By James Briggs An inspection is under way to determine the extent of the damage at Milwaukee City Hall after three 5-pound pieces of terra cotta fell from the building last week, damaging a parked car. A city alderman is ...

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By Joe Lanane Steve Roloff, expert witness, could trump Steve Roloff, chief operating officer, when weighing whether his engineering firm has a chance to work on the O’Donnell Park parking structure. Roloff, COO of Madison-based Arnold & O’Sheridan Inc., said ...

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By Ann Knoedler I received my Fall 2010 Recycling and Waste Reduction newsletter in the mail the other day from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works. Being the recycling geek that I am, I sat right down and read the ...

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By Ann Knoedler I received my Fall 2010 Recycling and Waste Reduction newsletter in the mail the other day from the Milwaukee Department of Public Works. Being the recycling geek that I am, I sat right down and read the ...

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The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Disaster Loan Outreach Center located at Milwaukee County’s Department of Public Works, 3850 N. 35th St., will close at 6 p.m. Friday. The SBA ...

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The storms of July 22 in Milwaukee opened a gaping sinkhole at East North Avenue and North Oakland Avenue that swallowed a Cadillac. Now work at the intersection has been extended an additional two weeks until Sept. 20 before the ...

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By Marie Rohde The spokesman for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on Thursday acknowledged it might not have been a good idea to cement shut overflow points that once let sewage into waterways during major storms. “Those are relief valves,” ...

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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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By Bill Clements Special to The Daily Reporter Two major rainstorms and thousands of basement floods have prompted a search in Milwaukee for the best ways to protect the city from more damage. Milwaukee Alderman Jim Bohl said, for instance, ...

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