Lauren Anderson

Sara Meaney, who recently left her post as Wisconsin Department of Tourism secretary-designee, has taken a new position with the Dohmen Company Foundation.

Rexnord Corp. is giving another $1 million to support Marquette University’s Bridge to Business program.

The city of Milwaukee said it will administer 100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline health workers and members of the fire department beginning this morning.

The effort to get the first COVID-19 vaccine dose to the residents and workers in Wisconsin’s 360 nursing facilities is on track to be completed by the end of the month, according to a long-term care industry leader.

Froedtert Health will acquire a majority membership interest in Manitowoc-based Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, a deal that will expand the Wauwatosa-based system’s reach into northeastern Wisconsin.

The Zilber Family Foundation announced it has awarded $1.8 million in grants to 16 nonprofit organizations, including 11 in the Milwaukee area.

In the four weeks since Wisconsin began its effort to vaccinate the state's roughly 450,000 frontline health care workers, just over 85,600 doses have been administered, according to data released Tuesday afternoon by the Department of Health Services. 

North Carolina-based Broadstep Behavioral Health, Inc. has acquired Good Hope Manor, LLC, a Milwaukee-based operator of assisted living facilities.

Steve Brandenburg, the former pharmacist who allegedly removed COVID-19 vaccine vials from refrigeration at the Aurora Medical Center – Grafton, says he believed the vaccine could harm patients and change their DNA, according to a police statement.

A former pharmacist who allegedly removed COVID-19 vaccine vials from a refrigerator at Aurora Medical Center-Grafton to render them ineffective was arrested Thursday.

Fifty-seven people received a COVID-19 vaccine at Aurora Medical Center-Grafton that was determined to be potentially ineffective after a pharmacist intentionally removed vaccine vials from a refrigerator overnight.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Food and Drug Administration are investigating alleged vaccine tampering at a Grafton medical center after an Advocate Aurora Health employee intentionally removed COVID-19 vaccine vials from refrigeration over the weekend.