WisBusiness

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Michael O’Connor, co-founder of Dominion Properties.  This Milwaukee-based development company recently opened its first hotel project in downtown Racine, called Hotel Verdant. It also rents out more than 400 residential and commercial units on Milwaukee’s east side.  O’Connor discusses details of the...

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart) announces the addition of eight new attorneys who have joined its Milwaukee office, strengthening its Health Care, Labor and Employment, Corporate Law, Tax, Real Estate and Litigation practices. "Reinhart is pleased to welcome this exceptional group of associates to our team," said CEO Albert Orr. "Their diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives...

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s Office of University Relations has received two Best of District V awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in the Communication/Storytelling and Marketing/Microsites categories. "Rainforest Rick Shattering the Glass Frog Ceiling" was an integrated storytelling effort about a Marquette physics professor that included an external media pitch, which...

MILWAUKEE – The personal injury law firm of Hupy and Abraham, S.C. is proud to announce that five lawyers were selected for the 2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list. Congratulations to attorneys Jason Abraham, Chad Kreblin, Robert Domol, Todd Korb and Timothy Schelwat. Super Lawyers employs a patented multiphase selection process to choose lawyers, generating a reliable,...

Milwaukee, WI – November 16, 2023 – First Stage’s Young Company, the Theater Academy’s award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will present its first production of the 2023/24 season, Shakespeare’sriveting play HENRY IV, PART 1. The production will be directed by multi-disciplinary artist and First Stage Young Company core faculty member Marcella Kearns, with fight choreographyprovided by Christopher Elst. With his crown under threat from...

MILWAUKEE, WI, NOVEMBER 16, 2023 – During the season of Thanksgiving, the Alzheimer’s Association, Wisconsin Chapter is extremely grateful to be a recipient of Thrivent’s 2023 Giving Tuesday campaign in Wisconsin. The one-day campaign, branded “Give Thanks. Give Together,” will happen on Tuesday, November 28 on Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving. For...

(GREEN BAY, WI) (November 16, 2023) – Green Bay Botanical Garden recently appointed a local community leader to join its board of directors. “The core of any nonprofit is connected to its Board of Directors,” says Susan Garot, President & CEO, who will be retiring in spring 2024. “Developing a strong, diverse, and engaged board that...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., and FITCHBURG, Wis., Nov. 15, 2023 – Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) announces the opening of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Fitchburg, a 56-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital located at 5535 Nobel Drive. The hospital serves patients recovering from debilitating illnesses and injuries including strokes and other neurological disorders, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions.

MADISON – Noll’s Dairy Farm of Alma is the 2023 Wisconsin Leopold Conservation Award® recipient. The award honors farmers and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on working land. Noll’s Dairy Farm was revealed as the award recipient at the November...

Madison Reading Project delivered its 100,000th book of the year on Wednesday, Nov. 15, to the Salvation Army, Darbo Drive, kicking off the season of holiday book-giving.   “Whose Toes are Those?” by Jabari Asim is one of dozens of books Madison Reading Project, working with Madison Public Library, brings periodically to the Center.

Milwaukee, Wis. – Today's scammers want gift cards as payment, leaving those unaware of this tactic vulnerable to schemes designed to commit fraud. Better Business Bureau (BBB) research shows fraud reports to BBB Scam Tracker involving gift cards as a form of payment spiked in the first three quarters of 2023, up 50% from the same period the year...

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MobCraft Beer is hosting their sixth annual Stout Fest on Saturday, December 9, 2023. Festivities will kick off in the taproom at 11:00am, located at 505 S. 5th Street. The festival will be a celebration of dark and malty beer styles including Stouts, Porters and barrel-aged beers. The annual beer fest also serves as...

Investment will supercharge building of Regional Tech Hub MADISON, WI. NOV. 16, 2023 – A special round of Entrepreneurship Partner Grants (EPG) will be available to groups supporting Wisconsin entrepreneurs working in biotechnology, personalized medicine and biohealth. The grants are part of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (WEDC’s) commitment to the state’s Regional Tech Hub...

MILWAUKEE (Nov. 9, 2023) – The Edison, located at 322 N. Broadway in the Historic Third Ward, today announced an exclusive, ticketed Bourbon Black Friday event featuring five curated bourbon flights. The Edison and several of its affiliated restaurants under Benson’s Restaurant Group have a robust bourbon program, annually visiting the legendary Kentucky Bourbon Trail and...

The ongoing Medicaid unwinding process is expected to impact this year’s Healthcare.gov open enrollment period, according to a spokesperson for the state Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.  In an interview yesterday, OCI Director of State Affairs Sarah Smith said the agency hopes to see continued growth in the number of health insurance sign-ups...