Scott Bauer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 20, 2017
Wisconsin Senate Poised to Pass $3B for Foxconn Plant
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Senate was poised to approve nearly $3 billion in cash payments for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, an unprecedented incentive package for the electronics company to locate a flat-screen factory in the state....
Steve Karnowski - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 20, 2017
Minnesota Commerce Department Recommends Against Line 3 Plan
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Enbridge Energy has failed to establish the need for its proposal to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota and it might be better to just shut down the existing line, said the Minnesota Department of Commerce....
Wed September 20, 2017
Mid Country Machinery to Give Away Ford Raptor at Open House
On Oct. 26, Mid Country Machinery will be hosting an open house at its Fort Dodge location at 3478 5th Ave. South, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 50501. The event will include lunch, which will be served from 11 a.m....
Wed September 20, 2017
Patten Cat Names Machine Sales Representative
Patten Cat recently announced the promotion of Brent Annen as the company's newest machine sales representative covering both Kane and DeKalb counties in Illinois. In his new role, which he assumed Aug....
Wed September 20, 2017
Finkbiner Equipment Company Hosts Grand Opening
Finkbiner Equipment Company held a grand opening event for its new location in East Peoria on Sept. 12. The family-friendly event featured a wide variety of equipment on display and an opportunity to meet Finkbiner's factory representatives....
CEG - Wed September 20, 2017
Ronald Reagan Parkway May Open in Fall of 2017
Completion of the 1.7-mi. section of the Ronald Reagan Parkway (RRP) from County Road 300N to U.S. 136 has a revised schedule, with fresh hopes of opening in the fall of 2017. Work began in July 2015, but stalled over the winter, despite mild weather conditions, and didn't pick up much speed until late summer....
Wed September 20, 2017
High-Speed Toll Lane Opens in Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A lane that allows drivers to pass through tollbooths without slowing down has opened at the Kansas Turnpike's eastern terminal. The single, westbound fast-lane opened to traffic in August near Bonner Springs, the Lawrence Journal-World reported....
Irwin Rapoport - Wed September 20, 2017
MDOT Spends $165M Upgrading Four Spans
Nearly one-third of the work has been completed on the Michigan Department of Transportation's $165 million 75 Rouge River-Detroit-Downriver Connection bridge project. It's an initiative that is repairing and upgrading four bridges that cross the Rouge River, vital railway lines and canals crucial to the auto and construction industry, and impact life in a residential/urban area in South End Detroit....
Wed September 20, 2017
Crews Begin Demolition of BorgWarner Muncie Plant
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) Crews have begun pulling down a sprawling former BorgWarner auto transmissions factory in central Indiana that once employed thousands of workers. The Muncie building has sat empty since Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner shuttered the plant in 2009....
Steve Karnowski and Dave Kolpack - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 20, 2017
Judge Blocks Work on Fargo-Moorhead Flood Project
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A federal judge blocked construction work on a Red River flood control project in the Fargo-Moorhead area, saying backers of the diversion channel need to obtain the necessary permits from Minnesota....
