Rogers, Minn.-based Veit & Co. Inc. is deconstructing one of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s downtown Milwaukee office buildings to make way for a 32-story tower.

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Milwaukee contractor Homer Key faces four felony charges in a trial that began Tuesday and is expected to last through May 14.

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The average Wisconsin Realtor is getting older, but some say now is the time for young professionals to enter the industry.

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If my laptop is on, Twitter is open.

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Milwaukee is in good company with other municipalities struggling with strip clubs.

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Angie Cummings, the woman I met last fall who suffers from multiple-chemical sensitivity, moved into her “healthy house” in Sussex on Feb. 8.

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A story I wrote Friday about hiring predictions for 2014 emphasized the trouble contractors might have adjusting to a younger workforce.

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Going through archives while waiting for a public hearing to begin, I was struck by the last sentence of the first story I ever wrote about The Couture.

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On Monday, Gov. Scott Walker announced the state would spend $7 million more helping homeowners meet rising propane costs, bringing the total for assistance to $8.5 million.

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Rust, frost, corn and salt. What do they all have in common?

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