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The effort to get the first COVID-19 vaccine dose to the residents and workers in Wisconsin’s 360 nursing facilities is on track to be completed by the end of the month, according to a long-term care industry leader.

BizTimes Milwaukee is seeking nominations for its upcoming Notable Minority Executives feature. Profiles of those selected will appear in the Feb. 22 edition of the magazine.

In the four weeks since Wisconsin began its effort to vaccinate the state's roughly 450,000 frontline health care workers, just over 85,600 doses have been administered, according to data released Tuesday afternoon by the Department of Health Services. 

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce set specific targets for increased hiring and promotion of minorities as part of its Region of Choice initiative, which was launched in the fall of 2019.

The Waukesha County Center for Growth announced Tuesday that it has named Judie Taylor its new executive director of economic development.

Madison and Milwaukee are both included in U-Haul's annual "growth cities" list of the top 25 cities in the U.S. in terms of net migration for do-it-yourself movers.

The Milwaukee Admirals announced Monday that the team will not participate in the 2020-21 American Hockey League season, citing financial challenges related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Steve Brandenburg, the former pharmacist who allegedly removed COVID-19 vaccine vials from refrigeration at the Aurora Medical Center – Grafton, says he believed the vaccine could harm patients and change their DNA, according to a police statement.

A former pharmacist who allegedly removed COVID-19 vaccine vials from a refrigerator at Aurora Medical Center-Grafton to render them ineffective was arrested Thursday.

Milwaukee residents and leaders celebrated the commencement of construction of new homes in a pair of subdivisions on the near northwest side, in part the result of new incentives the city is offering.