The executive director of the League of Wisconsin Conservation Voters says she is hopeful the new DNR secretary will be more independent of Governor Scott Walker. Walker announced this week the appointment of former Republican state representative Dan Meyer to the post. League of Wisconsin Conservation Voters director Kerry Schumann says Meyer’s environmental record in the legislature was mixed. “He didn’t vote very well on the environment, he actually had a lifetime score of 34 percent,” Schumann told WFDL news. “One thing that gives me a little bit of hope is that he several times voted in favor of having the DNR secretary be independent of the governor.” Schumann says Meyer’s first test will be new manure pollution rules that were the subject of a DNR hearing earlier this month.
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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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