2005

• Proposed law would negate local control - May 25, 2005 SA

• Fight over Power of Power Lines - May 25, 2005 WPR

• Power line work possible in August - May 21, 2005 CN

• Power line work to begin in August - May 21, 2005 PC

• Power Lines May be Centralized Decision - May 19, 2005 WPR

• Lawmakers push for utility projects: They say courts shouldn't make policy - May 20, 2005 MJS

• Power line project delayed: Wisconsin-Minnesota link still faces hurdles - May 19, 2005 MJS

• SOUL: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has Jurisdiction over Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line - May 12, 2005 WisPolitics

• Letter: Preserving local control - May 11, 2005 SCR

• ATC selects Hwy. 45 route for power line - May 3, 2005 VCNR

• More legal tangles: Contested case against Arrowhead-Weston's permits, certification set - April 27, 2005 SA

• Transmission line politics : Representative floating draft bill to bypass Douglas County's ruling against Arrowhead-Weston Transmission line - April 27, 2005 SA

• Sparks fly as citizens complain about McClaine Road power pole placement - April 27, 2005 SCR

• ATC pushes for public land access - April 19, 2005 WDH

• Proposal Disregards Public Land - April 19, 2005 WPR

• About the ATC survey - April 19, 2005 WDH

• Rep. Sherman: Denounces Power Line Condemnation Bill - April 19, 2005 WisPolitics

• Save Our Unique Lands (SOUL): WPS land acquisition case - March 16, 2005 WR

• Landowners in Marathon and Clark County challenge condemnation of their land by WPS in Federal Court - March 15, 2005 SOUL

• Area has clout on state energy policy - March 13, 2005 PG

• Letter: Article leaves out important information on Arrowhead Transmission Line - March 10, 2005 DNT

• Douglas County Vote nixes greed, opens renewable energy gate - March 9, 2005 SA

• Park Service gives contingent okay to Arrowhead Weston Transmission Line - March 9, 2005 SA

• Power line issues heats up again - March 8, 2005 BCJ

• Editorial: Reliability test is down the road - March 8, 2005 PG

• Power line project discussed - March 3, 2005 PC

• State power supply termed adequate - March 2, 2005 CapTimes

• Power should be OK in summer - March 1, 2005 MJS

• Contested case hearing ordered for proposed powerline - Feb 24, 2005 SCR

• Garvey & Stoddard, S.C.: Conservationists Claim Victory in DNR Decision to "Stay" Permit and Hold Contested Case Hearing on Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line Project - Feb 21, 2005 WisPolitics (PDF)

• Witness to a miracle - Feb 20, 2005 FightingBob

• PSC reopens A-W case, considers rerouting - Feb 16, 2005 LN

SOUL attorneys question PSC decision to reopen Arrowhead Weston transmission line project

• PSC orders company to provide alternate power line routes - Feb 15, 2005 NC

• PSC Orders ATC to Provide Alternative Routes - Feb 15, 2005 WPR

• Arrowhead-Weston Re-route in Douglas County to Begin - Feb 15, 2005 Wisconsin Ag Connection

• Mike Ivey: Northwoods power line takes odd turn - Feb 15, 2005 CapTimes
  

• PSC Calls for Alternative Transmission Route Through Douglas County - Feb 14, 2005 WisPolitics (PDF)

• Proposed power line to be submitted to PSC - Feb 14, 2005 WDH

• PSC tells utility to find new power line route: Douglas County-owned land to be avoided - Feb 14, 2005 MJS

• Letter: Power line didn't ruin the neighborhood (Scroll down) - Feb 14, 2005 MJS

• Jauch says the Legislature will take over power line decisions - Feb 11, 2005 SDT

• American Transmission seeks county-land access - Feb 11, 2005 PG

• Company asks county to reconsider power line vote - Feb 11, 2005 PC

• American Transmission Company: ATC Begins Lawsuit Against Douglas County - Feb 10, 2005 WisPolitics

• Arrowhead-Weston Line: Douglas County Board took stand for future (Scroll down) - Feb 8, 2005 MJS

• ATC Re-opens Powerline Discussion With PSC - Feb 7, 2005 WPR

Douglas County holds the line on Arrowhead Weston

• Vote pushes change in power line route - Feb 4, 2005 CapTimes

• Power line route change requested - Feb 4, 2005 PC

• Power line opponents showed little class with their actions at Wednesday night's meeting - Feb 4, 2005 SDT

• Opinion: No vote for power line was also a no vote for county residents - Feb 4, 2005 SDT

• Editorial: Power line means growth - Feb 4, 2004 MJ

• Douglas County to power line: No -- again - Feb 3, 2005 SDT

• Douglas County Ends Discussions, ATC Looks To Reroute - Feb 3, 2005 WPR

• Powerline Protesters Rally In Douglas County - Feb 3, 2005 WPR

• North Woods power line hits snag: County board refuses to let it cross forest land - Feb 3, 2005 MJS

