Alliant Energy Corporation

The dates for the first leg of Brad Paisley‘s highly anticipated 2012 tour, featuring Scotty McCreery and the Band Perry, have been revealed. The tour is set to kick off on January 12 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and will continue on into March....

By Scott DiSavino May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. power company Dominion Resources Inc shut the 566-megawatt (MW) Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin on Tuesday, as planned. "We planned to shut at about noon today but are running a little ahead of...

May 2 (Reuters) - Wisconsin Power and Light, a unit of U.S. power company Alliant Energy Corp, said Thursday it received oral approval from Wisconsin regulators to upgrade emission control equipment at Unit 5 of the Edgewater coal-fired power plant in...

April 29 (Reuters) - The Iowa unit of U.S. power company Alliant Energy Corp said Monday it reached an agreement with the state's consumer advocate that would allow the utility to build a 600-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power plant, if allowed by...

April 24 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Apple, eBay, and Halliburton, on Wednesday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apple : Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, others cut target on the...

April 22 (Reuters) - Wisconsin Power and Light Co (WPL) reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on emissions control measures and agreed to invest more than $1 billion in renewable energy. WPL, a unit of Alliant Energy...

Mary Catterlin took a big cottonwood tree and chiseled until, three and a half years later, she had a dugout canoe. Then Catterlin and her best buddy, Amy Lukas -- both in their early 20s -- started to paddle that boat along the 1,638-mile perimeter of...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first widespread snowstorm of the season began a slow crawl across the Midwest on Thursday, creating treacherous driving conditions that, in Iowa, led to a 25-vehicle pileup that killed one person. Drivers were...

Monday: -- Earnings: Alliant Energy Corp.; BMC Software Inc.; Conseco Inc.; Mercury General Corp.; Spectra Energy Corp. Washington Group International Inc. Tuesday: -- Federal Reserve meeting -- Second-quarter productivity -- June consumer credit --...

We spotted our first bald eagle high in the winter sky over Sauk City, Wis. Brown wings unfurled into a wind gust. Striking white head held high. It would have been downright majestic, were it not for the fact that this was just a picture of a bald...

A lot of folks shiver at the thought of planning a winter weekend getaway in the Midwest. Not Wisconsinites. For the most part, they relish it. Especially here, in the state's capital, where diehard winter enthusiasts have increasingly been showing up...