State’s high court reverses eminent domain rulings (UPDATE)

Legislator wants to stop highway enhancements

Published: April 3, 2013
Tags: Highway 41, Jim Steineke, WisDOT

A state legislator from the Fox Valley says taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for decorative enhancements on highway construction projects.

Sewer project to close Highway 41

Published: March 20, 2013
Tags: Highway 41, WisDOT

A sanitary sewer project under U.S. Highway 41 in Brown County will force a complete northbound closure between Shawano and Velp avenues from 8 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

Crash closes Butte des Mortes causeway

Published: February 19, 2013
Tags: accident, Butte des Mortes causeway, Highway 41

All northbound U.S. Highway 41 lanes on the Butte des Mortes causeway in Oshkosh are closed Tuesday afternoon due to a multi-vehicle crash.

Playoffs-bound? Road construction ongoing around Lambeau Field

Published: January 4, 2013
Tags: Highway 29, Highway 41, I-43, Lambeau Field, Packerland Drive, U.S. 41

Multiple Wisconsin Department of Transportation projects could prolong drives to Lambeau Field on Saturday.

OSHA fines Lunda for fatal crane collapse (UPDATE)

Published: January 3, 2013
Tags: Choice Construction Companies Inc., crane, Highway 41, Joseph Bidler, Lunda Construction, Martin DeRidder, osha, Raymond Ashenbrenner, Severe Violator Enforcement Program, Spancrete

Lunda Construction Co. is facing $105,000 in fines related to a July crane collapse that killed one worker and injured another.

Sticky situation on Fond du Lac highway

Published: August 17, 2012
Tags: Highway 23, Highway 41

Highway crews are handling somewhat of a sticky situation in Fond du Lac.

Witnesses describe crane collapse on Highway 41 project

Published: July 19, 2012
Tags: accident, Butte des Morts Bridge, crane, Highway 41

Workers who witnessed a fatal construction accident on an Oshkosh bridge say a crane may have collapsed because a highway girder was being lowered too quickly or because the crane changed positions.

Lunda could face increased scrutiny from OSHA after 2nd crane collapse

Published: July 16, 2012
Tags: accident, Butte des Morts Bridge, crane, Dave Dahlberg, Department of Labor, Highway 41, Joseph Bidler, Lunda Construction, Martin DeRidder, Michels Corp., North Central Power, osha, Raymond Ashenbrenner, Rhonda Burke, Severe Violator Enforcement Program, Spancrete, SVEP, WisDOT

A Black River Falls construction company is at risk of being placed in the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s severe violator enforcement program after the company was involved in a pair of crane collapses on the Highway 41 project in central Wisconsin.

Crane collapse on Butte des Morts bridge kills worker (UPDATE)

Published: July 5, 2012
Tags: accident, Butte des Morts Bridge, crane, Highway 41, Joseph Bidler, osha
Comments: 6

A construction worker is dead and another seriously injured after a crane collapsed Thursday morning on the Butte des Morts Bridge in Winnebago County. A third worker also was hurt.