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Milwaukee philanthropists Keith Mardak and Mary Vandenberg have issued a $2.5 million matching gift to St. Marcus Lutheran School as it continues to raise funds for its new Harambee campus.

Some of southeastern Wisconsin’s top entrepreneurs and innovators will be honored at BizTimes Media’s Innovation + Entrepreneur Forum, which will be held on Dec. 10, at 7:30 a.m., at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee.

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.2% in October, a two-tenth decline from September’s revised rate of 3.4%.

The Milwaukee Youth Arts Center recently completed a building expansion that will allow the facility to serve more students.

The Waukesha County Community Foundation has named Melissa Baxter as its next president.

Seedlings have begun sprouting in a Century City industrial building in Milwaukee. Hundred Acre, an indoor farm located in the city's 30th Street Industrial Corridor, is prepared to begin supplying customers next month with its fresh greens.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced the filing of a civil law enforcement action against Youssef (Joe) Berrada and his property management company, Milwaukee-based Berrada Properties Management, Inc.

TEMPO Milwaukee recently hosted its 16th annual Leadership Event, drawing more than 1,100 business and community leaders to the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee.

Employ Milwaukee Inc. was awarded a $5.3 million grant from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development to launch an initiative aimed at connecting traditionally underserved groups to jobs. 

Networking is all about building relationships. And in the eyes of networking expert Ivan Misner, it is during tough stretches such as the one brought about by the COVID pandemic that businesspeople need to work harder than ever to maintain their networks.