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Powerful winter storm lingers in Upper Midwest
A fierce winter storm that created blizzard conditions in parts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota shut down interstates, led to hundreds of vehicle crashes and brought a metropolitan area of more than 200,000 people to a standstill on Monday morning.
Deep freeze headed for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakotas
A wintry storm system is expected to generate 10 inches of snow or more near Lake Superior before a deep freeze settles into the region.
High-tech snowplows on order to help Dane County drivers
Help is on the way for Dane County drivers who have been trying to travel busy highways in times of bad winter weather.
Roads in northern half of Wisconsin snow covered or slippery
Various schools canceled classes in northern and western Wisconsin as heavy snow and high wind caused deteriorating travel conditions.
US heat wave just warming up for long and scorching weekend
The heat wave that has been roasting much of the U.S. in recent days is just getting warmed up, with temperatures expected to soar to dangerous highs throughout the weekend.
Following unseasonably warm weather, many jobs grind to halt in cold snap
Many construction jobs ground to a halt in Wisconsin, a plane carrying 129 people skidded Saturday from a slick Chicago runway and a plow driver was killed when his truck rolled over outside Kansas City following a winter storm that covered many parts of the Midwest with snow and ice.
Deadly cold disrupts US; freezes water tower in Iowa
Dangerously cold temperatures blamed for at least nine deaths have wreaked havoc across a wide swath of the U.S., freezing a water tower in Iowa, halting ferry service in New York and leading officials to open warming centers even in the Deep South.
Higher energy costs accompany bitter cold snap in US (UPDATE)
Bitter cold weather has taken hold of much of the northern United States and is expected to stay put for days to come as two Minnesota cities already have set record low temperatures and a city in Pennsylvania continues to dig out from a record snowfall.
Days of bitter cold ahead for Midwest, Northeast
As snow continues to pile up in Erie, Pennsylvania, which already has nearly 63 inches on the ground, forecasters warn of frigid, sub-zero arctic air and dangerously cold wind chills in much of the U.S.
Preparation, breaks and sugar key to beating the bitter cold
Construction crews working outdoors during frigid temperatures may find it in their best interests to pack a few Christmas cookies in their lunch pails. No, this advice is not about getting into the festive holiday spirit.
Cold temps bring new safety concerns to outdoor projects
Construction contractors many times refuse to a little bitter cold stop them from working. Nor should they, say occupational safety experts, so long as they remember to take some basic precautions.
With snow blowing in, construction projects still ongoing
It’s time to give up swimming in the outdoor pool, wearing flip-flops and meat on the grill. It’s not time, however, to give up on construction projects as the season’s first snowfall approaches.
Today’s News
- Steve Curry of Knutson Construction dies at 74
- Key Milwaukee approval opens new home construction
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | Aug. 3
- Michigan Supreme Court blocks approval of Line 5 tunnel project
- Medical College of Wisconsin breaks ground on $70M student housing complex
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of Aug. 3, 2026
- Irgens starts apartment construction at Milwaukee County Research Park
- ABC of Wisconsin hits membership milestone
- More construction unions get behind Crowley
- Appeals Court restores Act 10 collective bargaining law
- Land use, zoning changes approved for Rockwell Automation in New Berlin
- $61M corporate headquarters planned in Brookfield
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)