ARCHIVE OF PAST ISSUES
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The table below is a listing of the ARCHIVED Current Issues, Statements, Commentaries, etc. we have listed in the Delavan Lake Improvement Association database. These are archived copies of older Current Issues, Statements, Commentaries articles. "Clicking" on the item title will bring up a screen showing you the complete text of that item.
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Mary Knipper for the DLIA - 1/12/06
AB850 Summary January 10, 2006 Prepared for the DLIA Website
On November 29, 2005, the state assembly received a bill, AB850, sponsored by Representatives Gard and Gunderson that would allow...
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DLIA - 1/15/07
LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE DELAVAN ENTERPRISE:
On November 14th, the Town of Delavan Board held its annual public budget hearing, and a special Town board meeting to review, discuss, and adop...
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Urgent from the DLIA - 11/13/05
The Senate held a hearing on this bill last week, and the hearing was chaired by Senator Neal Kedzie. This bill is being pushed through by Wisconsin Builders Association and the Wisconsin Realtors Ass...
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Ryan J Foley, Associated Press Writer - 12/7/05
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- State regulators could force the owners of 2,200 of the largest piers on Wisconsin waterways to change or get rid of the structures under rules approved by the Department of Natu...
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Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - 9/28/05
Port Washington - Venturing into controversial waters, the Natural Resources Board approved a package of rules that would regulate Wisconsin's nearly half-million piers for the first time. The change...
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Wisconsin DNR Website - 9/28/05
Most piers wont need permit under proposed rules September 12, 2005. Legislation passed in February 2004 aimed at streamlining the states waterway permitting system by exempting piers from needing ...
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Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - 6/14/05
A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher says that it could take hundreds of years, in the best of circumstances, to reverse conditions that have turned countless lakes into bowls of pea soup. Th...
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Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - 3/12/05
Dan Lemanski remembers visiting dying Delavan Lake with his family before millions of dollars were spent to bring it back to life. "My goodness, the lake was so green we had to hose off the kids," he...
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Dane County Press Release - 6/18/05
Note: More and more municipalities, including the Town of Delavan and the Dane County (City of Madison), have banned phosphorus from lawn fertilizers. This article describes a challenge to the Madiso...
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Mike Heine - Janesville Gazette - 1/24/05
She wears no steel armor and carries no weapon or shield. But she stands guard as a protector of all 36 named Walworth County lakes.
Shes Mary Knipper, president of both the longstanding Del...
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GARY WISBY Environment Reporter, Chicago Sun Times - 5/10/05
Hydrilla is an invasive plant that can quickly infest an entire lake, ruining summer for folks who love to boat, fish or swim. It was long thought that the nuisance species couldn't survive harsh wi...
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From the Janesville Gazette and Delavan Enterprise - 3/13/05
New Lake Lawn Resort owner proposes expansion
The Janesville Gazette
The new owners, of Lake Lawn Resort, Delavan Resort Holdings, in Delavan are proposin...
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Wisconsin State Journal - 3/14/05
Delavan Lake, now clean and healthy, has a multi-million-dollar impact on the area's economy, a study found. The lake underwent a $7 million rehabilitation in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Researc...
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The Delavan Enterprise - 2/23/05
By Sue Yanny Gazette Staff
DELAVAN-Several members of the Delavan Plan Commission on Monday praised a proposal to expand Lake Lawn Resort.
They said they especially liked that the pla...
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From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 2/20/05
Editors Note: DLIA Board Members Mary Knipper, Sue Heffron, Don Holst and Dan Lemanski attended the conference.
As chief of the Department of Natural Resources' lakes and wetlands section, J...
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Sue Yanny/Janesville Gazette - 8/3/05
DELAVAN-People who owned property on Wisconsin lakes used to build quaint little cabins with paths that ran down to the water.
They now build large year-round homes with big manicured lawns. ...
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