MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorney General Brad Schimel says state environmental officials lack broad authority to regulate high-capacity wells. Schimel issued an opinion Tuesday saying a 2011 law prohibits agencies from imposing permit conditions not expressly laid out in state statute. Republicans and environmentalists have argued for years over how far the Department of Natural Resources can go in regulating high-capacity wells. A state appeals court ruled in 2010 that the agency has broad authority to control such wells. That prompted Republicans to pass the 2011 law limiting agency authority to statutory powers. The state Supreme Court ruling upheld the appellate ruling in 2011 but didn’t consider the new law because it didn’t go until effect until oral arguments were over. Assembly Republicans asked Schimel for the opinion in February.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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