WisBusiness

Project to create 27 jobs MILWAUKEE – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Packers’ Chemical, Inc. (PCI) is moving its manufacturing operation from Missouri to Wisconsin and will receive $65,000 in Community Development Zone tax credits to construct and equip a new facility in Kieler, Grant County. The total project cost is $3,400,000. PCI has committed to...

Project to create 19 jobs MADISON- Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $4,175,000 Industrial Revenue Bond allocation for Derse, Inc. “One of the top priorities of my administration is to help move industries, companies, and communities forward, and ensure there are good, family-supporting jobs for our citizens,” Governor Doyle said. “I am pleased to help Derse, Inc. with an expansion project...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com When real estate investor Robert Jansen began gathering data on pre-auction home foreclosures five years ago, he had no idea it would become a growth industry. He was collecting the information for himself in an effort to buy houses at bargain-rate prices. Even before foreclosures began to climb, Jansen and two partners turned the data...

The Fourth of July passed last week, and much of the corn in Western Wisconsin wasn’t “knee high” -- the standard often used to judge how the crop is doing. That doesn’t mean there won’t be a harvest this season, but it does put additional pressure on a crop that already was being tugged on like many of us rip...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Kenosha-based JHT Holdings Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware. JHT, through its operating subsidiaries, including Active Truck Transport, LLC, Automotive Carrier Services Co. LLC and Unimark LLC, is a leading provider of transportation services for manufacturers of medium- to heavy-heavy duty trucks throughout the United...