Thu November 02, 2017
PIRTEK Expands in Midwest With Madison, Wis., Branch
PIRTEK, a fluid transfer solutions company, is continuing its expansion in Wisconsin and across the United States with the opening of PIRTEK Madison. The location opened in October under the company's Tier 2 model, making it the second PIRTEK franchise in the state....
Wed November 01, 2017
The Victor L. Phillips Company Reaches Important Milestone
On Sept. 18, executives of Atlas Copco came to The Victor L. Phillips Company's Kansas City, Mo., location to celebrate its 100-year anniversary of being an Atlas Copco dealer. Executives in attendance included:Torbjorn Redaelli, president and general managerMaurice Hunter, business line manager, surface and exploration drilling equipmentTurgay Ozan, president, Edwards Vacuum LLC, part of the Atlas Copco GroupRobert Root, vice president, product support and mining storesTom Borer, vice president of distribution, Atlas Copco CMT USABrian Doffing, president of surface and exploration drilling divisionJerry Enyeart, district managerThe Victor L....
Wed November 01, 2017
Army Corps Resumes Toxic Sediment Dredging at Indiana Harbor Ship Canal
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers has resumed dredging toxic sediment from a northwestern Indiana canal that is among the country's most polluted waterways. At an East Chicago Waterway Management District board meeting Oct....
Wed November 01, 2017
Minn. to Begin $6.7M Mississippi Island Restoration
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Work on a $6.7 million construction project to restore an island on the Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis is set to begin next month. Minnesota Public Radio reports that Hall's Island will get a natural habitat and a 3,000-ft....
Wed November 01, 2017
Southeastern Equipment Co. Inc. Celebrates 60 Years
Southeastern Equipment Co. Inc. rounded out its series of open house events in celebration of the dealership's 60th anniversary with events at its Novi, Mich., branch in September and an October event at the dealership's headquarters location in Cambridge, Ohio....
Wed November 01, 2017
Ritchie Bros. Hosts Unreserved Auction in Minneapolis
More than 2,500 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. ' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sept. 29. With bidders from 38 countries, approximately 70 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Australia, India and the United Kingdom....
Wed November 01, 2017
Ohio Forestry Association Hosts 60th Paul Bunyan Show
This year marked the 60th anniversary of the Ohio Forestry Association's annual Paul Bunyan show. Billed as “The Original American Forestry Show,” the annual event was held at the Guernsey County Fairground in Cambridge, Ohio, on Oct....
Wed November 01, 2017
Michigan Approves $16M for Detroit Pistons Headquarters
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan approved $16 million in tax incentives Oct. 24 to aid the Detroit Pistons' construction of a practice facility and headquarters in downtown Detroit, money the team said is needed to defray expensive work removing contaminated soil....
Dave Kolpack - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed November 01, 2017
Task Force for Stalled Diversion Project Holds First Meeting
FARGO, N.D. (AP) The governors of Minnesota and North Dakota said that they believe a task force can rescue a stalled flood control project meant to protect Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., from the Red River....
Wed November 01, 2017
Officials Plan to Widen I-69 in Central Ind.
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) State officials are planning a project that will widen a section of Interstate 69 to six lanes northeast of Indianapolis. The planned project would add a lane for both northbound and southbound traffic on a seven-mile section between Indiana 38 near Pendleton and the Indiana 9 exit at Anderson....