• Board continues to oppose power line - Feb 3, 2005 Duluth News Tribune

• Transmission project proceeds despite Douglas County no vote: Vote likely results in use of more private land to complete Arrowhead-Weston line - Feb 3, 2005 American Transmission Company

• Powerline foes still battle on - Feb 2, 2005 SA

• Board to take up power line stance: Douglas County reconsiders its opposition at Wednesday's meeting - Feb 1, 2005 Duluth News Tribune

• Douglas County Board to discuss power line issues Wednesday - Feb 1, 2005 Duluth News Tribune

• County Board to weigh two proposals on power line - Feb 1, 2005 SDT

• Judge upholds PSC approval for Arrowhead-Weston power line - Jan 27, 2005 NC

• Judge upholds power line ruling - Jan 27, 2005 PC

• ATC phone survey criticized: County administrator, supervisor, and citizens say the survey is attempt to sway opinion - Jan 27, 2005 SA

• Public Service Commission: Court upholds PSC procedures in Arrowhead-Weston transmission line approval - Jan 26, 2005 (PDF)

• Douglas County Divided Over Powerline, Washburn To Negotiate - Jan 26, 2005 WPR

• County rescinds its opposition to powerline - Jan 26, 2005 SA

• American Transmission Company releases phone survey questions - Jan 26, 2005 SA

• Groups challenge new power line - Jan 24, 2005 MJS

• Save Our Unique Lands.  Conservationists challenge most recent DNR decisions on Arrowhead-Weston power line project - Jan 24, 2005 WR (PDF)

• SOUL counters powerline comments - Jan 19, 2005 SA

• Utilities and businesses go to bat for powerline - Jan 19, 2005 SA

• Committee can't reach decision on power line - Jan 11, 2005 SDT
  

• Year-end approvals move powerlines closer to reality - Jan 4, 2005 LT

• As power plants go up, so does demand: Concerns build over whether slow-growing supply will keep up - Jan 1, 2005 MJS

2004

• Waterway, wetland permits are given for new power line - Dec 29, 2004 SA

• DNR issues power line permit: Clears hurdle to construction - Dec 24, 2004 CapTimes

• DNR issues water permit for power line - Dec 24, 2004 ADP

• Waterway and wetland permit issued for electric transmission line - Dec 23, 2004 WDNR

• DNR: Waterway and wetland permit issued for electric transmission line (Arrowhead-Weston) - Dec 23, 2004 WR (PDF)

• Despite Approval, Fight Over Power Line Plan Not Over - Dec 16, 2004 WPR

• American Transmission Co.: Arrowhead-Weston Crossing of Namekagon River Selected by National Park Service - Dec 15, 2004 WisPolitics
  

• DNR sued for refusing to do environmental impact review of Arrowhead-Weston line - Nov 17, 2004 SA

• Letter: DNR has duty to ask questions about impact of proposed Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line on rivers and wetlands - Nov 17, 2004 SCR

• Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity: Five Case Studies - Oct 25-26 World Health Organization (PDF)

More information about electrical pollution can be found at www.electricalpollution.com

Booklet from The National Foundation for Alternative about electrical pollution:
The health effects of electrical pollution - National Foundation for Alternative Medicine (PDF)

• Power line's critics make their next move - Nov 12, 2004 SDT

• Board to discuss power line strategy - Nov 12, 2004 Duluth News Tribune

• DNR sued by SOUL on wetland permit issue for new 345-KV power line - Nov 11, 2004 SCR

• Power line opponents file a lawsuit in Dane County - Nov 10, 2004 MJS

• Conservationists Push for Impact Study Before Transmission Line is Built - Nov 10, 2004 WPR

• Garvey & Stoddard, SC.  SOUL/Clean Wisconsin sue DNR for refusing to do environmental review of Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line - Nov 9, 2004 WR (PDF)

• DNR holds hearings on wetlands issues - Nov 9, 2004 Duluth News Tribune

• Waukesha session to answer questions on power lines - Nov 5, 2004 PG

• Some question proposed power line route - Nov 4, 2004 SL

• Due dates are set for power-line projects - Oct 28, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette

• Potential routes for power line narrowed to 2 - Oct 17, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Open houses set on proposed transmission lines - Oct 16, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette

• Childhood leukemia risk doubles within 100 metres of high voltage power lines - Sept 15, 2004 Medical News Today

• Couple's energy creates resource, political buzz: Wind turbine's example used against power line advocates - Sept 6, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• PSC appointment puts panel back in Democratic hands - Sept 5, 2004 Green Bay News-Chronicle

• La Crosse senator to replace Bie on Public Service Commission - Sept 4, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette

• Governor Appoints Mark Meyer to Public Service Commission; Will Fill Remainder of Ave Bie's Term - Sept 3, 2004 Wheeler Report (PDF)

• County inks deal to allow power line at Nine Mile - Sept 2, 2004 WDH

• Marathon County gives ATC the OK to build power line - Sept 1, 2004 Spooner Advocate

• Opinion: Don't assume power line will be built - Sept 1, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• County officials, local land owners blast power line - Aug 26, 2004 Sawyer County Record

