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The story of how one teacher is tackling distance learning and what two critical elements you should know as an educator or parent
The news came with about one hour left in the school day that we would be teaching virtually and not be returning face to face with students until April 14 at the earliest. And now the situation has changed to "indefinitely".
Brew City Match to offer $1,200 grants, 0% interest loans to small businesses in certain parts of Milwaukee
Brew City Match will offer a total of $150,000 in loans and grants to help small businesses in certain parts of Milwaukee overcome closures and temporary revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resource guide for Milwaukee-area small businesses impacted by COVID-19
The Milwaukee Business Journal, along with parent company American City Business Journals, is compiling a Small Business Resource Guide to assist during these challenging times.
Students at UWM, UW-Madison team up for success in creating zero-energy houses
UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison may be rivals on the basketball court, but students can team up in an energy competition. For the fifth year in a row, a group of architecture students from UWM and engineering students from UW-Madison are working together to design a house...
Brookfield firm makes ‘virtual triage’ tech free to hospitals prepping for surge of COVID-19 patients
EmOpti Inc., a Brookfield-based tech company that developed telepresence software to help doctors perform an initial, virtual triage of patients to decrease wait times in emergency rooms, is making its technology free to health care networks across the country over...
WEDC Creates Grant for Small Businesses
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is providing $5 million in funding through its Small Business 20/20 program that provides grants to targeted businesses throughout Wisconsin to help offset losses related to coronavirus response measures, the...
Meet the Milwaukee Entrepreneur Developing a Hair Stylist Marketplace
Milwaukee entrepreneur Chantel Teague is building an app-based marketplace for hair stylists to connect with clients in real-time. Teague, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate, launched her company StyleQ, just over two years ago. Through her app, a stylist...
New technology lets anyone experience what sensory issues are like
Imagine you are unable to feel the tips of your fingers, have blurred vision or are hard of hearing. There is a sensory kit that local company Home Instead Senior Care wants everyone to know about. The Cedarburg company's general manager spoke to us last Tuesday,...
Amazon to hire 100,000 more workers, including hundreds in Wisconsin, amid COVID-19 pandemic
Amazon.com Inc. has its own economic stimulus plan for the global pandemic that has ground the economy to a near halt: hire 100,000 new workers and give laid-off and furloughed hospitality workers jobs delivering Prime packages.
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