The request—technically an amendment to the agreement currently in place between New Berlin and Milwaukee—would allow New Berlin to bring in Lake Michigan water to an “expanded service area” or the “middle third” of the community.

I wish to express my delight over the new Great Lakes Compact as I believe it should be signed immediately.

Back in February, we were standing on the dock of the Madeline Island Ferry Line looking out at the frozen bay that separates, and now connects, the summer tourist mecca of Bayfield with the historic Ojibwe settlement and trading post, LaPointe on Madeline Island.

Just before Thanksgiving, a judge gave We Energies some bad news: That $100 million pipe you’re building into Lake Michigan may not be legal.