MOST RECENT AT TOP
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- Frac sand miners could get help from DNR – The Voice , Jan. 17. 2013
- WQOW Sandstorm of Business – series of reports and videos
- Frac Sand Mine Planned Near School, Glenwood City, WI -Wisconsin Voices, 9/20/2012
- Vista Sand withdraws rezone application – DCN 9/19/2012
- PRD turns down sand company’s rezone request – DCN 9/15/2012
- Sand doesn’t equal community well-being – DCN 9/4/12
- Hearing first, decision later: Committee holds public hearing on Vista Sand’s rezoning request – DCN 9/4/
- Four sand mining companies form group to set mutual ‘code of conduct’ – Wisconsin State Journal 8/29/12
- North Dakota could produce ‘frac sand’ for oil industry – Chippewa Herald 8/28/12
- Sand boom creates jobs: Opponents fear frac rush threatens rural qualify of life – DCN 8/21/12
- Highway safety concerns hovering over sand debate – WQOW 8/9/12
- First they promise, then they plunder – DCN 8/4/2012
- Sand mine in Chippewa County looking to triple size – Chippewa Herald 8/2/2012
- Sand surge – fedgazette, July 2012
- Frac Sand Mining – Joy Cardin WPR 7/31/12 (Audio)
- Public comments on extending the mining moratorium – DCN 7/28/12
- Mining moratorium gets three more months – DCN 7/28/12
- Frac-sand proposal draws hundreds to hearing in western WI – KARE 11 7/25/12
- Sand mines leave indelible imprint on Wisconsin landscape – by Kathleen Vinehout 7/27/12
- Sand Mine growth outpaces WI DNR ability, will to monitor and regulate – Badger Democracy 7/27/12
- County board extends sand mine moratorium – DCN 7/25/12
- Zoning board’s denial makes no sense – DCN 7/27/12
- Zoning is in place for good reason – DCN 7/27/12
- Board’s decision affects more than town residents – DCN 7/24/12
- Rifts Emerge Amid ‘Frac Sand’ Rush In Wisconsin – Minnesota Public Radio 7/23/2012
- Wisconsin frac sand sites double – WisconsinWatch.org 7/22/12
- Destroying Our Environment for Frac-sand – Radio interview of Pilar Gerasimo by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., April 2012
- Cost of trading tourism for sand mining is too high – DCN 7/11/12
- Closing the misinformation gap – DCN 7/11/12
- Zoning board says no to more sand trucks – DCN 6/30/12
- Committee OKs extending county’s mining moratorium – DCN 6/30/12
- Value of Dunn County sand plant doubles – WQOW 6/26/12
- Committee recommends extending county’s mining moratorium – DCN 6/26/12
- Zoning board says no to more sand trucks – DCN 6/26/12
- Dunn County sand firm’s truck request denied – Leader Telegram 6/25/12
- Commentary: Strong mining ordinance needed for safety – Red Wing Republican Eagle 6/23/12
- Another sand mine proposal in Eau Claire County – WQOW 6/23/12
- Silence is golden til the sand trucks start passing by – DCN 6/23/12
- Report’s claims of sand pollution disputed – Chippewa Herald 6/22/12
- Sand storm – StarTribune 6/22/12
- Local sand plant cited over air quality concerns inside facilities – WQOW 6/21/12
- Town plan commission favors rail spur – DCN 6/9/12
- Rail site for sand loading advances in Dunn County, Wis. – Pioneer Press, 6/8/12
- Guest view: Frac sand and its effect on local democracy – DCN 6/5/2012
- Citizens weigh in on sand mining – DCN 5/29/2012
- Containment berm at frac mine fails – Country Messenger 5/15/2012
- Fracking Sand Threatens Gas Well Workers, Researcher Says – BloombergBusinessweek April 30, 2012
- Mining Companies Invade Wisconsin for Frac-Sand – EcoWatch 4/27/12
- Sand company shares plans for proposed rail site – DCN 4/23/12
- WQOW Sandstorm of Business Video Series – Feb, 6 to 10, 2012
- Is The Booming Natural Gas Industry Overproducing? – NPR 1/25/12
- Letter from Sen. Vinehout: Citizens need to know about proposed sand mines – Pierce County Herald 1/24/12
