Danielle Kaeding

2 days ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Danielle Kaeding

Water levels on most of the Great Lakes are below their long-term average for this time of year as they’ve fallen to levels not seen in more than a decade. Lakes Michigan, Huron, Superior and Ontario are about 4 to 6 inches below the long-term average as of Friday. Lake Erie is the only lake that remains above normal, but it could fall below average later this summer.

3 days ago | wpr.org | Danielle Kaeding

Water levels on most of the Great Lakes are below their long-term average for this time of year as they've fallen to levels not seen in more than a decade. Lakes Michigan, Huron, Superior and Ontario are about 4 to 6 inches below the long-term average for May. Lake Erie is the only lake that remains above normal, but it could fall below average later this summer. Keith Kompoltowicz is the chief of hydraulics and hydrology for the Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

6 days ago | businessnorth.com | Danielle Kaeding

The CEO of a Canadian mining company has outlined goals to expand drilling for metals like copper, gold and zinc at multiple sites in Wisconsin either this fall or early next year. GreenLight Metals, which does business as Green Light Wisconsin, announced plans in April to drill for copper and gold at the Bend Deposit in Taylor County this summer. The deposit is believed to contain 4.2 million tons of mostly copper and gold.

1 week ago | wpr.org | Danielle Kaeding

The CEO of a Canadian mining company has outlined goals to expand drilling for metals like copper, gold and zinc at multiple sites in Wisconsin either this fall or early next year. GreenLight Metals, which does business as Green Light Wisconsin, announced plans in April to drill for copper and gold at the Bend Deposit in Taylor County this summer. The deposit is believed to contain 4.2 million tons of mostly copper and gold.

1 week ago | urbanmilwaukee.com | Danielle Kaeding

Wisconsin could lose tens of millions of dollars in funding for water infrastructure upgrades under President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by more than half. Trump recommends cutting EPA’s fiscal year 2026 budget by $4.9 billion or a 54.5 percent cut, which would reduce the agency’s budget to levels not seen since the Reagan administration.