Road construction worker struck (The Saginaw News)
Police are hunting for a hit-and-run driver whose car struck a construction worker this morning in an Interstate 75 work zone and sent him to St. Mary’s of Michigan hospital with a possible broken leg. more.
As a slowdown threatens, Europe’s reaction: ‘So what?’ (International Herald Tribune)
Hans-Peter Keitel, chief executive of Hochtief, the largest construction company in Germany, has some enviable problems that help explain why a European company can be sanguine in the face of an expected slowdown at home. more.
Area fire departments have access to heavy-duty equipment (The Oxford Press)
Show-and-tell is not just for school kids. Members from fire departments in Butler and Hamilton counties met last week at Monroe Fire Headquarters to show off two new ? and expensive ? special operations vehicles that are available to serve the entire region. more.
Pinetop-Lakeside Police Report
WMI Central - Francis, 40, of Vernon reportedly backed into the vehicle with a backhoe. Francis was part of a construction crew working on the roadway. No citations were issued. * Oct. 18 - Police responded to a hit-and-run accident. Bernard J. Schlund, 64 . more.
Tennessee jobless rate hits 5-year low
Nashville Tennessean - Construction added 3,000 jobs in a year-over-year comparison. Although there’s been some signs of slowing in the housing market, business and government construction projects have increased, Fox said. Locally, companies such as Dell and Nissan North . more.
Gehl earnings beat analysts’ forecasts
Milwaukee Business Journal - Net sales for the West Bend-based manufacturer of compact agricultural and construction equipment increased 13 percent to $121 million from $107.3 million. Gehl said its operating profit improved because of an increase in its net margin, which the . more.
