Digging duo

Published: September 1, 2010
Tags: gas service, KS Energy Services, Milwaukee, New Berlin, Roosevelt Drive

Milwaukee puts city-owned houses up for sale

Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: foreclosure, homes, Milwaukee

If you don’t mind benefiting from the misery of others, you can buy a house on the cheap from the city of Milwaukee.
VIEW A LIST OF HOMES FOR SALE MILWAUKEE ACQUIRED FOR UNPAID TAXES
The price range on this batch is between $5,000 and $175,000. Some are in good shape; most will require work to be [...]

Single scoop

Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: CableCom, conduit, Milwaukee, Prospect Avenue, State Street

Supervisors debate timing of mental health project 

Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Behavioral Health Division, code violations, Department of Audit, Dimitrijevic, Jerry Heer, Jursik, mental health building, Mental Health Care Center, Mental Health Community Advisory Board, Milwaukee, Sanfelippo

By Joe Lanane
Milwaukee County should pause in its pursuit of a new mental health building, according to at least two supervisors who argue the project design depends on a review of services.
“It sounds like they want to build another hospital and do the same thing they’re doing right now, and I’m not sure that’s the [...]

Making his mark

Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: 54th Street, J. Daniel Remodeling, Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, West Allis

The OSHA report 

Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: abatement, American Sewer Services Inc., Appleton, citation, confined spaces, Eau Claire, Elroy, Excellence Builders, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, Fort Atkinson, Jason Kaiser Construction, Jose Romero Roofing, ladder, Milwaukee, osha, Ron’s Roofing and Siding, roofing, safety, settlement, sewer line, Sun Prairie, T Construction Inc., training, water line

OSHA reports
• T Construction Inc., Hillsboro, must pay a $300 abatement-verification citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation June 11 after a roofing job at 114 Main St., Elroy.
• Jose Romero Roofing, West Bend, must pay a $1,050 fall-protection citation and a $1,050 fall-protection-training citation because [...]

There’s no debating train station’s need for ADA compliance

Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: blog, Hot Topics, Intermodal Station, Lanane, Milwaukee, Rail, shed, taxes, WisDOT

By Joe Lanane

staff writer

Back before then-President-elect Barack Obama formally revealed his ambitious plan to connect the Midwest through high-speed rail, there were already efforts under way to bring the Milwaukee Intermodal Station train shed into federal compliance.

New signals

Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: First Street, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh Avenue, traffic signals

Livin’ large

Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: 320 East Buffalo St., Billboard Express, Milwaukee, P.H. Dye House, South Milwaukee, Third Ward

Building block

Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: Bay View, Delaware Avenue, George's Landscaping, Lannon stone, Milwaukee, Pryor Avenue, Wauwatosa