(January 7, 2016, 1:30 PM EST) -- MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge in Wisconsin on Jan. 5 refused to reduce amounts of monetary costs awarded by a clerk of the court to a city and county accused of contributing to contamination in Chequamegon Bay, after finding that the city was a prevailing party and that the clerk did not err in awarding costs to the county (Northern States Power Company v. City of Ashland, Wisconsin, et al., No. 12-cv-602, W.D. Wis.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1104)....