Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed September 05, 2018
City Anxiously Awaits Streetcar Line Opening
Sometime later this fall, Milwaukee residents will have a new — yet old — way to get around the city's vibrant and busy downtown. Engineers currently are going through the final testing phase on five modern, elegantly-designed streetcars and how they operate on the newly-installed tracks....
Office of Gov. Scott Walker - Wed September 05, 2018
Green Bay Packaging Co. Breaks Ground on $500M Expansion
Gov. Scott Walker joined Green Bay Packaging officials on Aug. 29 for a groundbreaking ceremony on the company's new paper mill in Green Bay, a $500 million project expected to create at least 200 jobs statewide....
Office of Gov. Scott Walker - Wed September 05, 2018
Gov. Announces Completion of $300M Zoo Interchange
Gov. Scott Walker announced Aug. 27 the Zoo Interchange Core is completed on time and on budget. The Core project is designed to last for 75 years and represents a more than $300 million investment to complete the reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange between 70th Street and 124th Street on I-94; along with the work on I-41 between Lincoln Avenue and Watertown Plank Road....
Roland Machinery - Thu August 30, 2018
Roland Machinery Acquires Wisconsin Company
Roland Machinery Co. , of Springfield, Ill., recently acquired Heavy Equipment Specialists, LLC. , of Slinger, Wisc. This will make the 17th full-service facility for Roland Machinery Co. and the 7th location for the company's Wisconsin Division....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed August 08, 2018
Upscale Residential Tower Rises in Milwaukee
A beautiful view of nearby Lake Michigan will await residents of a new, 22-story tower just northeast of downtown Milwaukee when construction on the building is completed in 2020. The new $123 million Saint John's on the Lake project is taking shape on a low hillside just across the street from McKinley Park, which borders the lake and is a short walk from the McKinley Marina....
Associated Press - Wed July 25, 2018
WisDOT Promises Speedy Repairs After Explosion
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is promising a speedy reconstruction of the downtown Sun Prairie streets that were damaged in the deadly explosion on July 10. Dozens of business owners and citizens attended a meeting at City Hall on July 19, where DOT officials discussed the preliminary plans in place to reconstruct the damaged streets....
Associated Press - Wed July 11, 2018
Trump Praises $10B Foxconn Plant
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Trump recently took a trip to North Dakota and Wisconsin to attend a series of rallies and fundraising events. On June 28, Trump praised the groundbreaking for a $10 billion Foxconn plant in Wisconsin....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 11, 2018
WisDOT I-39/90 Project Runs Ahead of Schedule
The $1.2 billion reconstruction and expansion of Interstate 39/90 in south-central Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (WisDOT) project, will be completed in 2021 — one year earlier than previously scheduled — due to an additional $32.7 million that the state is investing in the project that started in 2015....
Franklin Equipment - Wed June 13, 2018
Franklin Equipment Holds Customer Appreciation, Grand Opening Events
Franklin Equipment hosted a Customer Appreciation Event for its Racine, Wis., location on June 5 and a Grand Opening Event in Oshkosh, Wis., on June 7. Both events included lunch, live broadcast radio stations, prizes, giveaways and rental and sales specials....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 13, 2018
Crews Perform Huge 19-Hour Concrete Pour
With meticulous planning, crews from J.H. Findorff and Son Inc. and Ozinga Bros. , the concrete supplier, successfully poured close to 6,700 cu. yd. of concrete for the foundation of the new Irgens Partners BMO Harris Tower in Milwaukee, Wis., on June 2....
