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The Nordstrom store at Mayfair Mall and the Nordstrom Rack store at the Mayfair Collection, both located in Wauwatosa, reopened on Thursday, with a number of new safety protocols aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. 

Wigwam Mills Inc., a Sheboygan-based maker of socks, is cutting nearly all its jobs because of the effect the coronavirus has had on operations and sales.

As banks reopen branch lobbies, customers may be required to keep facial masks on, or they may be asked to temporarily remove their masks, depending on the financial institution.

Several Milwaukee real estate developers and leaders of real estate industry groups praised the pick of Lafayette Crump as the city's next commissioner of development.

The Wisconsin State Fair is the latest local large-scale event to be canceled this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Cardinal Stritch University announced its president and chief executive officer Kathleen Rinehart will step down from her position this summer. 

Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio remains hopeful that Major League Baseball can return this summer, in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, but a game plan for keeping players and fans safe and healthy must be determined sooner rather than later. 

The four-county Milwaukee metro area lost nearly 108,000 jobs in April, a 12.4% drop from March’s employment total.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced today that he has selected Lafayette Crump as the city's next commissioner of the Department of City Development, taking the place of retiring commissioner Rocky Marcoux.

Waukesha-based IoT company EmbedTek, LLC is developing a wearable contact tracing device that allows businesses to enforce social distancing rules within their facilities.