THE NEWSROOM

Welcome to the New North Pitch Series in partnership with six local events hosted by collaborating partners. We look forward to hearing your idea! The top 1st and 2nd place winners from each of the six local contests will receive $1,000 and $500 respectively with...

Exact Sciences Corp. is working on a major expansion plan in Phoenix. The Madison-based cancer detection firm behind the Cologuard at-home cancer detection test is set to build a 250,000-square-foot facility and create more than 800 jobs, according to city of Phoenix...

In today’s technological world, you’d probably be surprised if you went to apply for a job and were told that you could only do so by filling out documents by hand and then faxing them over or dropping them off in person. That’s often the reality for workers looking...

A trio of cybersecurity and information technology professionals have come together to launch Madison-based Ghostscale, a full-service cybersecurity consultancy. Tina Chang, chief executive officer of Brookfield-based SysLogic and a member of BizTimes...

Wauwatosa-based health care provider Froedtert Health announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase health care provider Ascension Wisconsin’s interest in Menasha-based Network Health, a provider of commercial and Medicare health insurance plans....

A new study that ranks cities by the lowest average age of entrepreneurs across the nation's 50 largest metro areas has found that Milwaukee ranks among the youngest in the country. According to an analysis by online financial platform provider LendingTree, the...

Milwaukee Area Technical College is celebrating the grand opening of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Center at its downtown campus. The educational center, which officially opened on Friday in Building C of its campus at 700 W....

Haribo’s decision to build its first U.S. gummi bear plant in Kenosha rather than near Chicago was based partially on seeing smiling faces during a visit to the Brat Stop restaurant near Interstate 94. That visit came as Haribo of America leaders explored sites near...

A new collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Division of Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will bolster cybersecurity in the state. A memorandum of understanding signed on Sept. 15 by WEM...

We're thrilled to introduce the 8 companies in this Fall's Madworks Cohort. The Madworks Accelerator is a 11-week program, comprising tailored mentorship and building governance acumen. The program is industry agnostic. In addition to connecting companies to...

Delafield-based artificial intelligence startup Synthetaic and its flagship product, the Rapid Automatic Image Detection tool, have helped scientists working for The Nature Conservancy discover two species of seabird previously thought to be locally extinct. Arlington...

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) and Johnson Financial Group announced on Wednesday the top 16 products moving on in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest. Nearly 60,000 votes were cast for over 100 products during the contest’s popular vote round....

Are you interested in electric vehicles (EVs) but unsure where you would charge? MGE has added the first pole-mounted EV charging station to its network of more than 50 public charging stations! The charger—which is attached to an existing MGE utility pole—is located...