…a real challenge. “Part of the problem is that it is so remote; you can’t just bring heavy equipment down there to pull the banks back and fix stuff,” Hudson said. “Another part of the problem is that it takes a long time to work with private landowners.” The first…
Some of these articles were published in 1951 in North Country Magazine. Sigurd also wrote a couple of hundred short sketches for newspapers; he wrote a few between 1937 and 1939, but most were from 1940 to 1943, and were syndicated to a number of newspapers, mostly in the Midwest….
BY REBECCA WILLIAMS, Michigan Radio Environment Report Waukesha wants to build a pipeline to the Great Lakes. The city is in southeast Wisconsin, 17 miles from Lake Michigan. It has a radium problem in its groundwater supply. Waukesha wants to fix its drinking water problem by pulling water from Lake…
By Dan Kraker, MPRNews With its groundwater wells contaminated with radium and city leaders under court order to find a new water source, Waukesha, Wis., saw an obvious fix — tap Lake Michigan, just 15 miles to the east. The massive lake, one of the world’s largest freshwater sources, would…
…or more, surfacing hundreds of feet away from the place where they dove. They are also able to hide by compressing their feathers, letting out air, and lying flat on the surface of the water. It wasn’t until the development of night-time capture techniques in the 1990s that researchers were…
…Houghton Falls, Washburn Houghton Falls has become a rite of passage for students. It is a gorgeous, flat, easy hike that follows waterfalls and rock formations all the way to Lake Superior. Take your swim gear—you’ll likely want it. 20 minutes from campus. 5. Visit Madeline Island Take a fifteen-minute…
…around the lake under their own power, but here are the ones we know about. 2016 Bike: Laura Rethmann ’17 and Olivia Garceau ’17 Rethmann and Garceau peddled 1,350 miles in thirty-five days. “We were spoiled with only one flat tire to mend, many slices of pie, and generous people…
…some heavy picnic-type tables with fixed seating in the rear, across from there. There was at least one pinball machine. Lighting was minimal. So were the toilet facilities. I know the men’s loo was located near the entrance, walled in by cinder block, toward the middle of the room. A…
…and Washburn counties, and NorthLakes Community Clinic. The Endowment recently announced funding for ten community coalitions to support community-based improvements in behavioral health. The overall goals of the initiative include: statewide improvement in behavioral health, improved physical health among those with behavioral health conditions, and improved prevention and healthcare resources….
