Industries

Slinger-based GeminiCares Inc. notified state officials that it will permanently end services at all 11 Wisconsin locations by May 31. As a result, 92 positions will be eliminated in West Bend and 11 in Slinger.

The Medical College of Wisconsin can now begin recruiting for its first class of 25 students at its new central Wisconsin campus. MCW-Central Wisconsin is scheduled to open in July 2016.

Cancer of the head and neck affects more than 52,000 people nationwide every year, according to the American Cancer Society, and it can take away things most people take for granted like speech, eating and appearance.

The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a five-year, $760,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to fund its Diversity Summer Health Research Program. The program aims to increase the number of underrepresented individuals pursuing careers in biomedical and health-related fields by offering students opportunities in stimulating, hands-on laboratory experiences supervised by MCW researchers.

The community is invited to attend a groundbreaking and blessing ceremony for the new Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center. The event is scheduled for Friday, April 17 at 2 p.m. at 930 West Historic Mitchell St. in Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee County Department of Family Care is partnering with the Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network to improve care coordination and discharge planning for Family Care members admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms in Wisconsin.

The acquisition of Integrys Energy Group Inc. by Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp. has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Milwaukee-based developer David Winograd is in the early stages of planning an apartment development at the site of the never-built Rivianna project along the Milwaukee River in the city’s Walker’s Point neighborhood.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. plans to open a warehouse and distribution facility in Glendale.