STERLING, Ill. — Sterling native Doug Brotheridge knew all about the awful sting of Northwestern Steel & Wire mill's closing a year ago. After 30 years at the mill, Brotheridge was one of 1,400 ...

STERLING, Ill. (AP) -- Nearly two years after Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. succumbed to cheap foreign competition, Sterling is a steel town again. Sterling Steel Co. rose from the plant's scraps ...

BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio — A steel distributor is consolidating its operations into a 200,000 square-foot facility in Bedford Heights. Jade-Sterling Steel Co, which has a presence in the Cleveland and ...

STERLING -- Representatives of Sterling's newest major employer said Monday the purchase of parts of the former Northwestern Steel and Wire mill is complete, and it expects to be up and running in ...

Leggett & Platt Inc., Carthage, Mo., has acquired a portion of the idled Northwestern Steel & Wire mill in Sterling, Ill. Before it declared bankruptcy in 2000 and was shuttered in 2001, the Sterling ...