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The county could start construction on a new jail facility as early as 2015, but county leaders still have no plan for what the facility will look like, where it will be, how much it will cost or how they will pay for it.

The third edition of the book “Naked Marketing – The Bare Essentials” by Franklin author Robert Grede is now available.
In the book, Grede reduces marketing jargon and hype-speak down to its bare essentials.

Hundreds of fast-food and retail workers here in Wisconsin will walk off their jobs on Thursday as part of strikes in dozens of cities with thousands of workers across the country.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. announced the completion of its acquisition of Viking SeaTech of Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will conduct a series of town hall informational meetings about the Affordable Care Act across the state next week.

With the global demand for mining continuing to decline and its stock trading near its 52-week low, the board of directors of Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. has authorized the company to repurchase up to $1.0 billion in shares of common stock over the next 36 months.

The Lake Express high-speed ferry will be transporting hundreds of motorcyclists to and from Milwaukee this week for Harley-Davidson Inc.’s 110th anniversary celebration.

Milwaukee-based real estate development firm J. Jeffers & Co. recently purchased a 128-year-old Brady Street building for $305,000, according to state records.

The former Milwaukee Paper Box Co. building at 1560-68 W. Pierce St. in Milwaukee was sold recently for $1.375 million, according to state records.

A vacant 0.4-acre site at 200-216 S. Broadway in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward sold recently for $2 million, according to state records. Chicago Street Holdings LLC purchased the property from Term-Broadway LLC.