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Marquette University president Michael Lovell has been diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, he revealed in a letter to the university community Thursday.

New York-based real estate brokerage Compass Inc. has bolstered its local presence with more top agents, including one whose high-profile clientele includes Bucks players and coaches and high-ranking business executives.

Many of Milwaukee's performing arts organizations announced Wednesday that proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID test result will be required to attend indoor performances beginning this month. 

The new mental health emergency center being built on Milwaukee’s near north side will receive $5.7 million in state funding, Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday.

A company formed this spring to package a locally made hard seltzer product is the latest tenant of a new Germantown industrial park.

Angie Choy Edwards has joined HGA Architects and Engineers as vice president and chief financial officer, the company announced.

Local business leaders are sharing the areas they hope Milwaukee's next mayor will focus on, in the wake of the news that sitting Mayor Tom Barrett could be headed to Luxembourg. The issues they brought up in interviews with BizTimes Milwaukee include: taxes, housing, education and infrastructure investments.

Following Colectivo Coffee workers' vote to unionize, organizers and officials held a press conference Wednesday to discuss their expectations and next steps for the bargaining process ahead.

Milwaukee Film and Bounce Milwaukee are among a growing number of local private employers to require patrons and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup plans to acquire Charlotte-based IT resourcing and service firm ettain in a $925 billion deal, the companies announced Tuesday.