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Brown Deer-based Badger Meter Inc. has shifted to a four-day work week in an effort to control costs in response to business slowdown related to the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus-related cancellations of events booked by VISIT Milwaukee have resulted in an estimated $47 million in lost economic impact for the region, president and chief executive officer Peggy Williams-Smith said Wednesday. 

Mary Bunzel has been named executive director of the Connected Systems Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 

When Marla Poytinger temporarily closed her bar-entertainment business last month due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, she needed to figure out a way to stay afloat while continuing to pay and provide health insurance for more than 60 employees.

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced today that it will close its Patrick Cudahy dry sausage and bacon plant in Cudahy for two weeks, beginning later this week. Some employees at the plant have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, the company said.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. will cut salaries for most salaried employees in the United States by 10 to 20%, the company announced Wednesday.

Wisconsin Small Business Administration lenders have approved more than $7 billion in loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program.

Twin Disc’s products generally allow it to continue operating, but Batten said it is challenging to be productive with uncertainty from a number of sources.

Hunger Task Force has committed up to $1 million to a new program aimed at providing relief to dairy farmers while supplying area food pantries with milk.

Metropolitan Milwaukee home sales have been "robust" so far this year, with sales up 12.8% in March and 9.3% in the first quarter, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.