http://dailyreporter.com Wisconsin's Construction, Law and Public Record Authority Since 1897 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:47:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/builders-group-sees-pickup-in-housing-this-year/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/builders-group-sees-pickup-in-housing-this-year/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81278 The U.S. housing market will begin to mount a turnaround this year, building toward a solid recovery in 2013, according to a forecast by the chief economist of a homebuilding industry trade group.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/builders-group-sees-pickup-in-housing-this-year/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/editorial-cartoon-206/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/editorial-cartoon-206/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:05:34 +0000 Joe Yovino http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81272 ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/editorial-cartoon-206/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/energy-industry-says-no-fracking-way/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/energy-industry-says-no-fracking-way/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:34:49 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81264 A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/energy-industry-says-no-fracking-way/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/silence-in-the-halls-of-the-capitol/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/silence-in-the-halls-of-the-capitol/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:22 +0000 Matt Pommer http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81256 Regular, sit-down news conferences by Wisconsin governors have disappeared from the government landscape.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/silence-in-the-halls-of-the-capitol/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/realtors-hope-25b-foreclosure-settlement-will-spark-housing-revival/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/realtors-hope-25b-foreclosure-settlement-will-spark-housing-revival/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:37 +0000 Dolan Newswires http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81243 With the residential real estate industry shell-shocked from years of a moribund market, its spokespeople can be forgiven for taking a cautious attitude toward Thursday’s announcement of a $25 billion settlement with five of the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders over flawed and fraudulent foreclosure practices.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/realtors-hope-25b-foreclosure-settlement-will-spark-housing-revival/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/public-meeting-scheduled-for-watertown-plank-road-bridges-in-milwaukee-county/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/public-meeting-scheduled-for-watertown-plank-road-bridges-in-milwaukee-county/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:53:30 +0000 Kirsten Klahn http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81239 The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is holding a public information meeting to discuss the upcoming construction of the Watertown Plank Road bridges, according to a WisDOT news release.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/public-meeting-scheduled-for-watertown-plank-road-bridges-in-milwaukee-county/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/i-94-roadwork-lane-closures-begin-sunday/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/i-94-roadwork-lane-closures-begin-sunday/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:32:35 +0000 Adam Wise http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81234 An Interstate 94 rehabilitation project will begin overnight double-lane closures Sunday night with daytime single-lane closures beginning a week later, according to a news release from the state Department of Transportation.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/i-94-roadwork-lane-closures-begin-sunday/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/wisconsin-to-use-part-of-settlement-for-budget/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/wisconsin-to-use-part-of-settlement-for-budget/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:26:31 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81231 Wisconsin plans to use about $26 million of its $140 million share of a national mortgage settlement to help plug a state budget hole, a move that drew criticism from Milwaukee's mayor.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/wisconsin-to-use-part-of-settlement-for-budget/feed/ 1 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/website-helps-companies-looking-for-building-sites-in-wis/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/website-helps-companies-looking-for-building-sites-in-wis/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:07:09 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81228 A new free website has been launched to help businesses looking at locating or expanding in Wisconsin.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/website-helps-companies-looking-for-building-sites-in-wis/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/nations-1st-black-female-licensed-architect-dies/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/nations-1st-black-female-licensed-architect-dies/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:51:48 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81224 Norma Merrick Sklarek, the nation's first female African American licensed architect, has died in Los Angeles at 85.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/10/nations-1st-black-female-licensed-architect-dies/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/this-is-just-a-test/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/this-is-just-a-test/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:41:01 +0000 Kevin Harnack http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81213 Van Komurka (above) of Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group Inc., Cedarburg, sets up dial indicators while preparing to perform a static axial pile load test Jan. 25 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Fresh Water Sciences in Milwaukee.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/this-is-just-a-test/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/bids-are-out-for-upham-woods-planning/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/bids-are-out-for-upham-woods-planning/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 Ann Knoedler http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81203 In 1941 two visionary women made a decision to preserve their Upham family summer home as an environmental and outdoor education area primarily for youth. But adults benefit as well at the Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center. ]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/bids-are-out-for-upham-woods-planning/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/wisconsins-budget-condition-worsens/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/wisconsins-budget-condition-worsens/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:10:15 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81193 Wisconsin's state budget condition has worsened to the point that Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature will need to take emergency steps to avoid being out of balance before the end of June.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/wisconsins-budget-condition-worsens/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/osha-cites-wis-foundry-for-10-alleged-violations/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/osha-cites-wis-foundry-for-10-alleged-violations/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:48:33 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81190 A federal workplace-safety agency has cited a foundry in southern Wisconsin for 10 alleged safety violations.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/osha-cites-wis-foundry-for-10-alleged-violations/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/unemployment-aid-applications-near-a-4-year-low/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/unemployment-aid-applications-near-a-4-year-low/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:39:29 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81184 The number of people seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, a positive sign that strong hiring could continue in the coming months.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/unemployment-aid-applications-near-a-4-year-low/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/building-collapse-rescue-team-to-get-2m-in-federal-aid/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/building-collapse-rescue-team-to-get-2m-in-federal-aid/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:18:39 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81181 Wisconsin's statewide building-collapse rescue team will get $2 million in federal aid for equipment and training.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/building-collapse-rescue-team-to-get-2m-in-federal-aid/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/states-banks-reach-foreclosure-abuse-settlement/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/states-banks-reach-foreclosure-abuse-settlement/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:36 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81172 U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/states-banks-reach-foreclosure-abuse-settlement/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/decision-made-on-power-line-route-in-western-wis/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/decision-made-on-power-line-route-in-western-wis/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:47:24 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81168 An administrative law judge has selected a route for a high-voltage power line through southeastern Minnesota.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/decision-made-on-power-line-route-in-western-wis/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/walker-approves-225k-for-outagamie-airport-project/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/walker-approves-225k-for-outagamie-airport-project/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:18:34 +0000 Adam Wise http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81162 Gov. Scott Walker has signed off on a $225,000 design project for Appleton’s Outagamie County Regional Airport, according to a news release from the state Department of Transportation.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/09/walker-approves-225k-for-outagamie-airport-project/feed/ 0 http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/08/gop-proposes-changing-federal-worker-pensions/ http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/08/gop-proposes-changing-federal-worker-pensions/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:52:57 +0000 Associated Press http://dailyreporter.com/?p=81155 Federal employees would pay more toward their pensions and new employees would receive less generous retirement benefits under a House Republican plan to pay for highway programs.]]> http://dailyreporter.com/2012/02/08/gop-proposes-changing-federal-worker-pensions/feed/ 0