Milwaukee has money to burn on rehabilitation projects

Grant to help study climate affect on roads

Published: October 3, 2012
Tags: climate, grant, weather

A $750,000 National Science Foundation grant will help University of New Hampshire researchers examine how climate affects road and bridge construction.

WisDOT gets 900K grant for transportation around state

Published: July 31, 2012
Tags: grant, Gwen Moore, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation on Tuesday received a $900,000 grant to support transportation in the Great Lakes region, according to a news release from Congresswoman Gwen Moore’s office.

Harbor projects get $7 million boost from grants

Published: June 7, 2012
Tags: grant, Harbor Assistance Program, Noble Petro, WisDOT

Green Bay, Sheboygan and Superior will receive Harbor Assistance Program grants totaling $6,964,000 for three harbor projects, according to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation news release.

Milwaukee gets $1.2M grant from HUD to expand community center

Published: February 2, 2012
Tags: Department of Housing and Urban Development, grant, HUD, Milwaukee i-Center

The city of Milwaukee has received a federal grant worth $1.2 million to expand a community center that will provide employment and education services.

Walker approves $6.8M in harbor grants

Published: January 12, 2012
Tags: Edward E. Gillen, grant, Hallet Dock, Harbor Assistance Program, Scott Walker

Gov. Scott Walker has approved $6,805,219 in grants for three harbor projects in Wisconsin.

WisDOT transportation grants create projects, jobs

Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: grant, ISP Minerals, Jeld-Wen, jobs, Schreiber Foods, TEA grant, Weldall Manufacturing, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

More than 800 jobs will be created or retained through Transportation Economic Assistance grants in 2011, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

State awards $73,500 transportation grant to Marinette County

Published: December 29, 2011
Tags: grant, Thilmany Papers, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

The state Department of Transportation will pay $73,500 to build a pulpwood storage yard and biomass drying building in the Marinette County town of Beecher.

Schreiber Foods gets grant to expand facility

Published: October 26, 2011
Tags: grant, Schreiber Foods, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

The city of Richland Center has been awarded a Transportation Economic Assistance grant that will allow for the expansion of Schreiber Foods’ existing facility.

Park, tribe to receive EPA conservation grants

Published: October 6, 2011
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, grant, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, jobs, Lake Superior Chippewa, Oneida Tribe, Red Cliff Band, Tribe

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A national park in northern Michigan and five American Indian tribes will receive a combined $1.7 million in federal money for environmental projects designed to provide temporary jobs for the unemployed, officials said Thursday. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is getting $891,225 to fight [...]