BMO Harris Bank today announced it is donating $750,000 over three years to United Way of Greater Milwaukee to promote healthy birth outcomes and reduce the city's infant mortality rate.

Facing significant capacity constraints in surgical, outpatient and inpatient care areas, Froedtert Hospital will move forward with plans to construct a new building and renovate existing space on its academic medical center campus in Wauwatosa.

Allied Plastics Inc. will be saluted as 2012 Business of the Year by the Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) and the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce.

Bevco Engineering Company Inc. in Sussex is investing more than $680,000 to add equipment to its facility and create up to 21 new jobs.

BMO Harris Bank on Thursday announced layoffs of 37 employees at its Mortgage Investment Management location at W57 N14280 Doerr Way in Cedarburg.

John Schlifske, chairman and chief executive officer of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc., will deliver the keynote speech at Marquette University College of Business Administration’s annual Business Leaders Forum luncheon, which will take place Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 11:30 a.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.

A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down the law Gov. Scott Walker used to effectively end collective bargaining rights for most public workers in the state.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Vice Chancellor Joan Prince has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as an Alternate Representative of the United States to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Illinois posted the highest foreclosure rate in the nation in August, with one of every 298 homes receiving a foreclosure notice, according to a report issued Thursday.

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Mark Niehaus to symphony president and executive director Wednesday. Niehaus, who will assume the leadership role beginning in the 2012-'13 season, has served as principal trumpet of the MSO since 1998.

Alverno College has been named as one of the top four Midwest schools for its “strong commitment to teaching” in U.S. News & World Report's 2013 America's Best Colleges guidebook, according to an announcement from the college on Wednesday.