- Board OKs countywide mining delay – DCN 1/21/12
- Supervisor Votes on Moratorium – DCN 1/20/12
- Preferred Sands Secures $376 Million Loan for Acquisition and Capacity Expansion Projects – Wall Street Journal 1/20/12
- Homeowners saving on heating costs – WQOW 1/19/12
- Local board of health makes recommendation on sand petition – WQOW 1/19/12
- Moratorium offers opportunity to examine sand mine issues – DCN 1/17/12
- Things looking up for Dunn County’s economy – DCN 1/17/12
- State official backs frac sand industry – Chippewa Herald 1/17/12
- Natural gas price plunge aids families, businesses – Chippewa Herald 1/15/12
- Benefits of frac sand mining outweigh the negatives – DCN 1/10/12
- Village of Knapp approves six-month mining moratorium – Superior Telegram 1/11/12
- Natural gas, oil boom spurs sand mining in Midwest – AP 1/5/12
- Frack sand mining ignites western WI – Wisconsin Trout Unlimited, Jan. 2012
- Viewpoint: Wisconsin’s sandstorm – ECL 12/31/11
- Guest view: There’s no way to rebuild a hill – DCN 12/31/11
- Menomonie to receive grants from sand company – WQOW 12/30/11
- Benefits of sand mining outweigh negative impact – ECL 12/22/11
- Booming sand mining industry is Leader-Telegram’s top local story of 2011 – ECL 12/24/11
- Frac Sand Mining Regs Underway – WPR 12/23/11
- County board to consider mining moratorium – DCN 12/17/11
- Local lawmaker to introduce two frac sand mining bills – WQOW 12/14/11
- Mining operation planned near Knapp – ECL 12/14/11
- Townships, county consider mining moratoriums – DCN, 12/10/11
- Prospectors eye Knapp’s hills of sand – DCN, 12/10/111
- Northern Wisconsin sand mining boom includes new jobs, new problems – Chippewa Herald, 12/11/11
- Sand mining exploding in region – ECL 12/9/11
- DNR official: Staff reductions having affect – DCN 12/6/11
- Dunn County to address mining – EC Leader, 12/2/11
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LEARN ABOUT ‘FRACKING – Wisconsin Public Radio, 12/2/11
- Sand mining put on hold until May 2012 – Inside Eau Claire, 12/6/11
- Towns confident they can regulate sand mining industry – EC Leader, Dec. 2,2011
- Dunn County considers sand mine moratorium – WQOW, 12/5/11
- Swamped by sand: A workshop tackles the wave of sand companies setting up shop – DCN, 12/3/11
- Petition urges DNR to set silica dust standards – DCN, 12/3/11
- Air quality issue won’t stop mines – DCN, 12/3/11
- Full house for frac sand mining conference – WQOW, Dec.1, 2011
- Local lawmaker shares thoughts on sand mining – WQOW, Nov. 29, 2011
- Petition urges DNR to set silica dust standards – Chippewa Herald, Nov. 29, 2011
- Landowners beware: Sand prospectors’ track record is nonexistent – DCN 11/27/11
- Sand Mines and processing plants In western Wisconsin: What we all need to know – DCN, Nov. 12, 2011
- Bringing home the ‘Bakken’: Area’s infrastructure can’t support employment boom – DCN 11/29/11
- Sand mine discussion draws crowd – DCN 11/23/11
- Sand Mine Panel (Presentations) – Nov. 17, 2011 in Menomonie
- Sand Mine Panel (Q and A) – Nov. 17, 2011 in Menomonie
- Groundwater and Frac Sand Processing in West-central Wisconsin – WHWC, The West Side, Nov. 3, 2011 (audio)
- DNR: Not enough data on silica dust – Dunn County News 9/15/11
- Another sand storm brewing – Chippewa Herald 9/13/11
- Proposed Red Cedar sand plant met with concern – Dunn County News, Sept. 18, 2011
- What the ‘frac’? — Understanding is first step to making wise decisions – Dunn County News, 9/24/2011
- Frac sand offers economic boom, but there’s a price – The Rice Lake Chronotype 9/28/11
- Wisconsin Becomes Part of Gas Industry’s Land Grab – PR Watch 10/7/11
- Town forwards sand plant proposal to county – DCN 10/15/11
- Picture this — and then decide on sand plant’s fate – DCN, Oct. 22, 2011