THE NEWSROOM

Today marks a major milestone for clean energy in Wisconsin. Alliant Energy’s first utility-scale solar project is now operational. At 50 megawatts (MW), the Bear Creek Solar Project in Richland County is Wisconsin’s newest large-scale utility solar farm. The site can...

Within a 40-foot baby blue shipping container tucked along the sprawling campus of Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District’s South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Oak Creek, Paige Peters leads a small team looking to revolutionize the way municipalities around the...

Biocut Systems, a process automation company that helps bioscience companies advance their products from the laboratory to production, plans to move into a new headquarters complex to be built along the Commerce Center Parkway in Muskego. Biocut Systems, which does...

Milwaukee Area Technical College has received a $5 million gift to fund full-ride scholarships for students who need technical diplomas and certificates for employment in fields like manufacturing, IT and health care. The gift comes from Ellen and Joe Checota. Ellen...

It’s been almost a decade since The Water Council opened its Global Water Center at 247 Freshwater Way in Milwaukee, a facility dedicated to making the city and region the “Silicon Valley” of freshwater research and technology. While The Water Council’s goals for both...

In a strategic move to foster continued growth, Madison WI based Health eFilings, the national leader in clinical data analytics and automated MIPS reporting, announced its acquisition by Alpha II, LLC, enhancing automated services across its revenue cycle platform....

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Sisi Li, administrator for BioForward Wisconsin’s Women in Biohealth mentorship program. The program was launched to forge connections between women in biotechnology and other STEM fields through mentorships....

A Madison-based health tech startup called Voximetry will be heading to Silicon Valley next month to meet with potential investors after winning this year’s Pressure Chamber pitch contest. “We’ll have an opportunity to pitch our company there, and if we’re lucky,...

Looking toward the expansion of Biocut Systems in a new headquarters under construction in Muskego, Jerry Jendusa remembered buying the company about five years ago when it was a standard tool and die manufacturing shop. An early project after Jendusa’s BreakThru...

After the pandemic slashed ridership, public transit agencies in the state could recoup lost funds by going electric, but not all agencies can cover the upfront costs. In Milwaukee County, at least 11 new electric buses could start running by next June. The county’s...

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” attorney lawyer Ngosong Fonkem discusses the “seismic trade shift” in global supply chains caused by sanctions on Russia. Fonkem, a trade compliance specialist with Chicago law firm Page Fura, notes “this is the first time...

– Implementation of the NEW BOOST™ for Hidden Talent initiative with African Heritage Inc. and New North Inc., the regional economic development corporation for the 18 counties of Northeast Wisconsin, continues to ramp up with the impactful assistance of...

Health eFilings announced today that it has been acquired by Alpha II, a healthcare revenue cycle solution provider. According to a release, the combined entity will offer a platform of revenue cycle solutions and clinical data analytics, optimizing revenue integrity...

Milwaukee-based CrossKudi has been named as a semifinalist in Black Ambition’s second annual entrepreneurship contest in the category of Web 3.0. The Black Ambition Prize is a tiered opportunity to compete for $1 million and learn with a network of talented founders...

Cohl Carter-Wright goes to work and squashes bugs. Video game bugs to be specific. Carter-Wright is one of eight quality assurance testers at Experis Games located at its parent company headquarters of ManpowerGroup. For nearly two months, Carter-Wright and his...

After 2021's record-shattering year for U.S. startups, which saw year-over-year venture capital investments nearly double and mega deals of $50 million or more reach never-before-seen heights, 2022 has been a different story for startups. Instead of VC investments,...

Green Bay venture capital firm TitletownTech has invested in 23 startups as part of its first fund. And while it's reserving capital in the $25 million fund to double down on some of those companies, its first portfolio is complete. "We have made all the investments...

Fetch Rewards, America's No. 1 consumer-rewards app, has surpassed 5 million daily active users, according to engagement metrics from Data.ai. Adding over 1 million to that daily active user number in the past month alone, the company is seeing widespread interest and...

The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of July 2022. The state added 10,000 private-sector jobs and 9,900 total nonfarm jobs and the state's unemployment...