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Pearls for Teen Girls, Inc. has a chance to win $250,000 with the help of voters in support of its mission. The Milwaukee nonprofit has been selected out of thousands of charity organizations nationwide to take part in the National 2012 Chase Community Giving Program. The program awards grants to deserving nonprofits from a pot of $5 million. Grants are distributed according to individual votes.

Registration is closing soon for the Wellness Council of Wisconsin's 22nd annual Worksite Wellness Conference.

The U.S. economy added 96,000 jobs in August, fewer than the 125,000 gain forecast by economists and well below the 200,000 needed to keep pace with the population growth, according to the latest report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

James Jagler, a student of the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) and resident of Oak Creek, was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Clifford H. “Ted” Rees Jr. Scholarship Foundation. The foundation was created to support future heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) technicians.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Department Stores today announced the company will expand its electric vehicle (EV) charging station initiative with 36 new stations across 18 additional Kohl's locations by the end of fall 2012.

Domestic beer consumption may be on the decline, but craft brewers are thriving in Milwaukee.

McGee Young, associate professor of political science at Marquette University, has been named the first Entrepreneur Faculty Fellow for 2012 under the university’s Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, according to an announcement Wednesday.

Friday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 9, Indian Summer Festival will take place at Henry Maier Festival Park,...

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