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Milwaukee Boston Store building wall collapses (UPDATE)
By Marie Rohde A downtown Milwaukee Boston Store was closed Monday after an interior wall collapsed, according to a spokesman for the store owner. “It apparently happened overnight,” said Brian […]
Victims settle We Energies power plant explosion lawsuit (UPDATE)
By Marie Rohde Eight workers severely injured in an explosion at the We Energies power plant in Oak Creek have received a $16 million settlement in a civil lawsuit, said […]
Squirrelly behavior: Critters shock the system
By Marie Rohde When the lights blink and the weather’s not stormy, there’s a good chance a squirrel just died. Squirrels as electrocution victims are a leading cause of power […]
Copper crazy: Thieves mine work sites for new-age gold (VIDEO)
By Marie Rohde The price of copper hit a 31-month high in New York and set a record in London on Tuesday. That’s great news for Chile, the world’s largest […]
This is not your father’s We Energies; land sale fuels state park plans
By James Briggs The state Department of Natural Resources has agreed to buy 2,714 acres along the Wisconsin-Michigan border from We Energies. If approved by the Joint Committee on Finance, […]
It’s steamy out there
[caption id="attachment_56341" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="A cloud of steam wraps around Interstate 794 near 2nd Street in Milwaukee on Friday. Brian Manthey, spokesman for We Energies, Milwaukee, said the cloud resulted from cold water from Thursday night’s heavy rains hitting the hot pipes that make up the utility’s underground steam system. The system provides heat and hot water [...]
Construction crew hits gas line, leads to school evacuation
MILWAUKEE – Audubon Middle School in Milwaukee was evacuated shortly before noon on Tuesday after a construction crew hit a gas line near the school. According to We Energies spokesman […]
School district weighs in on Rothschild biomass plant (UPDATE)
By Paul Snyder A school district in Rothschild is giving more than 2,600 reasons for demanding the state pinpoint exactly how much pollution a proposed biomass plant in the area […]
Compressed natural gas effort gets rolling in Dane County
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 […]
We Energies picks builders for Glacier Hills
We Energies has selected three Wisconsin contractors to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park. The three contractors are The Boldt Co., Appleton; Michels Corp., Brownsville; and Edgerton Contractors Inc., Oak […]
We Energies submits application for biomass plant
By Paul Snyder We Energies on Monday submitted its application to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for a $255 million biomass plant in Rothschild. We Energies spokesman Brian Manthey […]
Landowners resist Glacier Hills Wind Park waivers
By Paul Snyder Resistance from Columbia County landowners threatens We Energies’ attempt to build 90 turbines for the Glacier Hills Wind Park. Randolph resident Pete DeBoer, for instance, said the […]
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- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
