Plans for Innovation Park hotel move south

Marshfield Utilities moving to wireless meters

Published: May 22, 2013
Tags: Marshfield Utilities, meters, PSC

Meter readers for utility companies will soon be a thing of the past in one Wisconsin community.

Budget committee approves sand mining plan (UPDATE)

Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: DNR, fracking, sand mine

Wisconsin’s budget-writing committee has approved pulling money from the state’s environmental management fund to cover sand mining inspections.

Obama opposes GOP bill on Keystone XL oil pipeline

Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: Keystone XL pipeline, Michels Corp.

The White House says President Barack Obama opposes a House bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.

US high court upholds FCC power in cell tower disputes

Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: cellphone towers, FCC

The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cellphone towers.

UW-Milwaukee, Johnson in high-voltage pairing

Published: May 19, 2013
Tags: Energy Advancement Center, Innovation Park, Johnson Controls, UW-Milwaukee

The climb the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faces to make a name for itself in research and local economic development can best be seen at the site of an abandoned staircase.

State’s utility plants could generate interest

Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: Building Commission, Capital Heat and Power Plant, Dale Kooyenga, Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Madison Gas & Electric, power plants, utility plants, We Energies, Zoo Interchange

Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to allow the sale of state utility plants to pay off transportation debt might not even be able to generate enough money to pay off the debt on the plants themselves.

Report: ‘Little impact’ on state from frac jobs

Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: fracking, jobs

Frac sand mining’s impact on job creation in Wisconsin’s sandy areas will be minimal, and communities must account for its potential economic drawbacks, according to a new report.

Gogebic Taconite reduces number of test holes

Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: DNR, Gogebic Taconite, iron ore, mining, stormwater

A mining company has reduced the number of test holes it plans to make for a proposed iron ore mine near Lake Superior.

Activists set up training for mine protest

Published: May 15, 2013
Tags: Gogebic Taconite, mining

Activists are planning a training session on how to stop a giant iron mine in far northwestern Wisconsin.