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MILWAUKEE -- It's still very early, but the presidential candidates and special interests have stayed away from Wisconsin in their advertising. And it could mean that the state is losing the battleground status it had for the past several White House contests. According to the Milwaukee...

Walworth County business leaders are trying to save Erik Buell's motorcycle plant, after Harley-Davidson said it would drop the Buell line of sport bikes. Buell's been making them in East Troy since the 1980s, and Harley bought his business in '98 and kept it going. But after being...

Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson says it might start building motorcycles overseas someday. The company sells 30 percent of its bikes overseas now, and that figure could rise to 40 percent by 2014. India is one of the fastest-growing markets, along with China and eastern Europe. Harley...

Fifty workers will be laid off when Harley-Davidson closes its plant in Wauwatosa this month. The closing is set for Sept. 25 and it is expected to remain closed through the end of the fourth quarter. Maybe longer. The company has notified the Department of Workforce Development...

Wisconsin Harleys will be roaring in India next year. The Milwaukee motorcycle company has started a subsidiary near Delhi - and it's looking for dealership locations in several major cities. India is world's second-largest motorcycle market. But Harley never jumped in because...

Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson says it will cut another 1,000 jobs, after its profit for the last quarter plunged by 91 percent. The famous motorcycle company reports total earnings of almost $20 million from April-June, down from $223 million in the same quarter of 2008. Revenues...

Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson is being criticized for giving its only known motorcycle with a million miles on it to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Sturgis, S.D. Former state Sen. Dave Zien of Eau Claire bought the 1991 FXRT when it was new and it hit the 1 million-mile mark April...

Harley-Davidson has changed its mind about building a new plant in East Troy to consolidate its Buell Motorcycle division. The $10 million project was announced last week. But Harley spokeswoman Rebecca Bortner said executives took a fresh look at it, and decided that Buell can...

Harley riders are on their way to Milwaukee to celebrate the motorcycle legend's 105th anniversary. Harley-Davidson organized 105 starting points around the country that merge into 25 routes headed toward the company's home town. Thousands of riders are due in Wednesday. Over 100,000...