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Gogebic Taconite submits sampling plans
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MADISON - Gogebic Taconite wants to move quickly to dig an iron mine in Ashland and Iron Counties.
This week, they submitted plans for the next step in the state's process.
The company is asking the DNR for permission to sample hundreds of thousands of tons of earth, part of a bulk sampling plan.
Gogebic Taconite also officially told the DNR it will seek a mining permit.
The DNR will tell Gogebic within two weeks whether it can go forward with the sampling.
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Plans for next wolf hunt move forward
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MADISON - Wisconsin wildlife officials want hunters and trappers kill more wolves this year.
Yesterday the DNR finalized proposed kill quotas for the state's second wolf season.
The quota was set at 275 wolves.
The state's Chippewa tribes are entitled to part of that quota.
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Woman killed when ATV goes over cliff
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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SAXON - A woman died when an ATV sailed over a cliff in Iron county.
Deputies got the call around seven last night about the ATV crash near Harbor Drive in Saxon.
The ATV did not make it around a corner on Harbor drive and traveled over the cliff, coming to rest on the beach.
A 42 year old woman who was a passenger on the ATV was dead at the scene.
Her 44 year old husband had been driving, and suffered severe injuries.
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Forest Co. man gets jail for firing gun in house, pointing it at wife
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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CRANDON - The Forest County man who pointed a gun at his wife and fired a shot in their home will serve conditional jail time.
Forrest Schaller was originally charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide.
But today he agreed to a deal with the State. He pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering safety and felon possession of a firearm.
In exchange, the Court dropped the attempted homicide charge.
Schaller will serve one year in Forest County jail with work-release privileges. He'll be on probation for eight years.
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Budget likely just days away from passge
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MADISON - Wisconsin Republicans want to expand private school vouchers, put forth a huge income tax cut, and reject a federal Medicaid expansion.
Those ideas could be just days away from becoming law in Wisconsin.
The state Assembly passed the biennial state budget on a 55-42 vote Wednesday.
Those proposals are just some of hundreds in the $70 billion budget.
Democrats decided not to offer any of the 211 amendments they had ready.
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Merrill City Council plans to at Tomahawk to Municipal Court cases
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MERRILL - We want our city officials to save money and resources where they can.
In Merrill, the city council is trying to do that with their municipal court.
The new plan means if you get a speeding ticket or citation for disorderly conduct in tomahawk, you'd have to go to court in Merrill.
The timetable is quicker for getting in and out of the municipal court than getting through Lincoln County Circuit Court.
The discussion came up when Merrill's city staff members decided they need to make a decision whether to continue funding the court.
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Mapping and controlling Yellow Iris in wetlands
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Submitted: 06/19/2013 |
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MINOCQUA - These plants may look pretty but they're taking over our rivers and lakes. Michele Sadauskas is Oneida County's Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator. She is working to map and control the yellow iris, the plant you see here. She and two other conservation workers spent the day weeding Stacks Bay.
"They invade our wetlands. They're a really robust, aggressive plant. What they do is they crowd out our native species and make actually the wetland a lot less diverse," says Michele Sadauskas, Oneida County AIS Coordinator.
Removing yellow iris is a slow process. It takes three hours of work just to properly map and control 20 feet of shoreline.
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