Alliant Energy plans energy storage facility near Portage
Alliant Energy plans to build the first CO2 energy storage system in the United States. The project will be located at the Columbia Energy Center near Portage. Alliant projects a $90 million investment with construction set for 2026-2027. Storage system will have enough energy to power 18,000 homes for 10...
New leader takes over Dane County’s biggest agency — with cuts ahead
After years without permanent leadership, the Dane County Department of Human Services has a new director to shepherd the county’s largest agency through millions of dollars in anticipated cuts and reduced services. John Schlueter started at the end of June, taking over for interim director Astra Iheukumere, who had...
Coldplay concert sparks nostalgia and celebration in Madison
A 75-year-old Platteville woman died after a crash over the weekend, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said. Design for Difference team seeks donations, volunteers ahead of Yahara House makeover. Updated: 14 hours ago. |. Journey Mental Health’s Yahara House is getting a makeover in a few months. Tobacco...
Wildfire haze blankets Wisconsin ahead of heat wave
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is again blanketing parts of Wisconsin, leading to familiar hazy skies. Air quality is the worst in Dane, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson, Monroe and Sauk counties, where the AQI, or air quality index, is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Air quality should improve later in the week...
Water and energy use is growing as data centers are built across the Midwest...
In rural Dane County, Wisconsin, a developer wants to build a data center campus with 15 buildings over the next decade. Texas will serve as the home base for Stargate, a $500 billion effort to build artificial intelligence infrastructure, with 10 data centers under construction and 10 more planned. In...
City of Monona dealing with an increased number of police pursuits
DANE COUNTY, Wis. — For the city of Monona, police pursuits are becoming a more common occurrence. Monona Police Department Chief Brian Chaney said in 2024 his officers were involved in 51 total pursuits. “If you are given an audible and visual indication to stop by a law enforcement...
Want a quick getaway? Madison beckons with art, architecture and oysters
To the untrained eye, the topographical drama of southwestern Wisconsin can feel out of step with the rest of the Midwest. Steep ridges, bucolic hills and rivers that twist around limestone bluffs. This is the Driftless: a 7,000-square-mile patch left untouched by the last Ice Age. While glaciers flattened much...
POLICE: Four dead, seven injured in series of crashes on I-39/90/94
LODI, Wis. — Four people are dead and seven others were injured following a chain of crashes early Friday on northbound Interstate 39/90/94 near Lodi, authorities said. The crashes, which happened over nearly three hours, involved multiple semitrailers, a dump truck and several passenger vehicles. Wisconsin State...
Wisconsin Scientists Race to Keep the Doomsday Glacier From Collapsing
Help keep One Green Planet free and independent! Together we can ensure our platform remains a hub for empowering ideas committed to fighting for a sustainable, healthy, and compassionate world. Please support us in keeping our mission strong. A glacier the size of Florida is on the brink—and two researchers...
Wisconsin flags at half-staff Saturday to honor Middleton couple
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Flags flew at half-staff in Wisconsin Saturday in honor of a Middleton couple.
