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Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. announced Thursday it is planning to lay off 250 to 300 employees in South Milwaukee by June.

Milwaukee-area manufacturing growth slowed considerably in March, according to the monthly report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Waukesha County Technical College will host “The New Global Reality – Exporting for Growth” on Thursday, April 18, starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Center for Business Performance Solutions, 800 Main Street, Pewaukee.

Waukesha-based Cardiac Science Corp. has sold its diagnostic cardiology product line to Milwaukee-based Mortara Instrument Inc.

My wife Michelle and I built our house about 12 years ago now. One of the things that appealed to me at the time about building new was not having the unexpected cost of home repairs that older houses can stick you with. (The other thing that appealed to me was that Michelle told me, “We are building new.”)

*Monday, April 1, a new exhibit about the history of baseball will open at Discovery World. The exhibit, titled...

A roundtable discussion hosted Wednesday by Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Seth Harris at Hunger Task Force’s office exposed the day-to-day struggles of Milwaukeeans working to support themselves and their families on minimum wage – struggles in paying bills, funding transportation, covering rent and affording prescriptions among other necessities.

Wisconsin Conservatory of Music has appointed Gregory Ruffer president and chief executive officer.

Milwaukee-area manufacturing growth slowed considerably in March, according to the monthly report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has awarded a $15,000 grant to the Food Pantry of Waukesha County to support the nonprofit’s continued increase in demand for food.