Police: Green Bay Packer accused of assault

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Published June 5, 2010 at 3:55 p.m.

Associated Press - June 5, 2010 4:55 PM ET ... LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) - Police in a Wisconsin town say a Green Bay Packers player is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault early ...

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Waukesha mayor demands information on changes to lake water application

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Published June 1, 2010 at 10:38 p.m.

Mayor Jeff Scrima is demanding that water utility staff highlight all changes made in a city application for a Great Lakes water supply between the time the Common Council approved the plan on April 8 and when it was submitted to state environmental officials six weeks later ...

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Perch return to local waters - in an old factory

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 1:30 a.m.

A new generation of yellow perch is being netted about a mile from Lake Michigan at an urban fish and vegetable farm called Sweet Water Organics, which mimics the Earth's natural ecosystem in a cavernous industrial building ...

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Environmental groups, utility settle plant dispute

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Published Dec. 4, 2009 at 3:38 p.m.

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has approved an agreement between the Sierra Club, Clean Wisconsin and Wisconsin Energy Corp. which environmentalists claim will help restore and protect the health of Lake Michigan ...

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Waukesha postpones public meeting on Great Lakes water diversion application

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Published Dec. 2, 2009 at 5:35 p.m.

Waukesha -- Mayor Larry Nelson has canceled a Dec. 8 public hearing and special Common Council meeting on the city's proposed switch to Lake Michigan water.The meeting will be rescheduled in early January to give city staff more time to complete a draft application, officials said.Waukesha intends to seek the approval of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and each of the governors of the seven other Great Lakes states to buy Lake Michigan water ...

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Waukesha can move forward with bid for lake water, state tells Barrett

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Published Oct. 22, 2009 at 3:03 p.m.

Waukesha's pursuit of Lake Michigan water does not have to wait until state rules are adopted implementing a Great Lakes protection compact, state Department of Natural Resources Secretary Matt Frank says in a letter to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett ...

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Lake Mendota Scientists Move From One Challenge to the Next

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Published Oct. 19, 2009 at 7:49 p.m.

Many of us are familiar with environmentalists' and scientists' crusade to clean up the Lake Michigan watershed, but did you know that scientific research of Madison's Lake Mendota stretches back into the 19th century? ...

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Waukesha Water Manager Envisions Lake Michigan As City's Future Water Source

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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 12:43 p.m.

Waukesha has been investigating ways to come up with clean water for its residents ... City leaders hope to get approval to tap into Lake Michigan ...

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Scientists Tackle Tough Issues at State of Lake Michigan Conference

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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 12:17 a.m.

Scientists hope that close to a half billion dollars might be pumped in to help restore the health of the Great Lakes ... Researchers gather in Milwaukee this week to discuss the state and future of Lake Michigan ...

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Lake Sturgeon's Milwaukee River Renaissance

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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 12:08 a.m.

Riveredge Nature Center has partnered with the DNR to bring Lake Sturgeon back to the Milwaukee River ... Volunteers have been nurturing the young fish 30 miles north of Milwaukee ... This weekend 1,100 fingerlings will be released in the river ...

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