A Waukesha County judge Wednesday reinstated criminal proceedings against a 17-year-old boy accused of brutally killing his grandfather, Pewaukee developer Ron Siepmann.

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By Jack Zemlicka The competency of the 17-year-old charged with murdering a Pewaukee developer still is in question after a brief hearing Thursday morning in Waukesha County Intake Court. The findings of a confidential competency examination performed on defendant Richard ...

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A 17-year-old male relative of developer Ron Siepmann was set to appear in Waukesha County Circuit Court early Tuesday afternoon in the death of the founder of Siepmann Realty Corp., Pewaukee. Siepmann, 78, was found dead on the property of ...

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By James Briggs Afraid of being priced out of a neighborhood popular among 20-somethings, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are standing up against a proposed apartment development. “In all the years I’ve served,” 16-year Alderman Michael Verveer said, “I have never ...

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A $9.3 million Milwaukee loan will help the Moderne high-rise grow at the corner of Old World Third Street and Juneau Avenue.

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By Tom Fetters

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Nearly 150 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, another conflict is taking place in the same area -- this one pitting a casino developer against opponents who claim the proposed $75 million project to revamp a hotel and conference center less than a mile from the Gettysburg National Military Park would tarnish the historic battlefield’s reputation.

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By Sean Ryan Developers holding vacant land approved for condo construction will pay for the privilege after the town of Pacific successfully defended taxing the properties. The Saddle Ridge Corp., a Portage-based developer, challenged the Columbia County town’s ability to ...

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By Paul Snyder Madison developers and residents cannot agree on a predictable way to approve projects even though that is what the city’s mayor is demanding. Curt Brink, a Madison developer, said developers need to know they can propose a ...

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By Sean Ryan Nonprofit developers operate in a market that could put them out of business with one bad deal. It happened to West End Development Corp., Milwaukee, after its West Pointe condominium project tanked in 2008. And it’s on ...

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By Sean Ryan Developer Richard Herr will pay the state $240,000 to settle a storm water runoff lawsuit he claims unfairly targeted his 300-acre property in Dousman. “The long and short of it is they fined me because they thought ...

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