THE NEWSROOM

One of Madison’s first biotech companies is downsizing following the announcement that its parent company will cease efforts to commercialize its signature invention, a lab-engineered skin patch designed to help burn victims heal. Stratatech Corporation was founded in...

Nine organizations working to support entrepreneurs have been awarded more than $1 million in the latest rounds of Entrepreneurship Partner Grants from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). “Wisconsin’s economy is strong and growing thanks in part to...

Schneider National, Inc., a multimodal transportation, intermodal and logistics services provider, has been named to TIME’s inaugural list of the World’s Best Companies. All companies on the list, including Schneider, were evaluated based on the analysis of three...

Involta, a colocation, hybrid IT and managed services firm, is expanding its reach into Northeast Wisconsin with the purchase of a data center in the Village of Harrison. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company purchased a facility on a 24.5-acre site formerly owned by...

Grocery store customers should expect to see more self-checkout lanes and robots doing stocking and inventory tasks, according to the head of the Wisconsin Grocers Association. In a message published recently by the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s Wisconsin Economic...

Whitewater-based RoofMarketplace, an online marketplace platform used by insurance carriers and roofing contractors to fulfill roofing claims, has opened a $2 million funding round, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC filing...

The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters announced Danielle Harms as director of letters. In this role, Harms will serve as editor of the academy’s signature publication, Wisconsin People & Ideas (WP&I) magazine, lead the WP&I Poetry &...

The new year is shaping up as a critical juncture in Wisconsin's clean energy transition. New utility-scale solar farms, a coal plant decommissioning, a growing embrace of backup battery power and an electric vehicle charging network are all in the works, representing...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Dr. John Raymond, president and CEO of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Raymond shares his perspective on the state’s health care workforce challenges as well as efforts to address them, public health trends...

The closures of three Universities of Wisconsin branch campuses have left empty buildings and hundreds of acres of unused land in Richland, Washington and Fond du Lac counties. A proposed GOP bill could give those communities $2 million to redevelop the former...

Madison’s Stratatech Crop. announced in a recent WARN notice that its facilities located at 505 S. Rosa Road, Suites 14A and 14D; 510 Charmany Drive, Suites 150–173; and 535 and 545 Science Drive, Suite A will undergo a mass layoff commencing on Jan. 9. The employment...

Verona resident Libby Belden and her husband chose to buy an electric vehicle almost a year ago. But as Green Bay Packers season ticket holders, they’ve run into hurdles trying to attend games at Lambeau Field. Belden has tickets to two regular season games each...

The five-year study will provide state-of-the-art imaging and blood-based biomarkers for researchers around the world to study and advance the field of Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The work is also designed to shed light on mixed dementia, where more than one...