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Kohler Engines has donated more than 10,000 small engines to hundreds of educational institutions across the company.

Wisconsin firms raised more than $152 million in early stage funding in 2011, reflecting a record year for angel investments, but a decline in venture capital financing from 2010 totals, according to a report by the Wisconsin Angel Network (WAN).

The Milwaukee Brewers plan to unveil several minor modifications to Miller Park when the season starts on Opening Day on Friday, April 6.

Employees at Mortenson Construction’s job site at the University Wisconsin campus in Madison sprang into action on Wednesday, Feb. 29 as the life of a colleague depended on it.

Macy's officially opened its new store at Southridge Mall in Greendale today. Company spokeswoman Andrea Schwartz said, "We have wide aisles. It's very bright. We have all LED lighting. We even have sitting rooms. It makes it easy for our customers to come and take a seat and watch a little CNN while they get great fashion shows." For more, read the new edition of the BizTimes Real Estate Weekly.

The southeastern Wisconsin housing market continued its stellar start to 2012 in February, with sales increasing 24.8 percent in the metropolitan area, according to the latest numbers released today by the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).

The Italian Community Center recently selected a division of Marcus Investments LLC to do a feasibility study for the potential redevelopment of the ICC’s 15-acre property in the Historic Third Ward. The site includes the ICC building and its large parking lots to the south of the building, known as the Coachyards.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held last week to celebrate the completion of the 140-unit Beerline B Apartments development at the northeast corner of Commerce and Pleasant, just north of downtown Milwaukee.

Milwaukee restaurateur Russ Davis, who runs the Lakefront Palm Garden, The Red Accordian, Rio West Cantina and the Hubbard Park Lodge, plans to purchase a one-acre property with a 3,900-square-foot building at 1200 W. Canal St. in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley for $600,000. Davis plans to open a seafood restaurant in the building on the property.

SU Real Estate Group LP, led by Michael Polaski of SURG Restaurant Group, purchased a 119-year-old building at 216 N. Water St., Milwaukee, from Dupah LLC for $615,000.