A 45-foot Ferris wheel is being assembled inside ACUITY’s corporate headquarters in Sheboygan in preparation for the company’s “Cirque du NICU,” a fundraiser to be hosted by the property and casualty insurer on Oct. 13.

Marcus Hotels & Resorts, under the Milwaukee-based Marcus Corporation, has expanded its Artist-in-Residence program from The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee to the corporation’s Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, Mo. and the Skirvin Hilton in Oklahoma City, Okla., according to an announcement by The Marcus Corporation Wednesday.

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BizTimes Media is accepting nominations for its annual Health Care Heroes Awards, which honor people in southeastern Wisconsin who are making a difference on the front lines of health care.

Amtrak announced today it carried more than 31.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2012 ending Sept. 30, marking the highest annual ridership total since the rail system started operations in 1971 and the ninth ridership record during the last ten years.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Wisconsin Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Awards.

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*Thursday, Oct. 11, the Milwaukee Film Festival concludes. Films to be shown include Nobody Else But You, Teddy Bear,...

*Saturday, Oct. 13, comedian Jerry Seinfeld will perform a stand-up routine at the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Avenue...

Stress is everywhere in the workplace. We all know that sleep, nutrition, and exercise play a role in stress reduction. But what else helps? Certainly not watching replacement refs make calls at the end of a Packer game.

Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., one of the world’s largest commercial real estate brokerage firms, today established an office in the Milwaukee area.