Sep 3, 2020 | issues
by Joe Block, Star News A prescribed burn in the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area ignited an “unknown substance,” according to the Wisconsin DNR, on Wednesday, August 26. Residents on Keller Road, along the southern border of the recreation area, were informed of a...
Jun 11, 2019 | issues
The detection of unsafe levels of explosives in a rural drinking water well near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant has prompted State regulators to call for quick action to address expanding groundwater contamination caused by the U.S. Army. The May 15 letter...
Mar 22, 2019 | issues
Following years of pressure and dedicated work by CSWAB, the Army announced this week that it will be offering a contract for the removal of mercury-contaminated sediments at Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin (and not the sand cover suggested by the Wisconsin DNR)!...
Mar 6, 2019 | issues
At a public informational meeting last November, Army officials assured local residents, government officials and the Wisconsin DNR that the highest concentration of two forms of PFAS (PFOA/PFOS) detected in groundwater at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant was...
Jan 28, 2019 | issues
Recent laboratory testing by the U.S. Army has detected low levels of groundwater contaminants associated with the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant in several nearby residential drinking water wells. Of the 22 drinking water wells tested, five had chloroform,...
