Education & Workforce Development

After five years of decreasing or holding steady, the percentage of Wisconsin employed people who work at more than one job ticked up a notch in 2014.

There are routes to avoid the village’s five circular intersection-control structures but, for most, a trip through a roundabout has become commonplace in the 11 years since the first was built near the Kwik Trip at highways 78, 92 and Business 151. Four more were added in 2006 on the village’s east side.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay expects a slightly larger freshmen class when students return in coming days.

Two years ago, Miguel Cornelio didn't think he'd graduate from Green Bay Preble High School.Thanks to GPS Education Partners, Cornelio not only made his mom proud by graduating on time, he's transitioning into a full-time job at KI, the Bellevue office furniture manufacturer.

Gus Ramirez, executive chairman at Waukesha-based HUSCO International Inc., embarked on one of the most ambitious projects of his philanthropic career earlier this year when he pledged to make a $60 million investment in improving education in Milwaukee with the development of a new K-12 school on the city's south side.

The ratio of unemployed to the civilian labor force expressed as a percent, by county. Not seasonally adjusted. Uses latest available numbers.

A 1975 graduate of St. Norbert College has donated $1.7 million to the school to support the new Gehl-Mulva Science Center and to provide scholarships for junior and senior students.

The city of Eau Claire’s jobless rate was the ninth lowest in Wisconsin among its largest 32 municipalities, according to the latest preliminary, seasonally unadjusted data from the state Department of Workforce Development.

The Milwaukee office of New York Life will add 12 new field agents by the end of the year, the company announced today.

The Viterbo University Outdoor Athletics Complex is getting some big upgrades as part of a two-phase construction project.