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Janesville launches street improvements to prepare for McCormick Crossing development
JANESVILLE — The city of Janesville is readying for more retail prospects on Milton Avenue, including a new Kwik Trip, by teeing up plans for new street extensions and other public improvements. The City Council will consider a memorandum of understanding between the city and DK Partnership, LLP, for public infrastructure extensions at McCormick Drive and Huntinghorne Drive, according to city meeting documents. The agreement outlines how the infrastructure would be designed, constructed and inspected, with the developer responsible for hiring a licensed civil engineer and city-approved contractors to complete the work. The plans outline the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Mccormick and Huntinghorne drives. The city would review the plans, oversee construction through inspections and accept the improvements as public infrastructure once they meet municipal standards. The developer also would reimburse the city for engineering-related services, and, the city says in the memo, the approval process would not require out-of-pocket municipal spending for the development. “The infrastructure work could help create buildable lots for future commercial and residential projects in the area, which remains largely farmland,” it says within the memo. The Kwik Trip gas station and convenience store at 4700 Milton Ave. got the green
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On the rebound: Major losses spur ambitious paths to growth
A panel at the 2026 Wisconsin Economic Summit featured three stories with common themes: losses that seemed unrecoverable, major employers pulling out and taking jobs with them—and resilience that led to recovery and a community that looked different than anyone might have imagined before the story began. Panelist Aaron...
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Waterloo land sale unlocks multifamily development
A Brookfield-based developer plans to build an apartment community with 96 units in Waterloo in Jefferson County. Before breaking ground, the developer bought a 10.7-acre parcel of land, allowing development to move forward. Drumlin Fields Waterloo LLC, an affiliate of Brookfield-based Brew City Capital Group, bought land at the southwest...
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CHS to construct UP-served soybean processing plant in Wisconsin
There are several reasons a global agribusiness and the largest U.S. farmer-owned cooperative chose a site in Evansville, Wisconsin, for a new soybean processing facility. A big one: The site offers access to rail, river and road transportation options. CHS Inc. also settled on Evansville because of a strong local...
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Opinion | Keep transmission lines out of the Driftless Area
The Cap Times is an independent newsroom. Sign up for the Opinion Roundup newsletter for weekly Madison and Wisconsin viewpoints. It was an impressive showing at the state Capitol last week as folks from southwestern Wisconsin came to tell the state's politicians they need to oppose a giant transmission line through their farms and communities.
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Fall harvest update, Milwaukee data center moratorium, Mustard museum turns 40
With the fall harvest in full swing, we check on how farmers and crops are faring with this year’s yields and markets. Then, a city alder talks about why Milwaukee recently passed a one-year moratorium on data center development. Plus, the National Mustard Museum in Middleton celebrates 40 years.
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Farm ordered to pay $245,000 over faulty manure management
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. Nekoosa-based Central Sands Dairy has been ordered to pay $245,000 in a settlement with the state of Wisconsin for discharging manure into groundwater in violation of Wisconsin law, according to an Oct. 17 report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Building communities along with businesses
Vivek Swaminathan created Cardamom Health with a desire to build a community along with a business. “When I started this company, I said, ‘Why can’t everybody win?” Swaminathan said in his Wisconsin Economic Summit presentation, “Building What’s Next: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Courage to Start.”
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Brewers postseason run boosts Wisconsin businesses
MADISON, Wis. — Each Milwaukee Brewers postseason home game generates an estimated $5 million in economic impact, according to the Milwaukee tourism bureau, as the team’s World Series run brings more customers to businesses across Wisconsin.
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Alder: Glass delayed monitor hiring process so board could explore giving her the role
MADISON, Wis. -- A Madison alder said the city's interim independent police monitor delayed hiring a new monitor so that the board overseeing her could explore giving her the permanent job. When the Police Civilian Oversight Board hired interim Independent Monitor Aeiramique “Meeka” Glass in December 2025, one of her...
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Lanair Outlines 40 CFR 279.23 Rules for Waste Oil Heaters
As businesses seek practical methods to manage used oil and offset heating costs, Lanair, a Janesville, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of waste oil heating equipment since 1976, is drawing attention to the federal regulations, approved fuel requirements, and operational considerations associated with using waste oil as an alternative heating fuel. Waste oil...
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The Alliance reaches network deal with Mayo Clinic
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. The Alliance, a Madison organization of self-funded insurers, has entered into a contract with Mayo Clinic Health System to expand access to care for its employer-members. Under the agreement, effective Jan. 1, 2027, more than 500 employer-members...