Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger. Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, the ...

Illinois emergency officials are watching a southern Wisconsin dam that is in danger of failing and sending more water south to the already swollen Fox River. Officials are concerned water breaching ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents in eastern Wisconsin were returning to their homes Saturday after a dam failed Friday, causing major flooding in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since 2000, more dams have failed in Wisconsin than in almost any other state, a new report has found, raising questions about how ...

Residents along portions of Wisconsin’s Little Wolf River were allowed to return home Friday, after authorities said the Manawa Dam was “compromised and has major damage,” prompting them to urge ...

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. — A state-boosted project to modernize the 113-year-old Rothschild Dam on Lake Wausau has commenced. Gov. Tony Evers and Domtar Paper Co. on Tuesday broke ground on the Rothschild Dam ...

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