Wisconsin Senate committee to take comments on bill to close forest around iron mine site MADISON, Wis. — Legislators are set to listen to the public sound off on a plan to close the woods around a mine site in far northern Wisconsin. Gogebic Taconite wants to dig a 4½½-mile-long iron mine in the Penokee Hills. Opponents fear the mine will pollute the pristine region.
Sept. 4, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune