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Lakeside Manufacturing Inc. in West Milwaukee has teamed up with Second Chance Partners for Education to provide an alternative education center at its plant.

Plexus Corp. announced today it intends to construct a $50 million, 410,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Neenah.

The ongoing dispute about the number of jobs in Wisconsin took another turn today with the release of new federal statistics that show Wisconsin lost 21,400 jobs from April 2011 to April 2012, ranking last in the nation for job creation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Dylan Hoffman, a seven-year-old boy from the Prairie School in Racine, was named the national winner of this year's Doodle 4 Google competition. His efforts have earned him a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for his school.

Frances Richman, executive director of the Milwaukee Symphony Youth Orchestra has announced she will retire as of December 31, 2012 after serving as executive director for 24 years.

Appleton Papers Inc. and Hicks Acquisition Company II Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which Appleton will engage in a business combination with Hicks in a transaction valued at $675 million.

After a long slump since the housing market crash that led to the Great Recession, the metro Milwaukee housing market is finally regaining a balance between supply and demand.

A “ground blessing” ceremony will be held today for the School Sisters of St. Francis’ project to build a 72-unit independent senior and assisted apartment building on the grounds of the sisters' St. Joseph Center campus at 1501 S. Layton Blvd., on the south side of Milwaukee.

The Walker administration today took the unprecedented step today of releasing preliminary employment numbers that indicate Wisconsin may have created 23,321 jobs in 2011.