I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversized load

A truck hauling a too-tall load hit an overhead girder of a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.

• Coating, painting co. expanding in Mosinee
• Man injured in mortar mixer accident (UPDATE)
• Manitowoc receives $1 million brownfields grant
• Milwaukee developer bounces idea for Park East 
• I-94 upgrade could cost as much as $1.2 billion 
• After month delay, UW System projects approved 

US new-home sales up 2.3 percent in April

Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering.

• Wis. homeowners have claimed $23.5 million in mortgage relief 
• US home sales highest in 3-½ years
• Bidders on Brown Deer building back out 
• State’s home sales increase 9 percent in April
• $300 bid wins building at sheriff’s sale 
• Historic Superior lighthouse free for the taking

Plan would give transportation fund $5 million balance 

The state’s budget committee voted unanimously to adopt most of Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to eliminate a $63 million deficit in the state’s transportation fund while putting more toward transit services, local roads and specific projects.

• Milwaukee County Board OKs outside attorney to fight reform bills 
• Wisconsin jobs agency names 4th CFO in 2 years
• Whaley-Smith named to Milwaukee County economic post 
• Milwaukee County Board overrides SBE definition veto 
• Committee to again tackle WisDOT deficit plan
• Transportation, water projects face federal cuts