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Wisconsin's exports totaled $17.4 billion from January to September, which is an increase of 6.4 percent over the same period in 2011, according to a new report by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

Following a meeting this week with the President, as well as conversations with Congressional leaders, I am more convinced than ever that a budget deal to avoid the 'fiscal cliff' must and can be found.

Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter of $3.2 million, or 32 cents per share, compared with net income of $17.3 million, or $1.77 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Milwaukee medical equipment parts distributor Alpha Source Inc. has assembled 100 gifts that will be sent to children globally through Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse.

The Milwaukee-area manufacturing sector continued to decline in November, but at a slower rate than in the previous month, according to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector added 11,786 jobs from June 2011 to June 2012, an increase of 2.6 percent, according to a state Department of Workforce Development report released Friday.

*Friday, Nov. 30, Arté, a wine and painting studio in Wauwatosa, will host Party 4 Good in support of...

Marquette University president Scott Pilarz, S.J., has an update on the progress the school is making in creating a vision for its future.

If you mention “toll roads” to the typical Wisconsin motorist, chances are good the reply will include an unflattering reference to Illinois and its 286 miles of pay-as-you-go interstate highways.

Green Bay Packers lineman Josh Sitton will sign photographs at AT&T’s Glendale location on Tuesday, Dec. 4, during a food collection hosted by the store in support of Hunger Task Force.