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U.S. Lawsuit Accuses Gulfstream of Discharging Pollutants Into Canal

Gulfstream Park illegally discharged pollutants into a canal that flows to the Intracoastal Waterway for at least four years starting in 2011, according to a lawsuit filed this week by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The horse racing track could face fines of $37,500 a day per violation – or more than $50 million — for violating the federal Clean Water Act, said the lawsuit filed Wednesday by the …



DNR Wins Lawsuit Over Rail Expansion Process in La Crosse

A circuit court judge ruled in favor of the state Department of Natural Resources in a lawsuit over the expansion of railroads in La Crosse. Citizens activists filed the lawsuit in March 2015 claiming DNR officials didn’t fully evaluate the environmental impacts of adding a second railroad track through the La Crosse River marsh. But La Crosse Circuit Judge Scott Horne found that DNR officials …