Money

More than one-fifth of Wisconsin's banks lost money in the final quarter of last year, when the nation's financial crisis started to heat up. The FDIC said the state's 283 banks had combined losses of $354 million from October-December compared to the same time a year ago. A total...

It will be a long time before we really know how much Wisconsin gets from the federal economic stimulus package. Gov. Jim Doyle says state and local governments will receive around $3.5 billion. But that's just part of the total. There are also tax cuts for workers and tax breaks...

A Republican who might run for governor next year says he'd use Wisconsin's federal economic stimulus cash a lot differently. Scott Walker, who's now the Milwaukee County executive, says almost all of Wisconsin's share of $3.5 billion should be used to suspend the state sales tax...

To the Editor: The grant writers for the City of New Richmond, the school district and WITC are pikers compared to Edwardsville, Ala. Edwardsville (pop. 194) has bid for $375 million from the economic stimulus package being assembled by Barack Obama and lawmakers in Congress. That's...

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Gov. Jim Doyle says Wisconsin will have to streamline its designing and bidding procedures for major projects, if a federal economic stimulus plan is approved. President-elect Barack Obama is considering an aid package to the states, aimed at putting people to work on a host of construction...

Congress got turned off this week when executives from the Big Three auto makers rode their private jets to Washington to beg for federal money. But Kenosha car dealer Andy Palmen says lots of everyday people outside the auto plants would suffer if the domestic industry collapses. He...

The economy is bad and money is scarce, but a Madison couple still has done the right thing. They found $1,000 in cash while walking down the street last Wednesday. The money was reportedly most $20 bills which were fairly new. The couple in their 50s turned the money in to Madison...

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The St. Croix Sheriff's Department is investigating a report of counterfeit $100 bills being passed at a local business. Sheriff Dennis Hillstead said a local bank was processing a recent deposit when a special machine that the bills are fed into indicated the money was fake. The...

Legal Notice STATE OF WISCONSIN, circuit COURT St. Croix COUNTY amended summons Case No. 08CV761 Money Judgment: 30301 Our File: 524587 lvnv funding llc Assignee of Bank of America PO Box 10584 Greenville, SC 29603 Plaintiff, vs. Tammi j. brinkman a/k/a tammi j. routson 600...

Legal Notice STATE OF WISCONSIN, circuit COURT St. Croix COUNTY amended summons Case No. 08CV790 Money Judgment: 30301 Our File: 539784 DCFS USA LLC PO Box 551080 Jacksonville, FL 32255 Plaintiff, vs. Peter L. NOlte 830 Cedar Ct. New Richmond, WI 54017 Defendant(s). the...

A Wisconsin housing rehab program might get back some of the money it lost when it was diverted to flood victims. State housing administrator Jim O'Keefe told a conference in Appleton Wednesday that Wisconsin will get some of the $300 million Congress recently added to the Community...