State regulators are shutting down two salvage companies in the Fox Valley after the owner was convicted of overseeing a scheme that bilked the Fond du Lac-based company Sadoff Iron and Metal out of some $14.3 million over a six-year period.

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A businessman has been convicted in a scheme that bilked a Fond du Lac firm out of $14 million.

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The owner of a Wisconsin auto salvage yard is accused of bilking a Fond du Lac recycler out of $14 million.

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Where others see trash, Adam Oldre sees potential: plastic bags become rings, zippers turn into bracelets and dated brass platters are transformed into striking hollow vessels.

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An investigation of cash transactions in the scrap metal industry has led to the conviction and sentencing of a man who ran a business in Wisconsin.

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Madison police say scrap-metal thieves have vandalized the same church for the third time in three years.

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The best way to curb scrap metal theft in Milwaukee, according to a city alderman, is to force the entire state to follow the same stringent material-tracking rules.

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FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — Fond du Lac police are releasing the name of the man killed in an industrial accident. He’s 34-year-old Daniel V. Lehner of Fond du Lac. Police and firefighters were called to Sadoff and Rudoy ...

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TOWN OF MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — Police in the Fox Valley say they’re investigating an increasing number of scrap metal thefts as the price for copper, aluminum and nickel rises. Thieves are hitting construction sites and businesses and are scouring ...

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By Ann Knoedler Did you know that auto shredder residue is called fluff? Sounds harmless doesn’t it? It’s what’s left over after a vehicle has been stripped of recyclable parts, and is primarily a mixture of various plastics, rubber, miscellaneous ...

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