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Results 1 - 16 of 16 in Tainter Lake, WI

  1. Algae toxins plague Midwest waterwaysRead the original story

    Sep 28, 2009 | The Daily Standard

    ... and a nuisance, but will eventually lead to more human poisoning. Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin's Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the "cockroach on the water." "It is like living in the sewer for three weeks. You gag. You cannot go ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin

  2. Algae grows in Lake Pokegama near Chetek, Wis. The smelly and...Read the original story

    Sep 28, 2009 | Detroit Free Press

    ... shorelines and keep their dogs from drinking the rank water. Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin's Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the "cockroach on the water." "It is like living in the sewer for three weeks. You gag. You cannot go ...

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    Related Topix: Chetek, WI, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Health

  3. Killer blue-green overtakes lakesRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 28, 2009 | NY Daily News

    ... shorelines and keep their dogs from drinking the rank water. Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin's Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the "cockroach on the water." "It is like living in the sewer for three weeks. You gag. You cannot go ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

  4. What's ugly, smells, kills dogs? Blue-green algaeRead the original story

    Sep 28, 2009 | WBBM-AM Chicago

    ... shorelines and keep their dogs from drinking the rank water. Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin's Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the "cockroach on the water." "It is like living in the sewer for three weeks. You gag. You cannot go ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government

  5. Blue-green algae causing 'a stink' in Wis.Read the original story

    Sep 28, 2009 | KARE-TV Minneapolis

    ... the blue-green algae has been fatal for dogs throughout the country. Residents around Lake Menomin and nearby Tainter Lake say just breathing in the fumes has made life difficult for them. "I have a sore throat and congestion in the chest," Joy ...

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    Related Topix: Menomonie, WI

  6. Waterway scum killing dogsRead the original story

    Sep 28, 2009 | Telegram & Gazette

    ... shorelines and keep their dogs from drinking the rank water. Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin's Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the 'cockroach on the water.' 'It is like living in the sewer for three weeks. You gag. You cannot go ...

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    Related Topix: Chetek, WI, Wausau, WI, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

  7. Toxic Algae Plagues the Midwest Killing Dogs, Sickening People..

    Sep 27, 2009 | Free Republic

    ... shorelines and keep their dogs from drinking the rank water. Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin's Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the "cockroach on the water." "It is like living in the sewer for three weeks. You gag. You cannot go ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

  8. Stinky blue-green algae blamed for dog deathsRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 27, 2009 | MSNBC News

    ... shorelines and keep their dogs from drinking the rank water. Peggy McAloon, 62, lives on Wisconsin's Tainter Lake and calls the algae blooms the "cockroach on the water." "It is like living in the sewer for three weeks. You gag. You cannot go ...

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    Related Topix: Wausau, WI, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin

  9. Sickening Air Blamed On Water

    Sep 21, 2009 | Z100 Radio

    ... quality making people sick near Menomonie, bring out the State Health Department. Air tests were done around Tainter Lake. Residents near that lake, and Lake Menomin, says the smell of algae in the lakes is so unbearable that it's giving them ...

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    Related Topix: Menomonie, WI

  10. Algae bloom sickens Wisconsin residentsRead the original story

    Sep 18, 2009 | UPI

    ... quality specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. "I feel like I have moss on my tonsils," Tainter Lake resident Linda Lawrence said. Next Story: Great Value Berry Crunch being recalled

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  11. Blue-green algae sickening residents near two Menomonie, Wis., lakesRead the original story

    Sep 17, 2009 | The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

    ... Lake Improvement Association. "It's been the elephant in the living room." Linda Lawrence, who lives on Tainter Lake, said she contacted the Department of Health Services after getting a scratchy throat. "I felt like I was breathing air products ... 5 comments

    Related Topix: Menomonie, WI

  12. Lakes making people sick; stinking up a city

    Sep 17, 2009 | WEAU-TV Eau Claire

    ... lake after people say it made them sick. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services was scheduled to be at Tainter Lake in Dunn County Thursday. And the DNR says biologists will take water samples for the health department at Lake Menomin Friday. ...

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    Related Topix: Dunn County, WI, Menomonie, WI

  13. Community looks for ways to stop blue-green algae

    Aug 30, 2009 | WEAU-TV Eau Claire

    The water on Tainter Lake is green, and it's not for Saint Patrick a s Day. "This is probably a good day for Tainter Lake, what we're looking at.

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  14. Sen. Feingold hears of Menomonie-area lakes' algae troubles

    Aug 26, 2009 | Leader-Telegram

    ... At that time, McAloon requested assistance from Feingold to improve the water quality of Lake Menomin and Tainter Lake. Phosphorus is a major contributor to blue-green algae in the lakes. It comes from lawn fertilizers and agricultural businesses, ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, Russell Feingold, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Menomonie, WI, Chippewa Falls, WI, Eau Claire, WI

  15. Annual Water Golf Classic to benefit Special Olympics

    Aug 15, 2009 | WQOW

    An annual water golf classic is coming up Sunday, for a good cause. The event is being held at Jake's Supper Club on Tainter Lake, in Menomonie, August 16.

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    Related Topix: Menomonie, WI

  16. Tainter artist aims to put the blue back in her lakes

    Jul 2, 2009 | Leader-Telegram

    What: Three 18-by-20-inch paintings of Tainter Lake, lower Tainter Lake and Lake Menomin by Peggy McAloon.

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    Related Topix: Menomonie, WI, Colfax, WI

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