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A cohort of Milwaukee businesses is raising funds and collecting donated items this week to provide relief to Moore, Okla. residents impacted by a deadly tornado that tore through the region on Monday, May 20.

Legendary former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi died of colon cancer on Sept. 3, 1970.

Layton Boulevard West Neighbors (LBWN), a nonprofit dedicated to community development, will accept applications for the Silver City Business Plan Competition through tomorrow.

Sheriff David Clarke faces a problem. He is irrelevant.

Legends of the Field, a Wisconsin-based sports memorabilia and marketing company, announced today that Lindy Enterprises, owned by Jim Lindenberg, has bought a majority interest in the company and will serve as its president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board.

Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup today released the results of its eighth annual Talent Shortage Survey, revealing 39 percent of U.S. employers are having difficulty finding staff with the right skills, down from 49 percent in 2012.

U.S. Bank is providing nearly $10 million in financing to help Heartland Housing Inc. develop a 37-unit family supportive housing project on a once vacant piece of land in northeast Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Patina Solutions has opened its ninth U.S. office in Minneapolis by acquiring Summit Advisory Group.

Manitowoc-based Orion Energy Systems Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Harris Manufacturing Inc. and Harris LED LLC of Green Cove Springs, Fla.

Valuation Research Corporation has hired Nathan Emanuel as a machinery and equipment appraiser for its Milwaukee office.