Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County's disadvantaged business enterprise program, pleaded no contest Wednesday to stealing federal grant money.

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Arraignments on Tuesday for a contractor and the former director of Milwaukee County’s disadvantaged business enterprise program have been postponed.

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The felony theft case against Freida Webb, Milwaukee County’s former disadvantaged business enterprise program director, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

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Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County’s Office of Community Business Development Partners, was released Thursday on a $1,000 signature bond in connection with four felony charges.

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Milwaukee County will hold a public hearing June 10 to determine how to allocate its share of about $1.2 million in federal Community Development Block Grant money for 2014.

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Two Wisconsin state agencies have failed to follow federal law and their own policies in issuing economic development grants, the U.S. government said in a strongly worded letter sent to Gov. Scott Walker's administration.

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Mayville Engineering Co. Inc., Mayville, will benefit from a $1.5 million grant from the Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant–Economic Development program. Gov. Scott Walker announced Thursday that Waushara County received the economic development grant. The county will led ...

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By Bill Clements Special to The Daily Reporter Milwaukee could lose to demolition hundreds of houses if damaging mold infects them as a result of flooding from the recent heavy rains. Vacant houses, of which Milwaukee has between 5,000 and ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says a $1.5 million state loan will help a northeastern Wisconsin yacht maker add 315 jobs. Doyle said the loan, from the Community Development Block Grant program run by the Department of Commerce, ...

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Frito-Lay gets state money for expansion, Green Tier status Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday announced that the state will provide $2 million to Frito-Lay’s Beloit production facility to support a $28.5 million expansion and modernization project. Doyle also announced ...

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