Stories tagged: "Peshtigo"

Our Wisconsin People sought refuge in the ice-cold waters of the Peshtigo River to avoid certain death during the Peshtigo fire in October 1871. (Illustration by GJ Tisdale, via Peshtigo Fire Museum)
Our Wisconsin 7 Things to Know About Wisconsin’s Peshtigo Fire of 1871

Wisconsin inferno 150 years ago remains America’s deadliest.

Susan Lampert Smith Susan Lampert Smith September 21, 2021 4:34 pm CDT
Environment Jeff Lamont grew up in the Town of Peshtigo and returned to enjoy his retirement after 30 years as a hydrologist working on remediation sites across the country, including one on the Menominee River, which Tyco had contaminated with arsenic. Now he's involved with the citizen group monitoring the PFAS cleanup in his hometown. “It'll be decades before this has been cleaned up,” he said. (Photo by Christina Lieffring)
Environment The Problem of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Marinette, and the Solutions That Could Take as Long

A corporation impedes progress on tracing and fixing PFAS contamination in the local water supply—pollution that it caused.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring September 9, 2021 4:43 pm CDT
Our Wisconsin (Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman)
Our Wisconsin Where in Wisconsin is Christina Lieffring?: Marinette and Appleton

UpNorthNews Capitol Reporter Christina Lieffring documents her reporting trip to Marinette and Appleton—and all the local eats, drinks, and sights along the way.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring August 2, 2021 4:25 pm CDT

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