CLAYTON COUNTY - The growing demand for frac sand - mined primarily in Wisconsin and Minnesota but also in northeast Iowa - threatens human health, the environment and local economies, according to a ...

CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an ...

GREENFIELD, Wis. — Since the arrival of a mine that supplies sand to hydraulic fracturing sites in distant shale fields, this tiny township has gained a new dump, recycling center, snowplow and salt ...

The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board has posted the proposed agenda for its Wed., September 19, 1:00-4:00 p.m. meeting in the MPCA Board Room, 520 Lafayette Road, St. Paul. According to the ...

Frac sand mining experts will be at the La Crosse Center Tuesday for the Frac Sand Insider Conference but those against the industry are already putting up a fight. Frac sand mining has been a ...

A draft report of a strategic analysis of the mining of industrial silica sand, also called “frac sand,” was released in June 2016 by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The study ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Doug Losee can sum up the differences between Minnesota's and Wisconsin's frac sand mining regulations by describing how much room the two states' environmental studies take up in ...

The southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles has rejected annexation that could have brought frac sand mining to the community and served as a catalyst for similar projects in the region. The City ...

A new report by the Iowa Policy Project details potential harmful effects of frac sand mining and recommends local control of the industry. “I think frac sand mining will become a big issue in Iowa,” ...

Winona County narrowly won another legal victory Monday in its effort to outlaw frac sand mining. In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling ...

My name is David Palmquist. I worked for 39 years as Whitewater State Park naturalist, sharing this area’s amazing natural resources and environmental education with park visitors and area residents.

The Houston County Commissioners were not able to come to an agreement on a frac sand mining ordinance Tuesday morning. Houston County will revert back to the original ordinance that says little about ...