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MMSD offers new vendor management system

Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Barber, BidBlog, blog, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District announced that a new Contract and Vendor Management System is being established for those wishing to do business with MMSD.

A focus on fighting won’t solve our problems

Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Randy Crump

We are in a perpetual, political tug of war, as if we are having a nasty family quarrel.

Have name? Will put it on a building

Published: May 15, 2012
Tags: Barber, BidBlog, blog, Milwaukee Curling Association, Ozaukee County Community Center, Ozaukee County Fairgrounds

Construction is under way for a 28,000-square-foot multi-use building at the Ozaukee County Fairgrounds in Cedarburg.

JobTrac Alert: Mandatory site visit for utility, street project

Published: May 9, 2012
Tags: JobTrac Alert

The city of Ironwood, Mich., has an upcoming request for bids opportunity for the West Ayer Street Neighborhood Project.

Natural gas vehicles face chicken-and-egg syndrome

Published: May 9, 2012
Tags: hybrid, natural gas, Stodder

While the push is under way in some states to provide roadside battery charging for the thousands of electric cars on the highways, another alternative, the natural-gas-powered vehicle, mostly sits idle.

Get started: Best states for small business taxes

Published: May 4, 2012
Tags: Joyce Rosenberg, SBA, small business

State tax bills can add up pretty fast for small business owners. Well, that is, unless your business is in South Dakota, Texas or Nevada.

Letter to the editor: Time to share information

Published: May 4, 2012
Tags: letter to the editor, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA

After reading Mr. Richard W. Wanta’s remarks in The Daily Reporter’s Monday Voices of April 30, I am compelled to respond by, first, congratulating The Daily Reporter and its staff for doing their jobs.

Rome’s church wasn’t built in a day

Published: May 2, 2012
Tags: Barber, BidBlog, blog, Evangelical United Brethren Church
Comments: 1

The Rome-Sullivan Historical Society is about to seek money for renovation work at the former Evangelical United Brethren Church in downtown Rome.

SBA loans, tax bill boost businesses

Published: April 27, 2012
Tags: Intermediary Lending Pilot Program, SBA, Small Business Administration

The Small Business Administration is seeking more lenders for a program that links small companies to nonprofit organizations that can grant loans.

Time to talk tolls for roadwork

Published: April 27, 2012
Tags: gas tax, Interstate 90, Pommer, tolls
Comments: 2

State officials have unveiled plans to add two lanes to Interstate 90 between Madison and Beloit.