Phosphorus is a well-known culprit for water quality problems in Wisconsin, and an excess of this nutrient in soils impedes efforts to clean up lakes. Several groups of people play critical roles in reducing phosphorus pollution and improving lakes – farmers, policymakers and scientists, to name a few – but how does the "average" person fit in?

No one knows yet for sure how much water Foxconn's planned electronics manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant will need for its daily operations, but just getting it there will be a big job.

With the summer of 2017 in the record books, many parts of Wisconsin are still feeling the impact of the season's wet weather.

What would happen if a devastating rainstorm that hits an area and causes damaging floods instead struck somewhere else?