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The downtown Milwaukee condo market, which has been in a major downturn since the Great Recession, is showing signs of life.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. today unveiled two new Husqvarna pressure washers it is manufacturing.

In celebration of its 5th anniversary, Milwaukee Food Tours will host a Milwaukee Foodie Scavenger hunt beginning on Friday, May 4.

A collective sigh of relief came out of the Milwaukee County Courthouse when Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic was appointed by her peers to be the new county board chair, succeeding the often confrontational and controversial Lee Holloway.

Green Bay-based Lexington Homes Inc. plans to build a 176-unit apartment development on a 9.8-acre site south of Prairie Ridge Boulevard, between 91st and 94th Avenues, in the Prairie Ridge subdivision in Pleasant Prairie. The site is southeast of St. Catherine’s Medical Center.

Promontory Point Capital, a Milwaukee investment banking boutique, has served as financial advisor for QuickCable, which was recently acquired by Tonka Bay.

A suit brought by Milwaukee headphone manufacturer Koss Corporation against Milwaukee-based Park Bank moved forward Monday following a hearing in the case.

Badger Meter held its annual shareholder meeting Friday at Racine Federated Inc. in Racine, which the company acquired on January 31.

Milwaukee manufacturer Super Steel LLC has recruited and trained its first class of new employees through a partnership with Milwaukee Area Technical College and Wauwatosa staffing firm Aerotek.

When I talk with job providers about how Wisconsin ranks as a place to do business, they give our state good marks for having a hard-working, innovative workforce, a strong education system, good infrastructure and a high quality of life. They also say that a competitive tax structure is an important part of creating a good business climate.