Crews ramping up work on St. Croix Crossing 

Aside from a lone fisherman south of Stillwater’s Lift Bridge, all was quiet on the St. Croix River. But the calm isn’t going to last.

• Meetings set for I-94 corridor study
• Open houses on tap for St. Croix Crossing project
• GOP move gives state more control on construction
• Wis. stained glass window co. sees the light
• Boy dies in loader accident
• Report: ‘Little impact’ on state from frac jobs

State’s home sales increase 9 percent in April

Housing sales across Wisconsin increased 9 percent last month, continuing a rebound that now includes 22 consecutive months of growth.

• $300 bid wins building at sheriff’s sale 
• Historic Superior lighthouse free for the taking
• Finance committee wants to cut DNR’s land-stewardship budget 
• US housing starts fell in April, permits surged
• Damages could force village to demolish foreclosure 
• Digital land maps could be coming to Wis. 

Budget panel to review ballast water fees

Wisconsin lawmakers are set to review provisions in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would end ballast water discharge fees for Great Lakes shipping in two years.

• Budget committee to review sand mining plan
• Proposal to sell state properties up for vote
• US high court upholds FCC power in cell tower disputes
• State’s utility plants could generate interest 
• Walker signs layoff alternative bill
• Milwaukee County supervisors end bid to remove chairwoman