A federal judge has ordered a plastering and stucco firm to rectify longstanding recordkeeping violations or face weekly coercive fines of up to $10,000.

Owners of Sonag Ready Mix of Milwaukee have been convicted or pled guilty to fraudulently reaping more than $260 million in government contracts intended to benefit minority and veteran-owned businesses.

For decades now, the word “drones” has evoked a militaristic image of pilotless aircraft, but the technology of unmanned flight has evolved and adapted to meet civilian needs.