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Wisconsin REALTORS® Association Releases August 2025 Real Estate Report Madison, Wis. – The Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA) released its August 2025 Wisconsin Real Estate Report today, revealing that existing home sales increased by a modest 1.8% relative to August 2024. Meanwhile, the statewide median home price rose 5.3% to $338,000. Affordability was essentially unchanged, falling just...

-- Policies aimed at bringing new business to Wisconsin often get bogged down because of the risky nature of investments, Rep. Rob Wittke says. Wittke, R-Caledonia, made the comments during a Wisconsin Tech Council luncheon in Madison this week while talking about a pair of new bills to update the state’s investor tax credit...

Policies aimed at bringing new business to Wisconsin often get bogged down because of the risky nature of investments, Rep. Rob Wittke says. Wittke, R-Caledonia, made the comments during a Wisconsin Tech Council luncheon in Madison this week while talking about a pair of new bills to update the state’s investor tax credit program....

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development today released U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates of employment and unemployment statistics for metropolitan areas, major cities, and counties in Wisconsin for August 2025. In brief, the nonseasonally adjusted data for Wisconsin shows: Metropolitan Statistical Areas: Preliminary August 2025 unemployment rates...

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (Sept. 24, 2025) – Froedtert ThedaCare Health (FTCH) unveiled a new visual brand identity that will unite its more than 25,000 team members, physicians and clinicians under a shared Mission and Vision for collective impact.“Froedtert ThedaCare Health is uniquely positioned to advance the health of our communities, from prediction and prevention to primary and specialty...

For the 8th year in a row, the local curd-frying masters, who continue to gain notoriety for their fried cheese curds, will be celebrating with specialty curd flavors and a free Cheese Curd Pull Competition. MILWAUKEE (September 24th, 2025) – The importance of the cheese curd to the people of Wisconsin cannot be understated. They can...

Acquisition brings OGP’s portfolio to 94 Planet Fitness clubs in six states and DC TIMONIUM, Md. (Sept. 24, 2025) –Ohana Growth Partners (OGP), one of the largest franchisees of Planet Fitness, has completed an acquisition adding two more states to its geographic footprint. The Timonium, Md.-based company acquired 10 Michigan clubs...

The latest episode of “Talking Trade” features Government Analytics CEO John Pournoor on the overall impact of global trading and trade’s role in U.S. markets. Pournoor, who’s also a member of the National Association of District Export Councils, argued global trade and production of goods and services “is the engine...

Greater Madison's premier business event happening Oct. 21 at Monona Terrace MADISON – On Oct. 21, the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce will welcome nearly 1,300 business and community leaders to Monona Terrace for its 72nd Annual Dinner, presented by Madison College. This is the region’s largest business event of its kind and the...

MILWAUKEE, WI — Advance tickets for the 82nd annual Holiday Folk Fair International, America’s premier multicultural festival, are now on sale. The event will be held Fri., Nov. 21 – Sun., Nov. 23, 2025, at the Exposition Center at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wis. Advance tickets can be purchased through Thursday, Nov. 20,...

APPLETON, Wis. – (September 24, 2025) – Reach Counseling, a non-profit who serves survivors and those impacted by sexual violence in the Fox Valley, is thrilled to announce the return of Utopia on October 11, 2025, at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center. This impactful event will feature dinner, entertainment, and stories of healing, as the community comes...

MADISON, WI – Raj Shukla of Madison has been hired as the new State Director of AARP Wisconsin, according to AARP’s Central Region Vice President Sam Wilson. Shukla comes to AARP – a national organization with more than 800,000 members in Wisconsin – after serving as President and CEO of River Network. “Raj brings...