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As the nation’s cranberry growers continue to struggle financially despite a huge U.S. government purchase of the tart fruit announced last month, the Wisconsin cranberry industry is set up to survive the economic downturn and increase its market dominance, an industry expert said.

Milwaukee-based restaurant company Lowlands Group has announced it will sell its Trocadero Gastrobar on Milwaukee’s East Side.

An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded that employees working in a 40-degrees-below-zero Fahrenheit freezer at Birds Eye Foods Inc. in Darien were left in the cold.

Milk production in Wisconsin during October totaled 2.34 billion pounds, up 2 percent over the previous October, according to the latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Wisconsin farms and agribusinesses have exported almost $2.8 billion worth of products to 138 countries so far in 2014, an increase of 17 percent over the same period in 2013.

Chaz Hastings, owner of Old Town Inn & Von Rothenburg Bier Stube in Germantown, is planning to revitalize a historic nearby park.

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After seven years, Brocach Irish Pub and Restaurant, located at 1850 N. Water St. on Milwaukee’s East Side, will close its doors. A new establishment, called Red Lion Pub, will take over the space.

Wisconsin manufacturing companies added 5,796 jobs from July 2013 to July 2014, a 1 percent increase. It’s the third annual manufacturing jobs gain for the state, according to the 2015 Wisconsin Manufacturers Register.

A Russian beverage company said Thursday it is acquiring the Pabst Brewing Company, which produces Milwaukee legacy beer Pabst Blue Ribbon and other brands such as Colt 45 and Old Milwaukee.