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  1. Dairyland, landowners meet for landfill Q&A session

    Wednesday Sep 24 | Vernon County Broadcaster

    ... asked questions about the proposed project. Dairyland says it needs a landfill in this area to store ash from its Genoa coal-fired electrical power plant. Dairyland plans to install new air cleaning, also known as "scrubbing" systems. These systems ...

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    Related Topix: Vernon County, WI, Westby, WI, Viroqua, WI

  2. Townships, groups combine efforts to fight ash landfill

    Sep 3, 2008 | Vernon County Broadcaster

    ... already begun construction of a "scrubber" that will remove sulfur dioxide and particulates from the exhaust at its Genoa coal-fired power plant. DPC has been able to recycle about 85 percent of its ash waste from its coal facilities, but the ...

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    Related Topix: Energy, Vernon County, WI, Viroqua, WI

  3. Ridgerunner reports: Autumn is sneaking into the Coulee Region

    Sep 3, 2008 | The Chronicle

    ... a few adventurous pelicans were also beginning to move south along the river. While visiting Black Hawk Park south of Genoa recently, I heard the familiar sound of dozens of grackles gurgling and squawking in a large tree. That is a sure sound of ...

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    Related Topix: La Crosse, WI, Holmen, WI, Weather, Entomology, Science

  4. Townships, groups combine efforts to fight ash landfillRead the original story

    Sep 3, 2008 | Vernon County Broadcaster

    ... already begun construction of a "scrubber" that will remove sulfur dioxide and particulates from the exhaust at its Genoa coal-fired power plant. DPC has been able to recycle about 85 percent of its ash waste from its coal facilities, but the ...

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    Related Topix: Energy, Vernon County, WI, Viroqua, WI

  5. Obituaries for August 28, 2008Read the original story

    Aug 28, 2008 | Onalaska Community Life

    ... doing needlework and crocheting. She is survived by a son, Shawn Levock of Onalaska; a sister, Donna Osthoff of Genoa; and a brother, Billy (Arlene) Butler of La Crosse. Nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by her parents; her ...

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  6. Near-extinct mussel makes surprise showingRead the original story

    Aug 19, 2008 | The Gazette

    ... encouraging," said Tony Brady, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the National Fish Hatchery in Genoa, Wis., the agency that hatched the elaborate and unlikely propagation scheme. The Higgins eye, a Mississippi River native ...

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  7. Ridgerunner Reports: Genoa is scene of an unusual fishing derbyRead the original story

    Aug 7, 2008 | Onalaska Community Life

    ... Most of them target bass or walleyes but once in a while something different comes along. Last week, Tuna's Bar in Genoa, Wis., held its second fishing derby for 2008, but the target fish was the sheepshead rather than its more famous river ...

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    Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

  8. County's landfill stance changedRead the original story

    Jul 23, 2008 | Vernon County Broadcaster

    ... will mean for Dairyland, but, so far, the cooperative will not alter its plan to install the scrubber equipment at its Genoa facility and site a landfill in Vernon County. Huff said DNR regulations regarding sulfur emission levels will still be in ...

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    Related Topix: Energy, Environmental Law, Law, Vernon County, WI

  9. Dairyland stays course on scrubbers despite ruling

    Jul 16, 2008 | Vernon County Broadcaster

    A federal appellate court decision that has drastically changed future federal clean air emission requirements will apparently not stop Dairyland Power Cooperative from installing air scrubbers at its Genoa ...

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    Related Topix: Vernon County, WI, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

  10. Mayfly hatch on Mississippi River

    Jul 11, 2008 | WXOW-TV La Crosse

    ... Arneson followed a pair of documentary film makers from the National Geographic Channel to a location just north of Genoa. Neil Rettig says, "They come off the water and then they hang in the trees, and that's what we first discovered. You could ...

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  11. Marlborough hatchery is doing critical workRead the original story

    Jun 24, 2008 | Berkshire Eagle

    ... here in the Berkshires. It was a 21-hour marathon drive just to get them here from the National Fish Hatchery in Genoa, Wis. These valuable fish are the result of a successful 20-month isolation rearing process which verified that they carried no ...

