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Go Ape Ltd., a ropes course operator based in the United Kingdom with its U.S. headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., wants to create one of its “treetop adventure courses” in Milwaukee County's Whitnall Park, according to a memo from Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture Director John Dargle Jr. to Supervisor Gerry Broderick, who chairs the County Board's Parks, Energy and Environment Committee. The committee will review the proposal on April 15.

Common Ground's Fair Play Assembly, a group of more than 600 congregations, nonprofits, small businesses and schools dedicated to greatness in public spaces, voted yesterday to oppose a new Milwaukee arena unless $150 to $200 million is invested in public Milwaukee County facilities that benefit children.

Nannette “Nan” Gardetto will receive the 2014 BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year Award.

"We feel that we have a responsibility essentially to ensure our graduates are well-educated about mental illness and can...

Exemplary business leaders from across the state, including several from local companies, will be honored at the 2014 Wisconsin Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony and benefit dinner tomorrow.

BizStarts Milwaukee will host the grand opening of its BizForge entrepreneur resource hub tomorrow in a public event at Schlitz Park.

Nannette “Nan” Gardetto will receive the 2014 BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year Award.

U.S. employers picked up their pace of hiring in March, a sign that suggests a winter slowdown was only temporary.

Two former MillerCoors employees are being accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the company over several years.

Milwaukee-based fraternal benefits organization Catholic Financial Life has reported record growth in 2013.