Industries

Horizon Home Care and Hospice, a Brown Deer-based nonprofit organization that functions as a full-service home care agency and hospice provider, is making a call for nominations for its annual “Touching Lives” Award.

The Next Door early childhood education center, a nonprofit organization that provides early education opportunities to families in Milwaukee’s central city neighborhoods, has acquired the former Northwest General Hospital building as the demand for its services continues to increase.

Dan Pallotta, who is widely considered a philanthropic figurehead in the national spotlight, will keynote this year's Thought Leaders Luncheon, an annual event held by Easter Seals Southeast Wisconsin that brings together members of for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations to discuss how nonprofits can inspire greater community impact.

NEENAH — Miron Construction Co. was recently awarded two 2013 Build Wisconsin Awards as presented by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Wisconsin. Miron has been awarded 45 AGC Build Wisconsin Awards since the program’s inception in 2003.

MADISON — There will be multiple options across Wisconsin for purchasing insurance through the new marketplaces, or exchanges, required under the federal health care overhaul, an analysis released Thursday concluded.

The city of Stevens Point will receive $80,000 from Marshfield Clinic, which violated terms of a development agreement, and intends to use a portion of that money to clean up the site of the former CenterPoint Marketplace where a parking lot will go.

The vast majority of Wisconsin residents will have a range of choices for health care insurance through the exchanges that will be created by the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report issued today by Citizen Action of Wisconsin.

Business Associates Inc., a Germantown-based business consulting and crisis management firm, is expanding with the addition of BA Properties Inc., a full-service commercial, residential and land real estate company.

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., with corporate headquarters in York, Pa., and Milwaukee, today reported a second quarter net loss of $37.3 million, or $1.95 per share, which was an improvement over a net loss of $45 million, or $2.43 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Yahoo! Inc. attracted more U.S. visitors than Google Inc. during July for the first time since May 2011, indicating that turnaround efforts by chief executive officer Marissa Mayer, a Wausau native, are gaining traction.