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Riverwest Townhomes

Construction began recently for a $4.5 million, 31-unit townhouse project, being built by developers Tim Gokhman and Ann Shuk, in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood.

Retirement plan options for small businesses

Retirement plan setup and maintenance can prove to be a confusing and costly undertaking for any small business. Small business owners looking for a low-cost, low-maintenance opportunity to establish a retirement plan can utilize the Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) or Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan rules to take advantage of valuable tax savings today while providing a future benefit for themselves and their employees at retirement.

Red Rock romance

While the traditional anniversary gift often includes some sort of diamond-studded bracelet or necklace, Grant Sommer presented his wife, Laura, with a much bigger rock for their anniversary this year.

Google+ can be a marketing weapon

What would you think if I told you there was a social media network that had 359 million active individual users (up 33 percent in less than a year) and 135 million business listings, and yet nobody you knew was using it? Would you be excited to use it? What if I told you it was managed by the biggest search engine out there and that they were pouring resources into integrating it into every service they owned?

“Anatomy of a Lean Leader”

Have you ever wondered what a 'lean' leader is? Did you know that President Abraham Lincoln applied lean practices?
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$13 million

Gov. Scott Walker recently announced a plan to spend $13 million on the Wisconsin Walleye Initiative, including $8 million to expand capacity at hatcheries. The Wisconsin Conservation Congress calls the plan an investment in the state's “sporting heritage, tourism and local economies.”

Committee approves Walker plan to authorize sale of state properties

The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee has approved a controversial bill that would allow governor to lease or sell state-owned properties – including the Capitol – without soliciting bids for the transaction.

Dan Callies, president of Oak Creek Plumbing Inc.

What was the smartest thing your company did in the past year?


"We 'righted' our company, meaning we right-sized it. As positions became vacant, we did not fill them. We utilized our existing staff to take on more and diverse responsibilities.

Citizens make suggestions for downtown Greendale

The Village Center Ad Hoc Committee recently gathered more than two dozen ideas to improve downtown Greendale.

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