Inspector in building collapse commits suicide

Caterpillar to begin S. Milwaukee layoffs

Published: June 14, 2013
Tags: Caterpillar, United Steelworkers Local 1343

Caterpillar Inc. says it is placing about 260 production employees at its South Milwaukee plant on indefinite layoff because of weaker demand for mining equipment.

NLRB complaints

Published: June 14, 2013
Tags: Amp Electric, J.P. Cullen & Sons, NLRB, The Morse Group

The National Labor Relations Board investigates charges brought against employers or union chapters accused of violating the National Labor Relations Act. The board has not yet issued decisions on these charges.

Utility to start inspecting of Wis., Mich. lines

Published: June 14, 2013
Tags: transmission lines, Xcel Energy

People across northwestern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula might soon spot a helicopter flying over their neighborhoods and farms.

WisDOT to move Rawson bridge into place

Published: June 14, 2013
Tags: Rawson Avenue Bridge, WisDOT

Millions of pounds of bridge spans will be moved into place overnight Friday as part of the Rawson Avenue bridge construction over I-94.

Landscaper dies in accident with tree

Published: June 13, 2013
Tags: accident, H & H Fairway Enterprises

An 83-year-old employee of Sturtevant-based H & H Fairway Enterprises Inc. died Thursday morning at the Ives Grove Golf Course in Racine when the lawnmower he was driving struck a tree.

Lawmakers seek simplicity in shore-land zoning bills

Published: June 13, 2013
Tags: Dan Belman, DNR, Don Belman Homes, Jerry Petrowski, Pamela Biersach, Sheri Milleville, shore-land zoning, WBA, Wisconsin League of Municipalities

For each annexation Madison has approved along lakes and waterways in the past three decades, city officials have kept track of the shore-land zoning rules that applied at the time in Dane County.

Milwaukee road project kept in limbo

Published: June 13, 2013
Tags: 91st Street, Chris Abele, Deanna Alexander, Gerry Broderick, Granville Road, Little Menomonee River, Mount Zion Drive, WisDOT

A Milwaukee County supervisor is worried the state law that changed how her board operates also could lead to the demise of a road project in her district.

City attorneys in exile, waiting on renovations

Published: June 13, 2013
Tags: Bob Bauman, Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building, Milwaukee City Hall, Nik Kovac

Those are not busy city attorneys, pressured by deadlines and rushing around the hallways on the 8th floor of Milwaukee’s City Hall.

Riley wins Racine lab project

Published: June 13, 2013
Tags: Riley Construction

Kenosha-based Riley Construction Co. Inc. won a laboratory improvement project at McKinley Middle School from the Racine Unified School District.