COVID-19

The deadline to apply for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s COVID-19 relief grant has been extended, the WEDC announced yesterday.

Jolted by the COVID-19, the 2020 Democratic National Convention, originally expected to bring 50,000 visitors, national and and international media attention and provide a $250 million economic impact to Milwaukee, has officially been reduced to a mostly virtual event, officials announced Wednesday.

Wisconsinites are growing more comfortable with the idea of returning to a wide-range of activities that have been limited during the coronavirus outbreak, according to the latest Marquette University Law School poll.

Port Milwaukee will not welcome any passenger cruise ships this summer, because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Six of eight headliners scheduled to perform at this year’s Summerfest will perform instead at the 2021 festival, Milwaukee World Festival Inc. announced today. 

Work to restore the Oriental Theatre on Milwaukee’s East Side will continue this summer while the theater remains closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Discovery World will cut 55 jobs from across multiple department in order to maintain museum operations, the science and technology nonprofit announced Monday.

Marquette University is suspending its employer contributions to the university's retirement plan, reducing leaders' salaries and implementing other cost-cutting measures to close current and future budget shortfalls.

Total Wine & More is moving forward with plans to open a store at Bayshore shopping center in Glendale late this summer.

Medtronic plc and Foxconn Industrial Internet on Thursday announced a plan to make 10,000 ventilators at Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant Wisconn Valley Science and Technology Park.