Yearly Archives: 2010

RHINELANDER, WI - December 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today announced that his office has obtained a judgment of nearly $158,000 in penalties, costs and attorney fees in a civil environmental prosecution filed in Oneida County against the developers of a large lakeshore condominium project known as the Clearwater Lake Club Condominium Association. The case had been pending before Circuit Judge Mark A. Mangerson who issued the penalty decision on Friday, December 10, 2010.

MADISON, WI - November 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Amy B. Strait was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to three months in federal prison in a prosecution stemming from a federal investigation of bank fraud and tax fraud. The prison sentence will be followed by a two-year term of supervised release

MADISON, WI - November 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Becher Terrace Housing, LLC will receive a $200,000 Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment (BEBR) grant from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) for remediation of a residential care apartment complex in Milwaukee.

MADISON, WI - November 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Compass Properties, LLC, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, has received a $6 million Recovery Zone Facility Bond allocation from the Department of Commerce to renovate commercial property in the City of Milwaukee

MADISON, WI - November 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today announced that his office has filed a civil environmental prosecution against William Haus, Bauer & Raether Builders, Inc., and D.L. Anderson's Lakeside Leisure Co., Inc., for their alleged unlawful construction of a three‑story lake access structure on the shore of Lake Mendota in the Village of Shorewood Hills, behind the home of Mr. Haus. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice to prosecute them for violating a state law which prohibits the placement of fill material or structures on the bed of a lake without first obtaining a permit from the DNR authorizing such activity.

NEW BERLIN, WI - November 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Since a presidential disaster declaration was issued Sept. 18, more than 30,000 residents of Grant and Milwaukee counties have applied for federal disaster aid, and nearly 28,500 of their homes already have been inspected, according to Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

MADISON, WI - October 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Carlos R. Solis and Marty G. Mendez were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley in prosecutions stemming from a federal mortgage fraud and tax fraud investigation.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to nine counties in Wisconsin and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms and flooding last month

WASHINGTON, DC - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has charged Sharlene and Jerald Kuiper, managers of a three-bedroom duplex apartment in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, and the owner of the apartment, Kuiper Family Trust, with violating the Fair Housing Act by refusing to show an available apartment to a family with children. HUD’s charge alleges that the Kuipers falsely asserted that the unit was unavailable for viewing when it was, offered to show units only after families without children rejected them, and made discriminatory statements demonstrating a preference for renters without children.

NEW BERLIN, WI - October 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Twelve workshops will be conducted this week to help area residents reduce future flood losses. Information will be provided about how to protect property with low-cost options to keep a home safe and protect against basement flooding.