By Paul Snyder Wisconsin county highway commissioners, lacking federal stimulus money and local revenue, are facing the likelihood of fewer projects in 2011. “When county budgets are tight and they’re looking for ways to save money, it becomes easy to ...

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By Paul Snyder A $20 million wind farm proposed for Springfield hinges on whether Sun Prairie-based WPPI Energy will buy electricity and eventually acquire the project. Sun Prairie-based Wave Wind LLC needs an answer from the utility by Tuesday, or ...

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Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk on Thursday announced that AECOM, a global engineering company, will perform a feasibility study for the county on turning food waste into electricity. The first phase of AECOM’s feasibility study will be completed this fall. ...

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By Paul Snyder The development community is urging caution as Dane County considers a town’s request to designate as historic 34 acres around an old church. “The land does not qualify as historic,” said Ron Trachtenberg, a real estate development ...

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By Paul Snyder A half-cent sales tax increase would give Dane County planners the money they need to craft a regional transit strategy. But the Dane County Regional Transit Authority needs the strategy to persuade voters to hand over the ...

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Road crews will begin work to improve County Highway K, north of Middleton, on Monday. The resurfacing project between County Highway M and Q is being paid for through a combination of federal stimulus money secured by Dane County along ...

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Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com The Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. will not appeal a judge’s ruling upholding changes made to the state’s prevailing wage law. John Mielke, ABC vice president, said Tuesday that following a board of directors meeting ...

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By Darryl Enriquez Dane County is $250,000 short of the money needed for a planned $740,000 effort to build a compressed natural gas fueling station, buy more than a half-dozen vehicles that run on the fuel and convert methane gas ...

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Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Monday she is urging businesses to take advantage of three bond programs to help develop and expand their operations and create new jobs in the county. Through different federal and state funding sources, tens ...

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