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Outagamie County Exec and Democratic challenger to Ron Johnson is strongly pro-labor. //end headline wrapper ?> Tom Nelson. Photo courtesy of Nelson for Wisconsin. Thomas Nelson teamed up with union leaders and management to help wrest a paper mill threatened with closure from the scrap heap. They won, and the former Appleton Coated plant in Combined Locks continues to operate under new ownership. It’s a story that shows “sometimes the little guy, sometimes the underdog wins,” says Nelson. And, he adds, it shows the importance of workers and unions in the broader economy. “We really...

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APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Stuffing cranberries into pork tenderloins, stirring butternut...

"God Was on Our Side That Day": 25 Years Ago, Wisconsin Could Have Lost Weyauwega By Mike Woods Wisconsin SHARE WEYAUWEGA, Wis. – We’re not supposed to forget our heroes. But 25 years ago, the heroes themselves, the ones that helped save the city of Weyauwega, they couldn’t wait to forget. A train derailment, 469,000 gallons of burning propane, and 14 days wondering if this day would be their last; they didn’t want to be heroes anymore. They stared death in the face, and it wasn’t pleasa...

Provided by Dow Jones By Paul Page Sign up: With one click, get this newsletter delivered to your inbox. The global shipping industry is looking for calmer sailing under a Biden administration. Shipowners across a range of sectors say their operations were roiled by the tariff-filled trade showdowns and sanctions by the White House over the past four years. The WSJ Logistics Report's Costas Paris writes in a Shipping Matters commentary that the persistent volatility unsettled many operators, even those that profited from the turbulence, like tanker operators tha...