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A semester of simulation success
For the past 15 years of her teaching career, Diane Dressler, a clinical assistant professor in Marquette University's College of Nursing, has often relied on low-level equipment and even pictures to teach her students about medical devices like ventilators.
New hotels will open downtown in 2013
Two new hotels will open in downtown Milwaukee this year, where another new hotel opened in late 2012. Meanwhile, construction will continue this year on yet another new hotel near downtown.
Signs of hope in Dashboard Survey
Readers responding to the second annual BizTimes Dashboard Survey are roughly just as optimistic about their companies' future for 2013 as they were heading into 2012.
Haynor to lead national hospice organization
Mary Haynor, president and chief executive officer of Brown Deer-based Horizon Home Care & Hospice, has been elected secretary of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) for 2013 and 2014.
Northwestern Mutual targets ‘career changers’
Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. announced it will extend its hiring binge into 2013 with plans to add 5,500 financial professionals this year.
71
The number of Wisconsin counties that have part-time county board members is 71. Milwaukee County is the only county in the state that pays board members for full-time work. County Executive Chris Abele wants to see a voter referendum to decide.
Midwest Stairs has hand in big projects
Milwaukee-based Midwest Stairs and Iron Inc. only had a couple of jobs under its belt before the Great Recession hit. But that adversity has helped the company learn to roll with the punches.
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Understand the business side of social media
Integrating social media with brand strategy is the new normal. While it takes talent to tell a story in 140 characters, it's important to understand the evolving business behind each social media platform. This includes anticipating how the decisions made by social media companies affect users and the way a brand engages with them.
The whistleblower
For 35 years, Tom Kissinger, vice president, general counsel and secretary at Milwaukee-based The Marcus Corp., has spent many of his nights as the target of screaming basketball fans.
Planning after the fiscal cliff deal
Now that Congress allowed us to fall over the fiscal cliff, but quickly passed legislation to remedy many of the adverse tax consequences, it is time to focus on what actions you should take regarding your estate planning. Anyone who considered doing significant planning at the end of 2012 but didn't, for whatever reason, missed one of the most favorable planning environments ever and the chance to save millions.
Mequon Town Center
WiRED Properties and Shaffer Development plan to build a $16 million, five-building, mixed-use development northwest of Mequon and Cedarburg roads in the Mequon Town Center district. The developers plan to demolish two single-family homes, a gas station and an American Legion Post building on the site. Then they plan to build five new buildings: two four-story mixed use buildings with ground floor retail space and apartments on the upper floors, one a 39,000-square-foot building with 3,300 square feet of retail space and the other a 36,000-square-foot building with 8,800 square feet of retail space; a two-story 12,800-square-foot restaurant building; a single-story, 8,400-square-foot build-to-suit commercial building; and a new 3,250-square-foot American Legion Post building. The developers are negotiating with Milwaukee-based Lowlands Group and Atlerra Coffee Roasters to anchor the project.
