Wildlife officials are trying to improve fish habitat at a sprawling western Wisconsin military base.

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A western Wisconsin military base is renovating its 1940s-era stone gates.

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The Daily Reporter's weekly digest of companies that have been cited by OSHA for violations during work around the state.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Officials at Fort McCoy have broken ground on a new $7 million barracks. The building will be the first brick-and-mortar barracks on the western Wisconsin military training base. Plans call for a two-story structure complete with ...

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OSHA reports • Champion Builders, Chippewa Falls, must pay a $4,200 fall-protection citation and a $4,200 fall-protection-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations March 3 during a roofing job in ...

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OSHA reports • Feaker & Sons Co. Inc., De Pere, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on April 20 to reduce a $450 head-protection citation to $200 and two specific-excavation-requirements citations, totaling $2,250, to $1,400. The company was issued the ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com A giant construction company’s role in winning a $20.8 million federal contract reserved for small businesses has at least one contractor raising concerns. A joint venture between Miron Construction Co. Inc., Neenah, one of Wisconsin’s largest contractors, ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Trainers at Fort McCoy are living through a logistical nightmare as they search for space for soldiers while contractors overrun the base. “We’re literally operating on a situation where we’re managing right down to bed spaces rather ...

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