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Gold + Oak acquires children’s boutique in Brookfield

Gold + Oak, the lifestyle, retail merchandising and design division of Mount Prospect, Illinois-based Nicholas Family of Companies (NFOC), acquired Goo Goo Gaa Gaa, an independent children’s boutique in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a western suburb of Milwaukee. Located in Sendik’s Towne Centre at 18905 W. Capitol Drive, Goo Goo Gaa...

Brookfield, WI · 2d

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We Energies on price hikes

A We Energies rate hike has been approved by Wisconsin regulators, and the City of Milwaukee ponders a replacement for the utility. Brendan Conway from We Energies joined FOX6 NOW to talk about all of this and more.

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MPS replaces finance chief after losing $450K in bank fraud scheme

Milwaukee Public Schools is trying to recover nearly half a million dollars after the district says it was scammed in a bank impersonation fraud scheme. The district lost around $450,000 initially when an external party impersonated U.S. Bank, where the district holds some of its funds. As of Tuesday, U.S....

Milwaukee, WI · 2d

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Joe Emling receives warm welcome to Palermo’s c-suite

MILWAUKEE — Palermo’s, parent company to brands including Screamin’ Sicilian and Urban Pie Pizza Co., has tapped Joe Emling as its next COO. Emling brings a wealth of leadership experience to the role, having previously served as COO of Florida’s Natural Growers and, prior to that, VP of supply chain and senior director at Refresco and Ingredion, respectively.

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Mikkelsen Innovation establishes U.S. subsidiary, opens manufacturing and support facility

AARHUS, Denmark, and MILWAUKEE — Mikkelsen Innovation ApS has established its U.S. subsidiary, FASTSEWN Inc., and opened a manufacturing and support facility in Milwaukee to better serve customers throughout the Americas. The company has assembled a U.S. sales and management team that includes Steve Aranoff, chief business officer, and...

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Cirrus Plans Germantown Rental Development

Carillon at Germantown is a proposed rental development by Cirrus Property Group. The firm also has a project underway in Grafton. The Germantown development has been described with differing unit counts in public records and reporting. A site plan application filed with the village identifies Daniel Hasbani of Cirrus Property Group as agent for Tanner Hahn of Faith Lutheran Church and describes the project as a 36-unit multifamily development at W172N11187 Division Road. A Milwaukee Business Journal report from January similarly characterized the plan as a 36-unit rental project. But a BizTimes report on the same church-partnered proposal described it as a 42-unit apartment community, and the available records do not clarify whether the project's size changed between filings or whether the two accounts refer to different versions of the plan.

CBS 58

After latest We Energies rate hike, Milwaukee Common Council approves study on creating city's own electric utility

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The Milwaukee Common Council on Friday unanimously approved spending $1.35 million to study whether it's realistic for the city to start its own electric utility. The vote came less than 24 hours after the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a rate increase for We...

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Oak Creek Senior Living Complex Sells for $50 Million at Drexel Town Square

The Waters of Oak Creek, a 136-unit senior living community near Drexel Town Square, has sold for $50 million. An affiliate of Minnetonka, Minnesota-based The Waters Senior Living Management LLC sold the property to an affiliate of Tustin, California-based real estate investment trust Sabra Health Care. The sale, first reported...

Oak Creek, WI · 3d

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Pink Lemonade salon plans Nov. 9 reopening

The owners of Pink Lemonade Salon in Menomonee Falls plan to reopen on Nov. 9, just a week and few days after a truck crashed into the building. According to information from the Menomonee Falls Fire Department, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30 a truck crashed into a building near the W16600 block of Appleton Avenue in Menomonee Falls. The vehicle could not be moved until a restoration company stabilized the corner of the building structure. The driver of the vehicle was transported to a nearby hospital, no other injuries were reported. Traffic was diverted from the corner of Main Street and Appleton Avenue while crews worked on restoration efforts.

Menomonee Falls, WI · 4d

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This Underrated Wisconsin City Is Where Gen Z Can Actually Afford Their First Dream Home

Nobody talks about Racine, Wisconsin the way they should, and honestly, that’s been working out just fine for the people who already live there. Racine is sitting on the western shore of Lake Michigan, doing its thing, while the rest of the country argues about housing prices and wonders why homeownership feels like a fantasy.

Racine, WI · 4d

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Mikkelsen Innovation Opens U.S. Manufacturing and Support Facility in Milwaukee

To provide the proper level of support for customers in the Americas, Mikkelsen Innovation ApS has registered and started its U.S. subsidiary, FASTSEWN, located in Milwaukee, WI. In addition to the U.S. sales and management team, Steve Aranoff (Chief Business Officer) and Jim Manelski (Director of Sales, Americas), whom many in the industry already know, industry veteran Ranjan Singh has now joined as COO for FASTSEWN, Inc. Part of the engineering team is also in Milwaukee, bringing the number of U.S.

