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Plans are moving forward to close two youth correctional facilities in Wisconsin and replace them with a new facility that will be built in Milwaukee. On Tuesday, Gov. Tony Evers announced a new juvenile prison is pegged to be built on Milwaukee’s northwest side at 7930 W. Clinton Ave.

Rocketship Public Schools has appointed Kadeem Gill to be executive director for its Wisconsin region.

West Allis-based Heritage Senior Living recently promoted Amanda Runnoe as its chief nursing officer.

Kenosha-based SoFresh, Inc. has raised another $3.3 million that will be used to support the company as it ventures into new food markets. That’s according to an Aug. 2 SEC filing that shows SoFresh has raised a total of $5.6 million over its lifetime.

Milwaukee will get another chance to host a national political convention when the Republican National Convention comes to town in 2024.

An 8,755-square-foot home on the shore of Geneva Lake has sold for about $7.6 million.

Following a December oil spill that occurred at Komatsu Mining Corp.’s facility at 4400 W. National Ave. in West Milwaukee, the company has entered the final stage of wrapping up their cleanup project with the DNR.

Heartland Produce Co., a Kenosha-based produce wholesale company that recently completed construction of a new, $29 million headquarters facility at the former Dairyland Greyhound Park dog track site, has been named the 2022 Business of the Year by the Kenosha Area Business Alliance.

Nikki Purvis has been named the new president and chief executive officer of the Milwaukee-based African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin.

Three Wisconsin-based companies are included in Fast Company magazine’s fourth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list.