Environment
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‘Enormous Victory’: Environmentalists, Ho-Chunk Win in Court Against Monroe County Fracking Operation
The ruling is the result of a years-long legal battle against the proposed operation that would have destroyed 16 acres of wetlands.
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‘Tornadoes Don’t Care What Month It Is’: Climate Change Raises Risk of Winter Storms
Higher temperatures during windier winter months make unseasonably severe winter more likely across the Midwest.
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‘Tornadoes Don’t Care What Month It Is’: Climate Change Raises Risk of Winter Storms
Higher temperatures during windier winter months make unseasonably severe winter more likely across the Midwest.
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The Lore, Legends, and Traditions of Wisconsin Deer Hunting
Thousands take off from work and school to hunt for their buck, a time-honored tradition that has seen its share of legends, tragedies, and new curveballs.
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Brownfield to Baseball: Beloit Hopes Ballpark Will Revitalize Downtown
A new baseball stadium shows how communities can reclaim polluted land to create new experiences.
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Appreciate the Deer Hunt
UpNorthNews reporter Julian Emerson recounts his wide range of experiences with Wisconsin’s gun deer hunting season.
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I Never Knew Area 178 Existed. Now I Can’t Wait to Go Back.
For more than four decades in the Chippewa Valley, this beautiful site evaded Julian Emerson. That changed recently.
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State Approves Construction of $370 Million Natural Gas Facility Despite Local, Climate Objections
The potential new natural gas plant planned near Ixonia and Whitewater comes as the climate crisis grows more urgent every day.
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Indigenous Farming, Cooking at Center of Bad River Community Garden Program
Bad River Food Sovereignty Program provides food, sustainable farming practices in the Ashland area.
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36 Acres of Lake Superior Shoreline To Open to Public After Decades-Long Cleanup
Rehabilitation of the former Superfund site is just the latest example of this Northwoods city’s efforts to reclaim its shoreline and reinvent its image.Jt
