BizTimes Staff

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. plans to close its McDonough, Ga. manufacturing plant and consolidate production in Wauwatosa and New York. The move will create 220 new full-time jobs and about 150 temporary seasonal jobs in Wauwatosa.

Looking ahead to the next six months, employers can take comfort knowing they have already completed the bulk of changes and requirements under the Affordable Care Act, according to John Barlament, partner at Quarles & Brady LLP.

Summer is here and for many in Wisconsin, that means getting out of town to escape the heat.

Ascension Health and Columbia St. Mary's Health System announced that Travis Andersen has been named president and chief executive officer of Columbia St. Mary's Health System in Milwaukee.

Mequon-based Concordia University Wisconsin has named Dr. Sharon Chappy the dean of its School of Nursing.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin has an immediate need for O negative blood donations, and will provide a pair of Wisconsin State Fair tickets to each O negative individual who attempts to donate from today until July 16.

Four scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin have established a new spinoff company called Protein Foundry to manufacture and market protein molecules.

Popular ABC entrepreneur show “Shark Tank” has announced it will hold its first casting call in Milwaukee for the show's upcoming sixth season.

Mequon-based Concordia University Wisconsin has named Dr. Sharon Chappy the dean of its School of Nursing.

The Milwaukee County Transit System plans to add a new bus route from the north side of Milwaukee to New Berlin. The route is designed to help connect workers from the city to suburban job locations, including New Berlin industrial parks.

Midland Video Productions, a Milwaukee-based marketing and business video production company, announced the sale of the company after 34 years of ownership by George Liberatore and Neil Jaehnert.

Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco Wholesale Corp. plans to build a 156,000-square-foot store northeast of Moorland and Grange roads in New Berlin.