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Ozaukee Economic Development has named its 2014 Business of the Year award winners in small business, mid-size and large business categories.

Community Care Inc. plans to close a Milwaukee location and lay off 50 employees, according to a WARN notice filed with the state Tuesday.

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's 1 Million Cups startup program will begin hosting meetings in the Milwaukee market beginning August 6.

M.C. Preparatory School of Wisconsin Inc., an affiliate of Milwaukee College Prep, a K-8 public charter school, recently purchased the Northside YMCA at 1350 W. North Ave., Milwaukee, for $5 million, according to state records.

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.

Karen Ellenbecker, founder of Pewaukee-based Ellenbecker investment Group, is turning over the reins of her investment advisory company to her daughter, Julie Ellenbecker-Lipsky, who is the firm's new president.

U.S. Bank’s The Private Client Reserve has hired Erik Zipp as wealth management advisor in Milwaukee. Zipp will provide...

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual has hired Joel Potter as assistant vice president/bank office manager at the Southgate office, 3340 S. 27th St. in Milwaukee.

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.

I did my first big Twitter group tweet last week. It’s called a “tweetcast.”