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    Related Topix: Marlborough, MA, Easthampton, MA, Berkshire, MA

  12. Opposition voiced, but Dairyland's plan OK'd

    Jun 11, 2008 | Vernon County Broadcaster

    ... Judy Wilmes, of the Vernon Electric Cooperative delegation, spoke out against a resolution to move ahead with the Genoa offsite landfill project. Three other Vernon Electric delegates joined her. Delegates from 25 member cooperatives and 19 ...

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    Related Topix: Vernon County, WI

  13. Storms cause flooding, evacuations across Vernon County

    Jun 9, 2008 | Vernon County Broadcaster

    ... mudslides and falling rocks from steep hillsides were widely reported. Nederlo said a mudslide was reported south of Genoa near the Dairyland Power Cooperative Electric Plant. In De Soto 24 people spent part of Sunday out of their homes in the ...

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    Related Topix: La Crosse, WI, Richland County, WI, Hillsboro, WI, Viroqua, WI

  14. Storms cause flooding, evacuations across region

    Jun 8, 2008 | La Crosse Tribune

    ... mudslides and falling rocks from steep hillsides were widely reported. Nederlo said a mudslide was reported south of Genoa near the Dairyland Power Cooperative Electric Plant. In De Soto, Wis., 24 people spent part of Sunday out of their homes in ...

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    Related Topix: Richland County, WI, La Crosse, WI, Viroqua, WI

  15. Portions of La Farge evacuated; Coon Valley impassible due to floodingRead the original story

    Jun 8, 2008 | Westby Times

    ... a.m., Sunday. Other rainfall amounts in the same period for other Vernon County municipalities included: Viroqua 4.53, Genoa 4.5, La Farge 4.45 and Readstown 3.04 inches. Rain stopped falling in Viroqua at about 10:30 a.m., but the NWS predicts more ...

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    Related Topix: Coon Valley, WI, Chaseburg, WI, La Farge, WI, Ontario, WI, Vernon County, WI

  16. Some areas of Vernon County hit with six inches of rain in 24-hour period

    Jun 8, 2008 | Westby Times

    ... a.m., Sunday. Other rainfall amounts in the same period for other Vernon County municipalities included: Viroqua 4.53, Genoa 4.5, La Farge 4.45 and Readstown 3.04 inches. Breeser said that radar reports suggest that the storm system over Vernon ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Vernon County, WI, Ontario, WI, Viroqua, WI, La Farge, WI

  17. like a good neighbor

    Jun 1, 2008 | La Crosse Tribune

    ... of about 60 Amish and a few other community members, the main structure of Ina and Steve Brosinski's new barn in rural Genoa, Wis., was complete. The Brosinskis' Amish neighbors had offered to build the family a new barn on Nov. 4, the day their old ...

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  18. Spring Carnival at St. Charles School in Genoa, WIRead the original story

    Mar 30, 2008 | WXOW-TV La Crosse

    Carnival Games, Carnival food, raffle with fabulous prizes, cake walk mini raffle, and a clown. Fun for the whole family! Admission is FREE! Close Window

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  19. Wisconsin considers lifting ban on nuclear power plantsRead the original story

    Feb 29, 2008 | Marshfield News-Herald

    ... new nuclear in the years ahead," Brian Rude of the Dairyland Power Cooperative, which owns a closed nuclear reactor in Genoa, Wis., said in testimony to lawmakers. In addition to repealing the moratorium, Assembly bills would require the state to ...

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    Related Topix: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, Nuclear Energy, Kewaunee, WI

  20. Wisconsin considers lifting ban on nuclear power plants

    Feb 28, 2008 | Chicago Tribune

    ... new nuclear in the years ahead,' Brian Rude of the Dairyland Power Cooperative, which owns a closed nuclear reactor in Genoa, Wis., said in testimony to lawmakers. In addition to repealing the moratorium, Assembly bills would require the state to ...

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    Related Topix: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, Nuclear Energy