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Shuttered sand mine to reawaken as championship golf course

WHITEHALL – The Whitehall Sands golf course is just starting to take shape about halfway between Eau Claire and La Crosse.  Its exact location is a little out of the ordinary: a hollowed-out pit left behind by what was once one of the state’s largest frac sand mines.  So, rather than breaking ground, the project…