Lake Superior lighthouse sold to tech exec for $159K

September 5, 2019 6:51 pm Leave a comment

A historic lighthouse on Lake Superior has been sold to a tech industry executive from San Francisco.

Meat producer Strauss moving HQ from Franklin to Milwaukee’s Century City

September 5, 2019 3:06 pm Leave a comment

Franklin meat processor Strauss Brands is moving its headquarters to Milwaukee's city-owned Century City business park with plans to build a facility that could employ 250.

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James Barry Jr., chairman of The Barry Co., dies at 85

August 19, 2019 10:47 am Leave a comment

James T. Barry Jr., chairman of The Barry Co., has died. Barry died Tuesday of natural causes. He was 85.

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The ‘good enough’ home may be just perfect

August 16, 2019 2:30 pm Leave a comment

FILE- In this Jan. 4, 2019, file photo a sign hangs outside a house for sale in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood. Constructed from aspirational Instagram feeds and reality TV, the dream home floats in the imagination like a castle in the sky but dissolves in the rain of hard numbers. Chasing the dream can lure buyers to overextend themselves financially. Or the high prices can lead first-time homebuyers to delay a home purchase _ and the opportunity to start building home equity.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Constructed from aspirational Instagram feeds and reality TV, the dream home floats in the imagination like a castle in the sky but dissolves in the rain of hard numbers.

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Alliance Laundry Systems buys former Manitowoc Crane building

August 6, 2019 3:42 pm Leave a comment

Alliance Laundry Systems has closed on its purchase of the former Manitowoc Crane Co. plant in Manitowoc.

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Budget committee OKs preserving more than 14,000 acres of forest land (UPDATE)

July 23, 2019 1:12 pm Leave a comment

The Legislature's budget committee has approved spending more than $4 million to purchase more than 14,000 acres of forest land in northern Wisconsin under the state's stewardship program.

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As housing market wavers, brokers strategize to get buyers

July 17, 2019 2:42 pm Leave a comment

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, Jeff Benach, co-owner of Lexington Homes poses for a portrait inside his office in Chicago. Lexington Homes, which has townhouse and single-family developments in the Chicago area, has been building smaller projects than in the past, Benach says. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

The persistently slow housing market has Debra Goodwin creating cooking videos to try to sell a house. Glenn Phillips finds himself explaining to sellers the reasons why they might have to take a loss on their homes.

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Wisconsin foreclosure rates lowest in 2 decades

July 15, 2019 3:35 pm Leave a comment

Boards cover the windows of a burned-out house in the 2700 block of North 53rd Street in Milwaukees Sherman Park neighborhood. The 130-square-block neighborhood is rife with foreclosures and more than 200 others are pending, according to Bob Connolly, president of Southeast Wisconsin Common Ground.

Wisconsin foreclosure rates are the lowest the state has seen in nearly two decades, according to a researcher who tracks foreclosures.

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USPS: Moss, bird poop aren’t grounds for eviction

June 14, 2019 2:14 pm Leave a comment

A Chicago developer has filed papers to evict the U.S. Postal Service from this building at 344 W. St. Paul Ave. in Milwaukee. The complaint contends the postal service has failed to repair a leaky roof, crumbling concrete and other defects. (Staff photo by Nate Beck)

The U.S. Postal Service argues that bird droppings and moss found on the roof of its facility in downtown Milwaukee don't mean the building is unusable as a developer trying to evict the agency claims.

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