CLAYTON COUNTY - The growing demand for frac sand - mined primarily in Wisconsin and Minnesota but also in northeast Iowa - threatens human health, the environment and local economies, according to a ...

The Houston County Commissioners were not able to come to an agreement on a frac sand mining ordinance Tuesday morning. Houston County will revert back to the original ordinance that says little about ...

My name is David Palmquist. I worked for 39 years as Whitewater State Park naturalist, sharing this area’s amazing natural resources and environmental education with park visitors and area residents.

DURAND, Wis. — The Pepin County Board has declared a 10-mile ribbon of bluffs on the Wisconsin side of Lake Pepin off limits to frac sand mining. Mining proponents and some county board members ...

The frac sand boom has divided residents into those who believe mining will create sorely needed jobs in rural Wisconsin and those who fear the impacts the mines may have on health, road safety and ...

• Frac sand mining destroys the soil. Reclamation will never restore affected sites to productive farmland because topsoil requires hundreds of years to form. Sand mining affects water quality, sand ...

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series examining the potential for frac sand mining in Sauk County. A recent viability assessment conducted by people worried about a frac sand ...

SAUK CITY — Filmmakers Melissa Troutman and Joshua Pribanic will present their film “Triple Divide” on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Park Hall, 307 Polk St., Sauk City. The film examines the impacts of frac ...