News and Information from The Business Journal of Milwaukee

Owner of channels 18, 24 might be eyeing Fox 6

May 22, 2013 6:55 pm

The company that owns WITI-TV (Channel 6) in Milwaukee is for sale and the owner of Milwaukee channels 18 and 24 could be the buyer. As I reported earlier, private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partne...

Cambridge Major completes Germantown expansion

May 22, 2013 6:42 pm

Cambridge Major Laboratories Inc. this month is unveiling its expanded active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility in Germantown. The expansion, which The Business Journal reported in Sep...

From the ICSC: Southridge nears completion of makeover

May 22, 2013 6:23 pm

Simon Property Group Inc. just has a couple of key spaces to fill at Southridge Mall in Greendale before it considers its renovation and remerchandising project finished, and it already have prospecti...

Milwaukee Brewers mascot gets own themed beer

May 22, 2013 3:53 pm

Bernie Brewer now has a namesake beer. Fans overwhelming voted for Bernies Barrelman Ale, a name inspired by the Milwaukee Brewers mascot, in an online contest to dub a new beer created in partnershi...

Northwestern Mutual gives more than $330,000 to higher ed in Wisconsin

May 22, 2013 2:54 pm

Northwestern Mutual, through its foundation, is giving 12 grants totaling $336,000 to Wisconsin colleges and universities. The grants support scholarship opportunities and fund specialized programs i...

Great Lakes grants go to 34 student-centered programs

May 22, 2013 2:49 pm

Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corp. has awarded more than $4 million in College Ready grants. These 34 recipient programs will provide services to students across Minnesota and Wisconsin durin...

Palermo cited by OSHA; employee loses 3 fingers in work accident

May 22, 2013 2:18 pm

Palermo Villa Inc. faces $38,500 in proposed fines from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for seven serious violations and one other-than-serious infraction, mainly dealing with o...

Manufacturer moves into Janesville Innovation Center

May 22, 2013 12:41 pm

Simply Solutions, a company that makes lubricants for personal and medical uses such as catheterizations and ultrasounds, has become the first manufacturing tenant of Janesville's Innovation Center, w...

Budget committee approves modified proposal for state property sales

May 22, 2013 12:39 pm

The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee gave its approval to a budget proposal from Gov. Scott Walker that gives the governor's office more authority over the sale or leasing of state property, b...

Ministry Health Care cuts hundreds of jobs

May 22, 2013 12:39 pm

Milwaukee-based Ministry Health Care, which operates hospitals in Marshfield, Stevens Point, Oshkosh, Appleton and the Wausau area among its 15 hospital locations, said it will lay off the equivalent ...