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On the day I met and interviewed Rebecca Blank, the newly appointed chancellor at the University of Wisconsin, one of the headlines of the day out of Madison was that a journalist had been arrested because he was reporting that people were being arrested for gathering and singing in the Capitol building without a permit.

*Friday, Sept. 6, Fish Fry & A Flick will bring a free outdoor screening of “Ted” to Discovery World,...

*Thursday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 8, Yellow Phone Music Conference will offer aspiring musicians opportunities to sit in...

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“We live in a world where a child dies every 20 seconds from lack of fresh water. Part of...

Jeannine Sherman has been named director of communications and marketing at Carroll University, effective Oct. 1.

Milwaukee fiber artist Timothy Westbrook, a former Pfister Hotel Artist-in-Residence and a former contestant on Lifetime's reality TV show “Project Runway,” will unveil his fall fashion show on Saturday, Sept. 21, in the dinosaur exhibit of the Milwaukee Public Museum.

I was recently reminded of the value of manufacturing. A couple weeks ago, I spent some time in Mexico,...

Jeannine Sherman has been named director of communications and marketing at Carroll University, effective Oct. 1.

With the global demand for mining continuing to decline and its stock trading near its 52-week low, the board of directors of Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. has authorized the company to repurchase up to $1.0 billion in shares of common stock over the next 36 months.