Hilary Dickinson
Wisconsin added 6,500 manufacturing jobs in the past year
Wisconsin added 6,516 industrial jobs from July 2014 to July 2015, representing an increase of 1.1 percent. This is the fourth consecutive year manufacturing employment increased in Wisconsin.
Bruno’s mobility products help people stay on the move
Bruno Independent Living Aids Inc.
1780 Executive Drive, Oconomowoc
Industry: Metal fabrication
Employees: 350
www.bruno.com
Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults have a disability, with disability in mobility the most...
Making running a social affair
Patrick Bieser, president and founder of Shorewood-based Northwoods Software Development Inc., does more than run his own company.
He runs approximately 40 miles a week,...
Arrowhead High School opens manufacturing, engineering center
Arrowhead High School in Hartland opened its new 10,000-square-foot design engineering manufacturing center earlier this month. The hands-on learning center is designed to jumpstart high school students’ interest, engagement and skill level in manufacturing and engineering careers.
Aurora report shows weight management is top aging concern
Aurora Health Care’s Quarterly Health of Wisconsin Report found that 31 percent of Wisconsin residents indicated weight management as their top concern as they age, supporting recent reports of rising obesity rates in the state.
Making running a social affair
Patrick Bieser, president and founder of Shorewood-based Northwoods Software Development Inc., does more than run his own company.
He runs approximately 40 miles a week, and is the president of the Milwaukee Running Group – OMG, an organization that celebrated its one-year anniversary on Sept. 1. (OMG stands for the Original Milwaukee Running Group; the “R” is silent.)
“There's other running groups in the area that are much larger than us, but they don't have a friend basis,” Bieser said. “Ours is friends and fun and social on equal parts with running.”
He runs approximately 40 miles a week, and is the president of the Milwaukee Running Group – OMG, an organization that celebrated its one-year anniversary on Sept. 1. (OMG stands for the Original Milwaukee Running Group; the “R” is silent.)
“There's other running groups in the area that are much larger than us, but they don't have a friend basis,” Bieser said. “Ours is friends and fun and social on equal parts with running.”
Bruno’s mobility products help people stay on the move
Bruno Independent Living Aids Inc. 1780 Executive Drive, Oconomowoc Industry: Metal fabrication Employees: 350www.bruno.com Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults have a disability, with disability...
Johnson Controls to cut 3,000 employees
Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. announced today it is planning to reduce its global salaried workforce by as many as 3,000 people, or 2.5 percent of total employees, over the next two years.
Aurora, West Allis Fire Department aim to reduce hospital readmissions
Aurora West Allis Medical Center and the West Allis Fire Department have launched a community paramedic program to help reduce hospital readmission for senior citizens in the Milwaukee suburb.
Ruekert & Mielke opens location in Global Water Center
Waukesha-based civil engineering firm Ruekert & Mielke Inc. moved into Milwaukee's Global Water Center on Sept. 1, making it its fourth branch location.
Children’s Hospital opens sibling care room
The Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is opening a new state-of-the-art sibling care room called Playroom of Hope. It was made possible through fundraising efforts of the Wallace family, whose daughter Nevaeh Wallace received care at the Children's Hospital before dying from a severe heart defect.
MillerCoors to shift work to Milwaukee following N.C. brewery closure
MillerCoors announced on Monday that it plans to close its Eden, N. C., brewery, where approximately 520 employees work, by September 2016. Some of the products currently produced in Eden will be transitioned to Milwaukee over the next 12 months, but it is not yet known if any jobs will be created here.