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The state Senate Mining Committee has approved a bill that will close thousands of acres around a mining site in northern Wisconsin to hikers, hunters and…
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UPDATE: The Senate Mining Committee advanced the proposal Thursday, sending it to the full state Senate.Nearly 3,500 acres of forestland in northern…
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State regulators have granted a license to a firm that started using armed guards, clad in camouflage, at the site of a potential iron mine.Last month,…
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Governor Walker wants people who disrupt mine testing in northern Wisconsin, "prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." Walker issued the statement,…
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A mining company says it has temporarily withdrawn its armed guards from an exploratory drilling site in northwestern Wisconsin.Gogebic Taconite spokesman…
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Update: On Wednesday, Gogebic Taconite temporarily pulled its armed guards from the exploratory drilling site in northwestern Wisconsin.Heavily-armed…
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The Wisconsin DNR wants more details from Gogebic Taconite, the company interesting in mining iron ore south of Lake Superior.The company filed paperwork…
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Iron and Ashland counties are attempting to exert some control over the huge mine planned for northern Wisconsin.Supporters of the mine say the area needs…
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Gogebic Taconite wants to excavate five sites in northern Wisconsin, in order to assess the quality and quantity of the area's buried iron ore. The…
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The DNR has granted an exploratory permit to Gogebic Taconite, the company that wants to open a giant iron mine in northern Wisconsin.Gogebic Taconite…