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Organizers of the Wisconsin State Fair said memorabilia from the event's history, including an 1859 visit by Abraham Lincoln, is on display at the fair. Jerry Zimmerman, 81, who has been accumulating programs, badges, fliers, pennants and postcards dating as far back as the fair's first year in 1851, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the display opened with the fair Thursday in the event's horticulture building at the fairgrounds in West Allis. I find it fascinating, Zimmerman said. The...

By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jul. 4--A Minneapolis company that converts environmentally contaminated properties into new offices, industrial buildings and other developments, is pursuing plans to build housing on a West Allis landfill site. Real Estate Recycling Inc. is creating plans for the 20-acre site south of W. Morgan Ave. and west of S. 116th St., said Jeff Hall, company president. The site is a small portion of the city of West Allis that is completely surrounded by...