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Wind Power: Cutting the Spin
April 30, 2013 by John Beard and Greg Neumann in WKOW TV

Sen. Lasee is now pushing for more regulations on wind energy that could limit its future growth even more. "What I'd like to do is at the very least, follow the lead of Australia and have a mile and a quarter setback from anybody's property line," said Sen. Lasee.

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Let's make it easier to sue over wind turbines, Lasee says
April 2, 2013 by Maria Amante in Press-Gazette

The senator is specifically concerned with the effects of the Shirley Wind Farm in Glenmore in southern Brown County, where residents have complained about ear infections, heart palpitations, muscle and joint pain, malaise and several other symptoms. Approximately 50 individuals have submitted affidavits to the Public Service Commission describing those symptoms.

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Wisconsin Lawmaker aims to restrict wind turbine locations
March 2, 2013 in KDAL

Wisconsin Senator Frank Lasee has introduced legislation that would allow municipalities to restrict where wind turbines can be placed, citing adverse health effects among some of his constituents.

Low frequency noise debate
February 27, 2013 by Deandra Corinthios in NBC 26

Controversy over wind energy in Brown County. A proposal to amend the noise ordinance to include low- frequency noise will go before the Brown County board. That could decide the fate of future wind farm projects.

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Wind farm proposal rejected, PSC cites noise concerns
February 14, 2013 by Thomas Content in Journal Sentinel

State regulators on Thursday rejected an application to build a new wind farm in St. Croix County, citing concerns about turbine noise the project would generate for nearby homes. The state Public Service Commission voted 2-to-1 to reject Emerging Energies’ proposal to build the Highland wind farm, which was proposed to generate 102.5 megawatts of power from 41 turbines.

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Wisconsin PSC denies permit for Highland Wind Farm Application
February 14, 2013 by Kristin Ruesch or Matt Pagel

Today the members of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission decided, on a 2-1 vote, to deny an application of Highland Wind Farm, LLC, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a 102.5 Megawatt (MW) Wind Electric Facility in the Towns of Forest and Cylon in St. Croix County.

Officials continue to urge additional testing at Shirley Wind Farm amid health concerns
February 3, 2013 by Maria Amante in Appleton Post-Crescent

The PSC decision does not mean further testing is off the table at Shirley. The Wisconsin Towns Association adopted a resolution asking the Public Service Commission to enact a moratorium to prevent wind turbines from being permitted and installed until further studies are done that investigate the link between turbines and health concerns.

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Study finds 'dangerous levels' of noise from turbines
January 1, 2013 by Maria Amante in Press-Gazette

A Public Service Commission study has found what one Wisconsin lawmaker classifies as "dangerous levels" of wind turbine-generated low frequency noise or infrasound at the Shirley Wind Project. Rep. Andre Jacque, R-De Pere, has called on the Public Service Commission to issue an emergency rule to immediately suspend the permitting process for wind projects.

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A community blown apart? It's neighbors vs. neighbors
October 18, 2012 by Jeff Holmquist in New Richmond News

The Highland Wind Farm plan, which seeks to bring 41 500-foot-tall wind turbines to the rural landscape of northeast St. Croix County, is ripping the social fabric of the community apart. But besides agreeing on that point, the chasm between the backers of the idea and those opposed to it is huge.

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Wind storm brewing in Manitowoc County
October 8, 2012 by Charlie Mathews in Gannett Wisconsin Media

"When the turbine blades face our house, my wife and youngest son get terrible headaches that don't go away unless they go into our basement," said Ben Schauer, who lives in the town of Glenmore near the cluster of turbines ...Schauer said it would be impossible for him and his family to move out. "I would go bankrupt trying to pay two mortgages," he said.

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Sen. Lasee: Responds to attack by wind special interest groups
July 13, 2012 by State Senator Frank Lasee in WIS Politics

If the members of WEBA (Wisconsin Energy Business Association) are being honest about their belief that wind turbines do not cause negative health effects, then I suppose I will have three very happy families in my district. The WEBA members can buy the homes these families have been forced to abandon at fair market value before the IWT's were built and move in or resell them for what they can get now.

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Wisconsin business group wants state senator to end ‘war on wind’
July 12, 2012 by Ken Paulman in Midwest Energy News

A Wisconsin state senator wants to reopen debate on the state’s years-long effort to establish uniform wind siting rules, and representatives from the renewable energy industry say they’ve had enough. ...Sen. Lasee, a Republican from De Pere, this week brought four people before the state’s Public Service Commission to discuss health problems they attribute to the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County.

The Big Wind Game Plan
July 9, 2012 by Frank Lasee

We are requesting that the PSC, suspend the rules and reconvene a wind siting council that is not stacked with wind interests. A fair and unbiased commission, a commission that will follow State Statutes. PSC 128 was supposed to take the harmful effects of IWT's into account when they made their setback rules.

Wind turbine opposition mounts; Brown County family tells of daughter's health problems
July 9, 2012 by Hannah O’Brien in Green Bay Press-Gazette

Because of health problems experienced by families like the Ashleys, state Sen. Frank Lasee, R-Ledgeview, is pressuring the Public Service Commission to change its rules for the construction of wind turbines. "This really is about our government not protecting our citizens," Lasee said Sunday during a news conference at Way-Morr County Park in Morrison, about five miles from wind turbines in Glenmore.

Legislator pushes for increased regulations on wind turbines
July 8, 2012 in Green Bay Press-Gazette

State Sen. Frank Lasee, R-Ledgeview, says low-frequency noise from wind turbines causes a variety of health problems, and says the Public Service Commission needs to enact new rules to protect the health of those living near turbines. "It's time for the PSC to admit the current rules are not good enough."

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Wind turbine health effects stirs up controversy
July 8, 2012 by Kelly Schlicht in FOX 11 News

State Senator Frank Lasee hosted a news conference in which he detailed the health problems faced by three families who live in proximity to turbines. Lasee says these consistent health complaints include headaches, earaches, dizziness and nausea-all of which subsided after families moved out of the area of the turbines.

Homeowners in Forest get support from county officials
March 30, 2012 by Jeff Holmquist in New Richmond News

About 20 residents of the Town of Forest attended last week's St. Croix County Health and Human Services Board meeting to seek help in their fight against a wind farm proposal. Forest resident Doris Schmidt told the board members that residents are concerned about possible health issues that may develop among those living close to the 41 wind turbines planned for the township.

With legislative session ended, wind turbine placement rules take effect
March 15, 2012 by Clay Barbour in Wisconsin State Journal

New statewide wind siting rules - stuck in the Public Service Commission for a year - are now law, after the Legislature gaveled out of session Thursday without passing a replacement.

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Debate still swirls over effects of wind turbines on Fond du Lac area residents
February 26, 2012 by Sharon Roznik in The Reporter

Mark Rademann has suffered from stomach problems for the first time in his life since the Cedar Ridge Wind Farm ... listening 24-7 to the low-frequency sound like a bad sub-woofer gives me a restless, uneasy feeling," he said. "I'll never forget the first time I heard the ‘whooping' of the blades. It just kind of hit me in the stomach."

Fond du Lac Co. residents want relief from wind farms too
February 16, 2012 by Bret Lemoine in WFRV

Residents living near an 88 turbine wind farm in Fond du Lac County are hopeful the decision will mean relief is also on the way, or at least a possibility. ...constant noise generated from the turbines that keeps them up at night and even builds up pressure, giving them severe headaches.

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