Steve Jagler, for BizTimes Media

Companies closed plants. They eliminated jobs. They left vacant positions unfilled. They froze salaries. They cut travel budgets. They postponed investments in IT equipment. They slashed marketing budgets. They put staff development programs on ice. They demanded price concessions from vendors. They increased the share employees must pay for health care insurance.

There is little blood left to be squeezed from these Wisconsin turnips. They did everything they had to do to survive the Great Recession of 2008-2009.

The recovery began in 2010 and hopefully will pick up speed in 2011. Boldly, Wisconsin must go forward.

Five candidates are in a sprint to the Feb. 15 primary in the race to be the next county executive of Milwaukee County.

When Republicans take control of both houses of Wisconsin's legislature and the governor's mansion in January, expect them to waste little time in making big changes in Madison.

With the emergence of Bender Park and other development gaining momentum along Oak Creek's lakefront, the next chapter of the Carrollville neighborhood in the southeast corner of Milwaukee County could be that community's finest hour.

The Cardinal Stritch University Leadership Center and the St. Francis Institute Milwaukee, a Capuchin ministry, will present a seminar on "Greenleaf on Servant Leadership" on Tuesday, Oct. 26.

The southeastern Wisconsin economy may see a turning point in its recovery in the fourth quarter, with year-over-year job growth for the first time in more than two years, according to the latest Business Outlook Survey by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.

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A lot can happen to a city in a decade. For instance, in the past 10 years, Milwaukee saw the opening of Miller Park, the Calatrava addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Historic Third Ward condo boom, the development of the new Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, the demolition of the Park East Freeway and the reconstruction of the Marquette Interchange.

According to a new study by Manpower Inc., businesses, governments and trade associations need to work together to develop long-term strategies to alleviate talent shortages in the skilled trades.

The game of golf generated an economic impact of $2.4 billion for the state of Wisconsin in 2008, according to a new study.