• Marathon County Board OKs power line deal - Aug 25, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• Marathon Co. OKs plan for power line - Aug 25, 2004 Stevens Point Journal

• Marathon County Board Approves Transmission Line - Aug 25, 2004 Wisconsin Public Radio

• SOUL still fighting (Scroll down) - Aug 24, 2004 FightingBob

• Marathon County to Vote on Transmission Line - Aug 23, 2004 - Wisconsin Public Radio

• Opinion Power line agreement protects all area residents - Aug 21, 2004 Stevens Point Journal

• U.S. Army Seeks Feedback on Possible New Transmission Line - Aug 20, 2004 Wisconsin Public Radio

• County unveils power-line pact: Two panels detail deal, but make no recommendation to board on approval - Aug 20, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Power line backers are hopeful on land access - Aug 20, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• Power line to be farther from Solon airport - Aug 20, 2004 Superior Daily Telegram

• Power line vital to region, chamber says - Aug 16, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald  

• Corps of Engineers slates local hearing on 345-kilovolt power line - Aug 13, 2004 Duluth.com

• Letter: Wisconsin improved energy grid after Northeastern blackout - Aug 13, 2004 MNH

• Weston power plant expansion generates support - Aug 11, 2004 MNH

• Company agrees to power line placement - Aug 10, 2004 MNH

• Groups reach power-line deal - Aug 10, 2004 WDH

• Protecting state's power prices - Aug 10, 2004 MJS

• Voluntary rules may not be enough to prevent another power blackout - Aug 8, 2004 MJS

• Doyle to make pivotal PSC choice - July 31, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• Progress made in power line talks - July 29, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• 'Venus to Metonga' New 115 kV electrical transmission line proposed - July 12, 2004 Rhinelander Daily News

• County Board delays vote on power line access - July 9, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Marathon County negotiates power line deal - July 3, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Video of power line route - July 3, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Marathon County to negotiate power line easement - June 23, 2004 CapTimes

• SOUL: Statement on County Board Decision to Discuss the Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line Right of Way on County Owned Land in Marathon County - June 22, 2004 WisPolitics
  

• Opinion: County oversteps power-line authority - June 21, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• No problems seen in state power supply - June 15, 2004 CapTimes

• Energy-conservation panel aims to halt state's diversion of utility fees - June 13, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• State regulators urge energy reliability law - June 3, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• More power line projects are in works for ATC - June 2, 2004 Green Bay Press Gazette

• Power line debate is moving south - June 1, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• Letter: Marathon District sold out - June 1, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Wausau-Duluth line still faces barriers to construction - May 31, 2004 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

• County might vote in July on power line - May 26, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Marathon County plans list of conditions for power line company - May 21, 2004 Marshfield News Herald

• Marathon school sells easement - May 19, 2004 Edgar Record Review

• County panel: No action on power line ATC says it might reroute to private land - May 19, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Power line controversy now moves to county board - May 19, 2004 Edgar Record Review

• SOUL will present alternatives to transmission line - May 8, 2004 Marshfield News Herald

• Where Will Energy Come From In 2010? Energy Forum Set For Wednesday, May 12 - May 7, 2004 WISC-TV3

• PSC forums will discuss state energy needs - April 30, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• PSC seeks comment on energy assessment - April 22, 2004 Ashland Daily Press

• Letter: Power line won't harm Nine Mile - April 21, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Clean Wisconsin: National Park Service Considering Development of National Scenic Riverway for Arrowhead Transmission Line - April 20, 2004 WisPolitics

• PSC Schedules Forums on Wisconsin's Energy Future; Six set for May and June - April 15, 2004 Wheeler Report (PDF)

• Power use likely to keep growing - April 15, 2004 MJS

• Public stays in power-line loop - April 1, 2004 PG

• Residents flock to meetings on power line - March 31, 2004 Wausau Daily Herald

• Power line condemnation battle begins - Minnesota Power condemns SOUL acre across state line. March 31, 2004

• Landowners Oppose ATC Arrowhead Transmission Line - Landowners oppose ATC trespassing on their land without permission or easements. March 28, 2004

• Environmental impact statement released for Namekagon crossing - March 17, 2004 Spooner Advocate

• Public Land May Be Hurdle For Powerline - PSC chief says company will have to negotiate with local governments. March 3, 2004.
• Photos And An Audio Report From The SOUL Transmission Line Rally Near Duluth - Opponents move to stop construction in the Town of Midway.
• SOUL Files Legal Action To Block Transmission Line Construction - Group moves to halt Midway leg of 345,000 volt line. Feb  22, 2004.
• Transmission Line Questioned At Midway Town Hall - Minnesota leg of 345,000 volt line raises interesting issues. (PDF) 
• SOUL Buys Land In Transmission Line Corridor - Minnesota land buy complicates two state 345,000 volt transmission line plan.
• SOUL, Clean Wisconsin Appeal Transmission Line Decision - Lawyers will seek to overturn agency approval of 345,000 volt transmission line.
   

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