Fennimore
Fennimore, WI · Business
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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...
Daily Reporter
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...
Progressive Rail Roading
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.
wedc.org
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...
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Residents get first look at GM/JATCO site concepts that feature industrial use and housing
JANESVILLE — Residents got their first look Wednesday at three potential redevelopment concepts for the former General Motors and JATCO sites, offering different approaches to balancing industrial development, housing, commercial space and green space. The concepts, presented during a GM/JATCO redevelopment advisory board workshop, were developed by consulting firm Stantec using community feedback, market research and an assessment of environmental conditions at the sites. All three concepts include industrial uses on the former GM site — north of the Union Pacific tracks — where environmental contamination presents challenges for redevelopment, while exploring different ways to incorporate housing, retail and recreational space across the roughly 250-acre area. Concept A features a large industrial building of approximately 1.6 million square feet on the GM site, alongside smaller industrial and commercial uses. The JATCO site would include a mix of housing, neighborhood shops and walking trails, with potential space for a grocery store. Concept B takes a smaller-scale approach to industrial development, incorporating commercial and mixed-use buildings on the GM site. The JATCO site would focus more heavily on housing, walkable shops, services, a public plaza and biking and walking trails. Concept C envisions a mixed-use employment district with industrial sites for large