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Nate Beck , USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
OSHKOSH – After months of speculation, the Milwaukee Bucks will announce plans Wednesday to bring a minor-league basketball team to Oshkosh next season.

The team will play in the heart of the city, at the long-vacant site of the Buckstaff furniture factory. Crews are now whaling away at the remaining structures to clear the land for an arena that is expected to host the team and anchor redevelopment along South Main Street.

Sources close to the Bucks say the team has not yet settled on a name for the Oshkosh franchise and will not announce the team’s leadership during a news conference, set for 3 p.m. Wednesday.
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GREEN BAY – Colburn Park’s new Olympic-size pool could be open for public swimming and competitions by the summer of 2018.

The Green Bay City Council voted 7-5 this week to hire Miron Construction to build the new 50-meter pool and borrow the funds needed to pay for the pool.

A date for construction to start hasn’t been set yet, but the building contract states work on the pool will happen through the entire year of 2017, said Dan Ditscheit, design and development superintendent for the city’s Parks Department.

“Construction would begin as soon as we can get the contractor in there,” Ditscheit said. “All throughout the summer season it would be under construction, and it would be open in the summer of 2018.”

RELATED: Council approves Colburn pool at $11.2 million

Not having the Colburn pool open for swimming this summer is an acceptable sacrifice for the swim teams who use the pool for practice, said Amanda Tuttle, president of the Green Bay Swim Club. The club had been asking for a new pool for several years.

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EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2017: 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 (the budget bill) repeals the state prevailing wage law for local governmental units such as villages, towns, cities, school districts, or sewerage districts effective January 1, 2017. However, if a local government either issues a Request for Bids or enters into a contract before January 1, 2017 then those public works projects will be subject to the current prevailing wage law through the life of the project.

https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/prevailing_wage_rate/pw_pdf/PW_Changes_Website_PDF_072815_(2).pdf

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