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Menomonee Falls-based Sattell, Johnson, Appel & Co., S.C., Certified Public Accounting Firm and Advisors to Business, has added Shannon Thurner as director of operations for SJA Financial Advisory, LLC.

Waukesha Metal Products

Sussex-based Waukesha Metal Products has earned the Seven Seals Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a volunteer agency under the United States Department of Defense. The national award recognizes the manufacturing company's continued support of individuals serving in the Armed Forces. The award features the emblems of the Unites States' seven Reserve Components and displays in part, "For meritorious leadership and initiative in support of the men and women who serve America in the National Guard and Reserve."

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