Johnson Controls gets announces $100M project: Wisconsin’s largest company has announced it will invest $100 million to build a plant for recycling automotive batteries in South Carolina. State has lost nearly 140,000 jobs in recession: Wisconsin has lost nearly 140,000 jobs since the recession began in December 2007, according to a UW-Madison economic think tank that has launched a new publication devoted to the state’s employment picture. Union at Spectrum Brands Portage plant rejects contract : Employees of the Spectrum Brands battery plant in Portage narrowly turned down a proposed three-year contract with the company. Home owners want $1.3M in Lake Delton flooding : A damage claim that could lead to a lawsuit seeks $1.3 million from the village of Lake Delton for owners of homes demolished or swept away in flooding that drained the lake a year ago. Genmar parent companyfiles for bankruptcy: The parent company of Genmar Yacht Group in Pulaski, formerly known as Carver Yacht Group, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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