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Wisconsin bluff towns trying to ban frac-sand mining along Lake Pepin
A scenic 10-mile stretch of Wisconsin bluff land would be off-limits to frac-sand mining under a proposed ordinance that has strong local support but must overcome a pro-business climate that has made the Badger State the nation's hottest silica sand-mining range.
Camp Pepin reopening after nearly 50 kids get sick
A camp in far western Wisconsin is re-opening Monday, after about four dozen fifth-graders got sick during their annual spring visit last week.
50 Farmington students sickened at Wisconsin camp
About 50 kids from the Farmington School District became ill with a suspected norovirus while at a Wisconsin camp this week.