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The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) has announced the opening of a tattoo exhibit this summer that will recount the story and works of Amund Dietzel, an entrepreneur from the early 1900s who is remembered as one of Milwaukee's most innovative tattoo artists.

Festa Italiana has unveiled a mobile app packed with information about the upcoming festival’s entertainment lineup, food and beverage options, admissions and more.

So often we hear stories about celebrities dealing with breast cancer and their personal journeys with this devastating disease. Most recently, Angelina Jolie, who lost her mother to breast cancer years ago, chose to have a preventative mastectomy. We applaud her for not only aggressively taking action against breast cancer, but also thank her for sharing her story. Because through sharing her breast cancer journey, she is starting a conversation about breast health. And right here in southeast Wisconsin, we are starting these conversations every day…

From the first look of things as the gates opened on the first day of Summerfest in Milwaukee at noon today, patrons might want to prepare to stand in line to get in longer than they had in previous years.

In the digital era, corporate brands can rise or fall in a heartbeat. However, one branding maxim seems to be holding true: Corporate brands start internally, and the ways employees are treated often have consequences in shaping that brand externally.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. reported a fiscal third quarter loss of $93.0 million, or $1.24 per share, compared with net income of $34.4 million, or 45 cents per share in the same period a year ago.

West Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. announced the pricing of its previously announced public offering of its common stock held by certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC.

Corey Vanderpoel has been named a managing director at Schenck M&A Solutions. He will be responsible for providing M&A advisory services to new and existing clients.

Oconomowoc-based First Bank Financial Centre, in partnership with Ixonia-based COWS Mobile Storage, is building on a collection of supplies totaling nearly 1,500 pounds to benefit victims of deadly tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma in May.
 

Wauwatosa-based WaterStone Bank SSB is adding two new members to its board of directors, expanding the group. Ellen Bartel and Kristine Rappe were appointed to the board on June 21.