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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.

Cambridge Major Laboratories Inc. has renovated its U.S. headquarters in Germantown.

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.

As a housing market continues to gradually recover from the collapse during the Great Recession, the percentage of homeowners in the metro Milwaukee area that are underwater (owe more on their home than it is worth) fell from 29.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 28.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, according to a new report from Seattle-based Zillow Inc., which tracks residential real estate values.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is in early stages of considering plans to move its performances to a concert hall that could be built for the MSO in The Couture, the 44-story residential and hotel tower planned by Barrett Visionary Development near the lakefront.

By an overwhelming margin, “Bernie’s Barrelman Ale” was selected as the name for a new beer that celebrates a partnership between the Milwaukee Brewers and Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company.

The Milwaukee Trolley Loop kicks off its summer “Hop ‘n Shop, Wine ‘n Dine” route today with $1 roundtrip trolley rides throughout downtown.

The Artery, a former rail corridor bridging Milwaukee's Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods, and a 10-block stretch along West Wisconsin Avenue will be enlivened with interactive art in the coming months thanks to a $350,000 grant funded by ArtPlace America.

Nearly 8,000 “Moose” will roam the streets of Milwaukee beginning today as part of the Moose fraternal organization's annual Moose convention.