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Have you noticed more earwigs in and around your home or business property? Clients of Batzner Pest Management have, as the number of calls and complaints for earwigs have nearly doubled since last year.

Sweet Water, the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, and Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network have teamed up to launch Respect Our Waters, a multi-year marketing initiative to educate area residents on actions they can take to improve rivers and the lake in the region.

The Oak Creek Common Council on Tuesday approved a contract for design of a project to construct a new street to connect Fifth Avenue with Highway 100.

Private-sector payrolls in the United States picked up in June, suggesting that unemployment may have declined, according to a report released today by payrolls-processor Automatic Data Processing Inc.

Several Waukesha County business leaders have been appointed to the special committee on improving educational opportunities in high school.

Milwaukee-based Reliable Water Services, in partnership with Milwaukee Area Technical College have selected three finalists to be judged in it’s Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge.

Concordia University Wisconsin Mequon recently named Sarah Holtan its new dean of students.

U.S. Bank will host the holiday fireworks display on the Milwaukee lakefront tonight at 9:30 p.m. The fireworks will be launched from three barges on the lake, near Veterans Park.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has invited credit unions to participate in a July 26 dialogue that will explore ways to make the state’s financial industry more competitive and robust.

Half of the bank CEOs who responded to a recent survey by the Wisconsin Bankers Association expect Wisconsin’s economy to grow over the next six months.