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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin River is dropping, promising relief for the state’s flood-weary south-central section. The river started overflowing its banks on Saturday after heavy rains to the north flowed downstream. The river poured around a levee and ...

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Construction employment expanded in 56 out of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2009 and August 2010, according to a new analysis of federal employment data by the Associated General Contractors of America. More cities added construction jobs during the past ...

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By JANNA HERRON AP Real Estate Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Home prices ticked up in July for the fourth straight month, but many cities are bracing for declines in the year ahead. The price increases were fueled by now-expired ...

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By Nathalie Weinstein Dolan Media Newswires Portland, Ore. — The key to creating more efficient solar panels, some researchers say, may be basic science and a basic substance. While many scientists are exploring whether complex materials and semiconductors can help ...

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OSHA reports • LeFever Roofing LLC, Dousman, must pay a $600 eye-and-face-protection citation and a $750 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations July 14 during a roofing job in ...

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By CHRIS WILLIAMS and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writers OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — Cindy Dorsey has lived near the Straight River in southern Minnesota for 15 years and never laid a sandbag before Friday. But the river’s swift rise from ...

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Edward P. Berghammer, former president and owner of Butler-based Berghammer Construction Inc., died Monday at the age of 81. Berghammer founded the firm in 1929 and sold it to Leif Nesheim in 1988. Berghammer graduated from Marquette University with a ...

By Alan Zibel AP Real Estate Writer Washington — Sales of previously occupied homes rose last month, but not enough to keep August from being the second-worst month for sales in more than a decade. Sales rose 7.6 percent in ...

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ARCADIA, Wis. (AP) — A powerful storm drenched parts of the upper Midwest on Thursday, flooding creeks and rivers and forcing up to 1,500 residents of one Wisconsin city to evacuate their homes for higher ground. Police officers in Arcadia, ...

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By Scott Carlson Dolan Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The Twin Cities and three Wisconsin cities rank as some of the nation’s most affordable housing markets, according to report released Wednesday by Coldwell Banker. The Edina, Minn.-based realty firm’s conclusion ...

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