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Wired Wisconsin, a nonprofit coalition of businesses and organizations focused on enhancing technology throughout the state, is promoting the E-Cycle Wisconsin program this holiday season as a reminder to residents of the importance of recycling old electronics.

Potawatomi Bingo Casino’s 2012 Miracle on Canal Street fundraiser distributed nearly $1 million among 30 local charities, awarding each more than $32,000 during the Miracle on Canal Street program Friday, Dec. 14.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin is seeking blood donations from community individuals to prevent a shortage in blood supply in the face of Thursday’s snow and rain.

This year’s Red Kettle Campaign has begun, the annual Christmas fundraiser that helps The Salvation Army collect money to meet human needs in local communities across the country. Each year’s campaign brings heightened media attention to The Salvation Army, particularly regarding its beliefs and practices.

Repairers of the Breach, a daytime shelter and resource center for homeless residents of Milwaukee, is reaching out to the community to help it meet the seasonal needs for the homeless.

The West Bend Sunrise Rotary Club, producers of the annual Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival (KMJF) held annually on the weekend after Labor Day, announced that the club will no longer produce the event.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announced it has reached an agreement modify and extend its current collective bargaining agreement with its musicians through the 2014-2015 season.

*Now through Wednesday, Dec. 26, the Milwaukee Ballet will present its annual holiday performances of “The Nutcracker,” choreographed by...

The new edition of BizTimes Milwaukee magazine features an inaugural salute to the Best in Business.

After more than five years as president and chief executive officer of the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee and 30 years with the organization, Robert Yamachika will retire at the end of 2013, the organization announced Monday.