Cost of building power transmission line growing
Rising material prices and legal expenses are expected to add nearly $50 million more to the cost of a power transmission line being built across southern Wisconsin.
Power line debate: Clean energy or environmental harm?
Stress dissolves when Dena Kurt is out on the water. She paddles on the Mississippi River about 15 hours a week, but she might be on the river twice as long while training for marathon canoe races.
Judge issues injunction halting work on parts of $500M Cardinal-Hickory power line
Even as utilities were preparing to move forward with building the $500 million Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line in western Wisconsin, a federal judge handed down an injunction that will temporarily […]
Seventh Circuit: Utility companies have right to intervene in lawsuit over $500M power line
Three utility companies have the right to intervene in a lawsuit over a proposed $500 million high-voltage power line in southwestern Wisconsin, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.
ATC donating to Red Cross, food pantries during outbreak
American Transmission Co. is making corporate donations to the American Red Cross and several food pantries.
Regulators OK southwestern Wisconsin power line
State regulators have approved a power line project in southwestern Wisconsin.
Foxconn rolls out bid proposal for substation to power massive Mount Pleasant factory
Foxconn Technology Group has put out a call for work to build a substation to supply power to the company's massive factory in Mount Pleasant.
Utility buys Wisconsin land for substation to power Foxconn (UPDATE)
American Transmission Co. has bought land to build a proposed electrical substation for the massive manufacturing complex Foxconn Technology Group is building in southeast Wisconsin.
American Transmission Co. buys land for substation supplying Foxconn
American Transmission Co. has purchased land for a $117 million substation to power the factory Foxconn Technology Group is building in the village of Mount Pleasant.
Appeals court ruling allows Badger Coulee project to continue
The construction of a $580 million high-voltage power line between Holmen and Madison will continue after an appeals court decided on Wednesday to uphold a lower court's ruling on the project.
Crews finish sealing damaged Great Lakes electric cables
Officials say crews have finished capping and sealing two electric cables that were most likely severed by a boat anchor in the waterway connecting Lake Huron with Lake Michigan.
Wisconsin lawmakers search for alternatives to power line
Two Wisconsin lawmakers are calling on state utility regulators to examine the likely effects of a proposed high-voltage transmission line between Madison and Dubuque, Iowa.
Today’s News
- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)