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🔒 Q&A: Karen Frost prioritizing innovation, strategic partnerships as next leader of The Water Council
After being with Milwaukee-based nonprofit The Water Council for more than a decade, Karen Frost is settling into the new role of executive director.
🔒 Jump Start: Milwaukee-based Gradmor turning workforce insights into manufacturing gains
Location: Milwaukee
Founders: Tyler Marcus and Ava Pott
Founded: 2017
Service: Workforce intelligence platform
Website: gradmor.com
Employees: 2 full-time
Goal: Accommodate new client base
Experience:...
Cognitive dissonance
The Annex Wealth Management SWOT Podcast. Hosted by Brian Jacobsen, Chief Economist.
Antetokounmpo brothers invest in Janesville-based Mr. Splash Car Wash
Mr. Splash Car Wash announced Monday that Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo have invested an unspecified amount in the business.
Acclaimed Milwaukee chef to open new restaurant in Northwestern Mutual’s rebuilt North Building
James Beard Award winner Adam Siegel to open a New York-style Italian restaurant in Northwestern Mutual’s renovated North Building in downtown Milwaukee, set to debut in late 2026.
🔒 Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub projects on workforce development, innovation in oncology, startup commercialization making progress
Three Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub projects focused on workforce development, innovation in oncology, and startup commercialization are making progress.
🔒 Construction beginning on 700-unit Pleasant Prairie apartment project
Construction work is set to begin this month on an apartment development in Pleasant Prairie that will include more...
🔒 Milwaukee area workforce development organizations to receive about $3.7 million in DWD grants
Employ Milwaukee and other workforce development organizations in southeastern Wisconsin will receive funding through the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s Worker Advancement Initiative.
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Careful Consumers Guiding Earnings
Jobs numbers show some growth - but not great growth. Consumers are more careful than they've been, causing earnings increases in some surprising brands. Annex Wealth Management's Brian Jacobsen discusses.
🔒 Affordable housing project with 400 units planned in Kenosha County
Seeing an "insurgence" of commercial investment in Kenosha County with little new affordable housing units to support it, a...
The inside story of the relationship between Farm & Fleet and Fleet Farm
Confused by Farm & Fleet and Fleet Farm? Discover the real history behind the Midwest retailers, their friendship, and how the names came to be.
🔒 How Wisconsin companies are navigating uncertainty caused by tariffs
President Donald Trump says his trade policies and tariff strategies are intended to bring more manufacturing activity and jobs...
