WHITING, Wis. (WSAW) - The owner and operator of five hydroelectric dams on the Wisconsin River has temporarily lowered the water level upstream of the Whiting Dam to safely repair a mechanical issue.

Since 2000, more dams have failed in Wisconsin than in almost any other state, a new report has found, raising questions about how they will fare under more frequent and severe rain events driven by ...

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 ...

The state of Wisconsin has been experiencing a rapid increase in dam failures in recent years, according to a new report. On Thursday, the Wisconsin Policy Form published a report which found that ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - Consolidated Water Power Company (CWPCo) is temporarily lowering the water level of the river upstream of the Whiting Dam to repair a mechanical issue. “A failure ...

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis (WKOW) -- Two boaters are missing after a boat capsized on the Wisconsin River, according to the Wisconsin Dells Police Department. Chief Nicholas Brinker says that at ...

At 63, the semi-retired handyman from the Wisconsin city of Black River Falls has trapped beavers before. But he’s never heard of a mock beaver dam — much less constructed one. “It gives you an ...