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Marshfield Police say the 21-year-old man who was hit by a train early Wednesday morning has died.More >> Marshfield Police say the 21-year-old man who was hit by a train early Wednesday morning has died.More >> A safety warning on cell phones -- which can sometimes heat up dangerously.More >> A safety warning on cell phones -- which can sometimes heat up dangerously.
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More >> WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) - Wisconsin Rapids police have identified the woman who died after walking into the path of a train.
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Continued mixed weather through Friday with partly sunny skies and a chance of scattered showers each afternoon.More >> Continued mixed weather through Friday with partly sunny skies and a chance of scattered showers each afternoon.
More >> The results are in for a recall election held in a northern Wisconsin community.More >> The results are in for a recall election held in a northern Wisconsin community.More >> LAKE MILLS (WKOW) -- Lake Mills police were dispatched to Bartel's Beach on S. Ferry Drive Sunday evening where a the body of a male was found in Mill Pond. Authorities say that man is 18-year-old Devin Droster.Captain Mick Selck asks anyone with information regarding this incident to call him at 920-648-2354.More >> LAKE MILLS (WKOW) -- Lake Mills police were dispatched to Bartel's Beach on S. Ferry Drive Sunday evening where a the body of a male was found in Mill Pond. Authorities say that man is 18-year-old Devin Droster.Captain Mick Selck asks anyone with information regarding this incident to call him at 920-648-2354.More >> SPENCER (WAOW) – A pickup truck slammed into a power pole on state Highway 13 in Spencer on Tuesday, knocking out electricity for a time and forcing traffic to be detoured, authorities said.More >> SPENCER (WAOW) – A pickup truck slammed into a power pole on state Highway 13 in Spencer on Tuesday, knocking out electricity for a time and forcing traffic to be detoured, authorities said.More >>
MADISON (WAOW) – A Clark County company has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a dispute with the state regarding storm water discharges at its non-metallic mines near Neillsville, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Monday.
The state alleged in a civil complaint that Opelt Sand & Gravel operated without storm water discharge permits from the state Department of Natural Resources, threatening the Black River, Van Hollen said in a statement.
All the company's sites now have the proper permits and the company is “managing the discharges in a way that does not threaten local natural resources,” Van Hollen said.
According to the settlement, Opelt Sand & Gravel agreed to pay $10,000, starting next August, for each of the next three years to settle the matter. The dispute dates back to 1990s, the state's complaint said.
A spokesperson for Opelt Sand & Gravel did not immediately return a telephone message for comment Monday.
