MILTON—Milton will lose a satellite campus of Blackhawk Technical College that’s been at 15 Plumb St. for nearly a decade, but there won’t be a void at the facility for long, if at all.
Janesville-based nonprofit service agency Kandu Industries said it bought the 110,000 square-foot building on Milton’s east side in a press release issued Monday. The site currently houses Blackhawk Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Center.
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