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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 Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced today that wages were up 6.7 percent in the first quarter in Wisconsin.

The U.S. economy created just 80,000 jobs in June as hiring slowed dramatically in the second quarter, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said today.

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.

Dan Clancy has announced he will retire as president of the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS).

Matt Smith has been named director of retirement sales and strategy at BMO Retirement Services, a part of BMO...