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Gearbox Express, a wind energy start-up, has opened a 43,000-square-foot facility in Mukwonago. Gearbox hopes to eventually hire 100 employees.

The damage is still being assessed at SPX Transformer Solutions Inc. in Waukesha after a fire damaged one of the test bay areas at 8:50 p.m. on April 29.

Love him or hate him, Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr. is the champ. With a perfect record of 43-0, he's the highest paid athlete in the world having earned over $200 million in the ring. In Saturday's pay-per-view bout, he made a cool $32 million; putting his total purse from the last three fights over $100 million. Floyd is considered one of the greatest fighters of all time.

Philadelphia, Pa-based professional service organization, ARAMARK, has renamed one of its ARAMARK Building Community Leadership Awards in memory of Peter Goldberg, former president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Alliance for Children and Families.

First-time unemployment claims fell nationally last week for the first time in a month to just slightly above a four-year low, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The downtown Milwaukee condo market, which has been in a major downturn since the Great Recession, is showing signs of life.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. today unveiled two new Husqvarna pressure washers it is manufacturing.

In celebration of its 5th anniversary, Milwaukee Food Tours will host a Milwaukee Foodie Scavenger hunt beginning on Friday, May 4.

A collective sigh of relief came out of the Milwaukee County Courthouse when Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic was appointed by her peers to be the new county board chair, succeeding the often confrontational and controversial Lee Holloway.

Green Bay-based Lexington Homes Inc. plans to build a 176-unit apartment development on a 9.8-acre site south of Prairie Ridge Boulevard, between 91st and 94th Avenues, in the Prairie Ridge subdivision in Pleasant Prairie. The site is southeast of St. Catherine’s Medical Center.