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MILWAUKEE – January indicators suggest a slowing trend among Milwaukee area business  activity indicators, according to a monthly report by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of  Commerce (MMAC.) For January, 11 of 22 available economic indicators registered positive vs.  year-ago levels, the smallest number of positives posted in ten months.   “In March, annual job revisions...

Madison… Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) and Representative Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) authored supplemental legislation to their initial comprehensive agriculture exports legislation, which was signed into law earlier this year as 2021 Wisconsin Act 92. Signed into law today, this legislation, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 207, directs unused funding within the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Production to the...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) today applauded Governor Tony Evers for signing Senate Bill 827 into law as Act 207. The legislation, authored by Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) and Representative Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc), repurposes unused federal monies to boost funding in 2022 and 2023 for the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports (WIAE) within the Wisconsin Department of...

Somers, WI — March 2022 — Lee & Associates, the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firm in North America, has closed a land sale transaction for 132 acres located at 1735 120th Avenue in Somers, WI. The parcel is located just off I-94 near the Burlington Road full interchange.  Tom Boyle, SIOR, Principal at Lee & Associates’ Illinois office, represented the buyer, Becknell...

On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, the City of Madison and RENEW Wisconsin announced the 2022 MadiSUN residential solar group buy program. MadiSUN is for Madison-area homeowners looking to install solar-electric systems. In its seventh year, the program offers Dane County homeowners easy access to qualified solar contractors at a competitive price. MadiSUN has spurred...

In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Barb LaMue of NEW North Inc. talks about economic growth throughout northeastern Wisconsin and new business development. LaMue is the president and CEO of the 18-county organization. Also in this edition of “The Show,” Tom Still recaps the March 14 Tech Summit at Lambeau Field and...

As Wisconsin is set to start receiving its share of national opioid settlement funds in April, state Director of Opioid Initiatives Paul Krupski says the state needs to double down on its efforts to fight the opioid epidemic. “We’re confident that the data pre-pandemic showed us that the steps and the actions we’re taking...

-- As Wisconsin is set to start receiving its share of national opioid settlement funds in April, state Director of Opioid Initiatives Paul Krupski says the state needs to double down on its efforts to fight the opioid epidemic. “We’re confident that the data pre-pandemic showed us that the steps and the actions we’re...

APPLETON, WI (March 21, 2022)– Wisconsin Elevator Company, LLC d/b/a Fox Valley Elevator, an investment affiliate of family-owned private equity firm Gardner Standard LLC, today acquired the assets of Waupaca Elevator Company, Inc. through a Wisconsin Chapter 128 Receivership process.  Fox Valley Elevator will serve the residential elevator, dumbwaiter, access and mobility marketplace with high-quality, innovative products...

Butler, Wis. – I/O Technologies, southeastern Wisconsin’s premier source for custom software and software support solutions, has hired Bob Sabinash as its Director of Business Development. Sabinash brings more than a decade’s experience selling and marketing custom software and application development services, a field requiring technical knowledge, coupled with advanced service skills to address...