Industries

U.S. Bank is providing nearly $10 million in financing to help Heartland Housing Inc. develop a 37-unit family supportive housing project on a once vacant piece of land in northeast Milwaukee.

Jennifer Bartolotta has been named board president of the Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS), which stands as the state's largest and oldest animal shelter.

Potawatomi Bingo Casino is now accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for its 2013 “Miracle on Canal Street” charity campaign.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual is donating 12 grants worth $336,000 to colleges and universities throughout Wisconsin in an effort to make higher education more affordable for underprivileged students.

Manitowoc-based Orion Energy Systems Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Harris Manufacturing Inc. and Harris LED LLC of Green Cove Springs, Fla.

Froedtert Health St. Joseph’s Hospital has completed the expansion of its Special Care Nursery at its New Life Center in West Bend, thanks to a $265,000 gift from an anonymous donor.

The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the parent company of Boston Store with headquarters in Milwaukee and York, Pa., today reported a fiscal first quarter net loss of $26.6 million, or $1.41 per share, which was an improvement over a net loss of $40.8 million, or $2.23 per share, in the same period a year ago.

The United Cranberry Growers Cooperative (UCGC), based in Wausau, today launched Be Berry Aware, a new consumer education campaign to help consumers identify high-quality cranberry juices that pack the nutritional benefits.

WISN-Channel 12, a media partner of BizTimes, dominated the southeastern Wisconsin May sweeps ratings period.

Green Bay Packaging Inc. is undertaking a $95 million expansion of its Coated Products operation located in Ashwaubenon.
The investment also will help retain the company’s workforce in Wisconsin.