The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened the regulatory door for a proposed iron ore mine in Iron and Ashland counties by approving a permit for preliminary drilling in the Penokee ...

NORTH FREEDOM (WKOW) — More than 100 years after it was flooded and abandoned, North Freedom's "Freedom Mine" has been rediscovered by Wisconsin researchers, who are now trying to model the mine and ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of a mining company that had been considering opening an iron mine in northern Wisconsin says it is dropping the project after the state Senate failed to pass a bill the ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A company that wants to develop an iron ore mine in northwestern Wisconsin might limit the project to only one county instead of two.A spokesman for Gogebic Taconite tells the ...

The state Department of Natural Resources says a company that was looking to open a huge iron mine in northern Wisconsin has officially withdrawn its plans. Gogebic Taconite was considering digging a ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A group of northern Wisconsin residents has filed a lawsuit alleging a company looking to dig a huge iron mine near Lake Superior needed a permit before it launched exploratory ...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Republican Governor Scott Walker on Monday signed a bill intended to streamline environmental regulations and clear the way for a possible $1.5 billion iron ore mine in the far ...

The company that promised a huge mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday that it was dropping the controversial project because it is not feasible. “We don’t want to throw out false hope,” Gogebic ...