WisBusiness

MILWAUKEE — Dave’s Hot Chicken, the Los Angeles-based street food sensation turned breakthrough fast-casual brand, announced today it has inked a franchise agreement with experienced multi-unit restaurant operators Mike Pranke and Ron Stokes, to open 14 locations across Southeast Wisconsin. “Wisconsin is a key state to us further establishing ourselves in the Midwest. Operators like...

WAUWATOSA, WI, October 8, 2021 – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of Dearbourn Townhomes, a 16-unit apartment complex located in Wauwatosa, WI, according to Todd E. Lindblom, regional manager of the firm’s Milwaukee office. The asset sold for $2,780,000. Blake...

MADISON — For Nicole Knutson, it was never if she would get a college degree, it was when. She loved academics. But after high school, about halfway into her first semester at UW–Madison, Knutson withdrew due to mental health challenges. She was convinced her dream of higher education had died. Then she learned about...

RANDOM LAKE, WI — WoodgeniX is currently undergoing a 25,000 square foot expansion, which is expected to finish by the end of the second quarter of 2022. The expansion will bring the facility to 50,000 square feet. WoodgeniX (formerly Schu Industries) is a Random Lake-based design and manufacturing company that creates high-quality wood case goods and furniture for...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – On October 6, 2021, a jury in Milwaukee County found Jomuel Lozano-Martinez, 29, of Milwaukee, guilty of Endangering Safety by Use of a Dangerous Weapon, First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety While Armed, and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. The trial was presided over by Milwaukee County Circuit Court David Feiss.

NEENAH, Wis. – Throughout the region, COVID-19 cases continue to increase and ThedaCare, as well as other health systems in the state, are seeing a surge in patients, including COVID inpatient and intensive care. The increased number of patients, which includes those infected with COVID-19 and those being treated for other health conditions, is leading to staffing...

The president and CEO of Prevea Health will be the featured executive at this year’s Cabot Executive in Residence Program at University of Wisconsin-Stout. Dr. Ashok Rai will speak from 10:10 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Memorial Student Center Ballrooms A and B. The event is free and open to the public. He will speak...

Machine learning systems are helping researchers in Wisconsin discover promising drug candidates through more efficient data analysis. Tony Gitter is an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics at UW-Madison, and an investigator at the Morgridge Institute for Research. Speaking yesterday at the Wisconsin Biohealth Summit in Madison, he explained how...

Tommy Thompson, president of the University of Wisconsin System, is scheduled to help UW-Stout students celebrate reaching a 70% COVID-19 vaccination rate when he visits campus on Monday, Oct. 11. UW-Stout announced recently that it had reached the vaccination goal set by the UW System as part of its 70 for 70 campaign. Along...

Gabe Doyle, the Director of Community Impact - Health at the United Way of Dane County will moderate an important panel discussion titled "Barriers to care: the collateral damage of historic inequities in our communities" on Thursday, October 21, the fourth day of the fourth annual Wisconsin Leadership Summit. The all-online Summit is the...

(Madison, WI) – As Focus on Energy, Wisconsin’s statewide energy efficiency program, celebrates Energy Awareness Month, it is also celebrating and welcoming a new Managing Director who knows the program well. APTIM, the program administrator for Focus on Energy selected Lisa Stefanik to lead the Focus on Energy team. Stefanik returns to the program after spending eight years in...

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Tina Chang, CEO of the Brookfield-based software company SysLogic.  Chang gives an overview of current trends in the field of cybersecurity, including a surge in cyberattacks during the pandemic.  “We all know the rush to go remote was not predicted or...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Tina Chang, CEO of the Brookfield-based software company SysLogic.  Chang gives an overview of current trends in the field of cybersecurity, including a surge in cyberattacks during the pandemic.  “We all know the rush to go remote was not predicted or under...