Philanthropists Jerry Frautschi and Pleasant Rowland dropped a controversial plaza from their ambitious downtown redevelopment plan to save two historic buildings and wow public officials.

ON CAMPUS: UW-MADISON WILL OPEN SHANGHAI OFFICE MONDAY 

UW-Madison will open the doors to its first foreign office Monday: the UW Shanghai Innovation Office.

ALLIANT BUYS ITS HEADQUARTERS 

Alliant Energy is now the proud owner of its own corporate headquarters building.For the past 10 years, Alliant's offices have been at 4902 N. Biltmore Lane, in the American Center business park.

UNION CORNERS, LIBRARY PLANS

The Madison Union Corners Committee will get a staff presentation on a city request for proposals to redevelop the vacant, 11.4-acre Union Corners property at the intersection of East Washington Avenue and Milwaukee Street at 5:30 p.m.

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A group of Austrians whose scenic mountain village has been copied down to the statues by a Chinese developer attended Saturday's opening in China for the high-end residential project but were still miffed about how the company did it.

BROWN DEER PROPERTY OWNERS VOICE DISPLEASURE OVER FUNDING STREETLIGHTS | FUNDS WERE CUT FROM VILLAGE BUDGET FOR ZERO PERCENT LEVY INCREASE

Both residents and business owners facing streetlight operations and maintenance assessments turned out to voice their objections at Monday night's Village Board meeting. Their properties are located along Bradley Road, Teutonia Avenue and North Sherman Boulevard in Tax Incremental Financing District 2.

PLEASANT PRAIRIE DROPS INNOVATION CENTER

The Pleasant Prairie Village Board decided Monday to not develop a proposed innovation center for start-up biomedical companies. The project would have been partially paid for by a $3.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. 

FALLS POISED TO BUY LAND AT KOHL'S POSSIBLE HQ SITE

Menomonee Falls is set to buy two vacant parcels at Woodland Prime office park, where Kohl's Corp. has considered developing its new corporate headquarters. Menomonee Falls is set to buy two vacant parcels at Woodland Prime office park, where Kohl's Corp. has considered developing its new corporate headquarters.

OAK CREEK MAY RESCIND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HOTEL PROJECT

The Oak Creek Common Council is poised to withdraw a preliminary plan to provide financing help for a Sheraton Four Points hotel after the developer was named in a foreclosure suit. The Oak Creek Common Council is poised to withdraw a preliminary plan to provide financing help for a Sheraton Four Points hotel after the developer was named in a foreclosure suit.

BUFFETT SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF US RECESSION

Despite recent signs of weakness, the U.S. economy isn't likely to slip back into a recession, Warren Buffett said Tuesday. He also said both political parties deserve blame for the federal government's failure to reduce the deficit. 

CABELA'S SIGN LEASE FOR GREEN BAY STORE

Cabela's has signed a lease for its new store near Green Bay, the third Wisconsin location for the hunting, fishing and outdoors retailer. The company announced plans in May for the new store on Highway 41 and Lombardi Avenue in the village of Ashwaubenon.

MENOMONEE FALLS TO PURCHASE 33 ACRES IN WOODLAND PRIME

The Village Board voted to purchase just over 33 acres of commercial real estate in the Woodland Prime office park at a deep discount. The land purchase is part of the village's overall strategy for development within that office park, which is also a taxing district created last fall.

Plans for a four-story apartment building geared toward college students could alleviate congestion at a busy Eau Claire intersection. 

The default of a $27 million balloon mortgage payment by the owner of the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton won't derail plans for a downtown exhibition center, Mayor Tim Hanna said.