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Pipeline leaks natural gas in Wisconsin

SAXON, Wisconsin — A section of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline leaked natural gas liquid on Tuesday morning near the town of Saxon. Both the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Enbridge have confirmed the leak with Wisconsin Examiner, drone video of which is circulating social media showing plumes of smoke or mist-like vapor pouring out and covering an area with parked trucks and construction equipment. The leak was caused when a truck — which Enbridge said was unoccupied — rolled over an open excavation site for a Line 5 valve project, over a natural gas transmission ...

Merit Financial Advisors acquires Bell Financial

MARQUETTE – Merit Financial Advisors, a Georgia-based financial advisory firm, has announced that it has acquired Bell Financial Services Company, a Marquette-based wealth management firm, adding approximately $195 million in total assets. Jesse Bell, president and owner of Bell ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

60 years ago NEGAUNEE — With the opening of another school year little more than a week away, Police Chief Ralph Carlson today suggested that parents of children who will be entering school for the first time familiarize youngsters with the route they should follow. “Some of the kindergarten children have been prepared in many ways for their first school year by enrollment in Operation Head Start, but our principal concern is that they be well aware of any traffic hazards they may encounter along the way to and from school,” Chief Carlson said. “This is particularly true for ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife to survey Great Lakes tributaries to search for lamprey

MUNISING — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct work in the Anna River, Five Mile Creek, and Furnace Creek in Alger County between Sept. 8 and Oct. 1 to estimate the abundance of sea lampreys. The information gathered will be used to determine the need for control measures. Sea ...

Line 5: Where Jocelyn Benson, John James, Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers stand

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state Attorney General Dana Nessel are fighting in court to shut down Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 ...

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