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Southwest Airlines introduced a new look to its iconic brand at a Monday event dedicated to its employees.

Miller Park will screen fans using metal detectors for its Sept. 11 game against the Miami Marlins and its Sept. 13 game against the Cincinnati Reds.

As part of the BizTimes Fittest Execs program, event sponsor Sensia Wellness will host a seminar on health care in the workplace called “A Wake Up Call: Are You Really in Control of Your Corporate Healthcare Costs?”

After close to nine months without an athletic director, Marquette University has appointed Bill Scholl head of athletics, the university announced on Tuesday.

BizTimes Media is wrapping up the final week of the nomination process for the inaugural BizTimes Media Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

Editor's note: Tom Nardelli, who served as a Milwaukee alderman and as chief of staff for Gov. Scott Walker when Walker was Milwaukee County executive, passed away on Sept. 1.

In the 2010 Wisconsin governor's race, then-candidate Scott Walker established a lofty goal for the state to create 250,000 private sector jobs within his first term. The number was big, it was bold, and more than anything, the statement put private sector businesses on notice that the state was going to do better.

About 24 percent of Wisconsin employers plan to hire in the fourth quarter, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

Milwaukee-based Mandel Group Inc. announced that it has closed on financing for the third phase of its North End developmet in downtown Milwaukee, raising $53 million to develop a six-story mixed use building at the corner of North Water and East Pleasant streets.

Brown Deer-based Shelter Mortgage Co. has been acquired by New Penn Financial LLC.