Madison, Wis. – Today, the State Senate passed PFAS legislation which limits the ability to test, remediate, and hold polluters accountable for PFAS and shifts support away from private well owners under the Innocent...
Editorial Column by Representative Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) November 6, 2023 The Youth Apprenticeship Program is something I’ve advocated for since being elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2018. As a fourth...
Vernon County Solid Waste & Recycling Department Editors note: Gail Frie was the Vernon County Solids Waste Administrator and helped site the Vernon County Landfill when it first opened in 1993. Frie ran the Vernon...
Editorial Column by Representative Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) The last piece of the budget I’d like to review involves our state’s most valuable asset, our resident’s well-being. In this year’s state budget, significant...
Editorial Column by Representative Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) As we all know, summer means construction season has officially begun across our states local roads and highways. Each year, the Wisconsin Department of...
Growing up on the farm, my grandpa and dad always told me that the healthier the soil the higher the crop yield. Keeping the soil intact also provides a number of other important impacts; including less erosion, greater...