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State and local officials on Monday announced steps they'd be taking to train Racine County residents for the surge of construction work that's expected to result from Foxconn Technology Group’s plans to build a massive factory in the Racine County village of Mount Pleasant.

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About $4 million worth of work got underway on Monday to repair the dock used by a ferry service in Manitowoc following damage sustained during the 2015-16 winter.

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Widespread flooding in the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least one death in Wisconsin, while officials in northern Michigan were assessing damage from flash-flooding that washed out roads, damaged businesses and caused dozens of sinkholes.

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T.V. John & Son, Inc., a construction firm that specializes in energy, retail and senior-living projects, is changing its name to Symbiont Construction.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan has endorsed his former aide Bryan Steil to replace him in Congress.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is resolving partisan redistricting cases from Wisconsin and Maryland without ruling on the broader question of whether electoral maps can give an unfair advantage to a political party.

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A manufacturer in northeastern Wisconsin has discovered new evidence of groundwater pollution near Lake Michigan involving a chemical that has raised national health concerns.

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With a holstered handgun next to her on a kitchen table, Republican U.S. Senate Leah Vukmir promises in her first television ad of her campaign, which was released on Monday, to stand with President Donald Trump just as she did against death threats in Wisconsin.

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A crowd of people lining up for an important hearing on a Minnesota pipeline project appears about evenly divided between supporters and opponents.

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By BARRY ADAMS Wisconsin State Journal MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ten years ago, southern Wisconsin was a wet mess. Dams failed, roads washed out, basements filled with water, businesses were lost, levees were breached and farmland flooded. The biggest disaster ...

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