunt.

The board will take up the limits June 26th in Wausau.

Testimony will be taken from the public.

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EAA to pay big fee for air traffic controllers Submitted: 06/14/2013

OSHKOSH - The Experimental Aircraft Association will pay the Federal Aviation Administration 450-thousand dollars... but they're not happy about it.

The money is for air traffic control services during the upcoming AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh.

EAA Chairman Jack Pelton says his organization was held hostage.

It either had to pay the fee or cancel the popular air show.

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Streamlined permits for cleaning up shorelines Submitted: 06/14/2013

MADISON - Lake property owners will have an easier time getting permission for lakefront clean-ups.

A new state permit allows clean up of accumulated zebra mussels, dead fish, algae and other deposits.

The DNR says waterfront property owners will have the same streamlined process that's been in place for the landowners on the Great Lakes.

People who apply for the new general permit will get a decision within 30 days.

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