Milwaukee, WI · 3d

Sports Business Journal

Molson Coors ramps up marketing efforts around Brewers’ World Series run

Molson Coors “upped its game as a long-term Brewers sponsor with a series of quick-strike marketing during the playoffs and World Series,” according to Rich Kirchen of the MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JORUNAL. Three Molson Coors brands -- Miller Lite, Miller High Life and Leinenkugel’s -- remain beer sponsors inside the stadium with “products on tap and prominent signage.” For World Series Game 1 on Oct. 23, Molson Coors “offered to buy a beer for everyone in the state of Wisconsin.” The promotion “took the form of a rebate to Wisconsinites age 21 and older who purchased a 16-ounce Miller Lite.” The company also offered “free game-day tours of Miller’s west side Milwaukee brewery.” The first 120 fans in line at the Miller Brewery Visitors Center “received a commemorative Miller Lite Brewers hat.” When the World Series ended, Molson Coors announced it would produce “blue Miller Lite ‘clinch cans’ commemorating the Brewers championship.” The company said that demand “was strong, and the cans sold out within 30 minutes of their introduction.” The brewery “conjured 4,400 commemorative cans,” which marked the 44 years since the Brewers last played in the World Series. Molson Coors CMO Sofia Colucci said that the commemorative-cans project “was ‘a late-night idea’ that the company turned around in 12 days.” Following the Brewers’ parade, Miller High Life “launched a ‘mobile dive bar’ that rolled through Milwaukee and picked up a $414 bar tab at every stop” (MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JORUNAL, 11/4).

Milwaukee, WI · 3d

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Pre-Leasing Begins at M&R Development’s 478-Unit The Bluffs on Lake Luxury Apartment Community Overlooking Lake Michigan

ST FRANCIS, WI - Pre-leasing has begun at The Bluffs on Lake, M&R Development’s new 478-unit luxury apartment community located on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan in St. Francis, Wis., just a 10-minute drive south of downtown Milwaukee. M&R is co-developing the Class A rental project with Campbell Capital Group, LLC, the same firm M&R teamed with to successfully develop 42 Hundred on the Lake, a 236-unit luxury rental building just south of The Bluffs on Lake that opened in 2021.

St Francis, WI · 2d

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Wixon completes $25.6M expansion of Milwaukee manufacturing facility

Image: Wixon President Peter Gottsacker cuts ribbon at official opening of Wixon West expansion (Photo courtesy of Wixon). Wixon, a leading provider of custom taste solutions and contract packaging services for the food, beverage, and nutritional industry, has announced the completion of a $25.6 million expansion of Wixon West, one of its three blending and flavor production facilities in the Milwaukee area. The project, which began in fall 2025, more than tripled the operation’s footprint and created 110 new jobs.

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Women of Distinction 2026: Rachel Govin of Investors Associated

As COO and corporate counsel at Investors Associated, Rachel Govin helps oversee more than $490 million in assets. When Rachel Govin looks back at her career, she sees her winding path – from a journalism degree, to law school, to property management and now corporate operations – as a strength that has bolstered her work. “It’s OK to change your mind and change your career path,” she says. “Today, I couldn’t be happier, and that came from trying different things.”

Daily Reporter

New MSOE engineering hall will offer construction learning

Workers at the Robert D. Kern Engineering Innovation Center, a $76.5 million hall being built over a surface parking lot at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, are racing to finish the building’s envelope before cold weather sets in. MSOE and Pewaukee-based VJS Construction Services on Monday gave the media...

Daily Reporter

Milwaukee’s Gas Light Building for sale, CBRE named agent

CBRE named exclusive sales agent for Milwaukee‘s Gas Light Building, 626 E. Wisconsin Ave. Gas Light Building a 134,000-square-foot Art Deco building with office space. Rialto Capital Advisors acquired building in April for $4 million. Building offers adaptive reuse potential in downtown Milwaukee. The Gas Light Building, one of...

Milwaukee, WI · 3d

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Women of Distinction 2026: Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors

Thousands of women have benefited from membership in the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors. As the chief executive officer at First Weber – one of Wisconsin’s largest real estate companies – Shawna Alt knows real estate inside and out. She is one of the thousands of women who have benefited from membership in the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors, and who now gives back to up-and-coming agents.

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Briggs & Stratton Announces Acquisition of Power Distributors to Enhance Dealer Support

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Briggs & Stratton announced the acquisition of Power Distributors (PD), a premier wholesale distributor of outdoor power equipment parts and engines. This strategic investment unites Briggs & Stratton’s global manufacturing and engineering scale with Power Distributors’ high-performing regional logistics network, creating a fully integrated commercial footprint designed to enhance customer service and drive long-term growth.