Boy dies in loader accident

The OSHA report

Published: May 24, 2013
Tags: aerial lift, Arpin, Badgerland Metal Building Erectors Inc., brazing, citation, communication line, cutting, DeLuca & Tobin Cable Contractors Ltd., fall protection, framing, Germantown, Home Insulation Co. of Wausau Inc., Janny Construction Inc., JRT Top Notch Roofs LLC, Kube Custom Carpentry Inc., ladder, Mequon, Miller Custom Homes Inc., Mukwonago, osha, Owen Mobile Welding, Pewaukee, power line, precast concrete, roofing, safety, scaffolding, settlement, Skyline Roof-En Co. LLC, structural steel, Theresa, training, Ultra Carpentry LLC, Verona, Waterford, Waukesha, welding, Weston

The Daily Reporter’s weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.

Coating, painting co. expanding in Mosinee

Published: May 24, 2013
Tags: Crystal Finishing Systems, jobs

A Schofield company is planning to expand in central Wisconsin and add several hundred manufacturing jobs over the next few years.

US new-home sales up 2.3 percent in April

Published: May 23, 2013
Tags: homebuilders, National Association of Home Builders, new home sales, Ryland Group

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.

Man killed at Superior wood shingle plant

Published: May 22, 2013
Tags: accident, David Clink, osha, White Cedar Shingles and Lumber

Police say a 30-year-old man has been killed at a wood shingle manufacturer in Superior.

US home sales highest in 3-½ years

Published: May 22, 2013
Tags: building permits, home sales

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three-and-a-half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.

Wis. developer facing resistance in Minn.

Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: Continental Properties

Even as Minneapolis-based Target Corp. is expanding its corporate presence in the northwestern suburb of Brooklyn Park, plans for a nearby 340-unit rental townhouse project are meeting resistance.

Chambers settle minority hiring lawsuit with Milwaukee

Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: D. Wilson Consulting Group, minority hiring

The city of Milwaukee reached a settlement Monday in a federal lawsuit concerning its minority contracting practices.

State’s home sales increase 9 percent in April

Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: home sales

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

GOP move gives state more control on construction

Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: Clean Water Act, Cory Mason, DNR, erosion

Democrats said a move to standardize erosion control rules for commercial construction sites is another effort by Republicans to take power away from local authorities.