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Biden announces $3.5B for electric grid projects

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $3.5 billion for 58 projects across the country to strengthen electric grid resilience as extreme weather events such as the deadly Maui and California wildfires continue to strain the nation's aging transmission ...

Two guilty in corn mill blast

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted two senior employees at a Wisconsin corn plant of falsifying records and obstructing an investigation into a fatal corn dust explosion in 2017, Justice Department officials announced on Tuesday. Corn dust is explosive, and high ...

GM delays electric pickup truck production at Detroit-area plant

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will delay electric pickup truck production at a factory near Detroit due to slowing U.S. demand for electric vehicles, to better manage its capital investments, and to make some engineering changes. The company said in a statement Tuesday that the factory in ...

CoVantage Cares Foundation reaches fundraising milestone

ANTIGO, Wis. — CoVantage Cares Foundation has surpassed $3 million in total giving since its inception in 2015, supporting more than 350 nonprofits that help individuals in need and improve quality of life in the communities served by CoVantage Credit Union. CoVantage Cares Foundation ...

Assembly approves $545 million for Brewers stadium

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin legislators edged closer Tuesday to passing a compromise plan to spend more than half-a-billion dollars in public money to help cover repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium, pushing the proposal through the state Assembly and on to the Senate. The chamber ...

Beth Millner Jewelry releases four new fundraiser pendants

MARQUETTE — Jewelry designer and metalsmith Beth Millner of Beth Millner Jewelry recently released four new fundraiser pendants, all representing a corresponding local non-profit organization. Every year, a handful of non-profits are selected to create a custom silver pendant that can be ...