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Nearly $500,000 in grants to help local, regional initiatives for Wisconsin startups. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) announced that 11 organizations have been awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to help develop or expand innovative programs aimed at advancing the climate for entrepreneurship throughout the state. The grants are being awarded as part of WEDC’s new Entrepreneurship Support pilot program and will help fund activities such as the promotion of entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial education, mentorship and training; and business development and financial services. “Much of the economic growth the state has experienced over the last six years is a result...

Claim period ends on January 31, with consumers urged to file claims for reimbursement for overpriced milk and other dairy products. Consumers in 15 states and the District of Columbia who purchased dairy products have been entitled to a portion of a $52 million settlement, culminating a massive antitrust lawsuit filed against the nation’s largest dairy producers. It was alleged that they artificially inflated the price of milk and other dairy products by killing hundreds of thousands of cows. The suit was originally filed in 2011 against big name food conglomerates, agribusinesses, and the nation’s largest dairy producers. These...

The main characters of the book are also homeless, with the plot bringing attention a very real plight against a fantasy fiction backdrop. Faulty Bones is a fantasy romance novel where love-struck gamblers navigate between mobsters and a supernatural force in a battle to get their worlds back on track. It is the first book published by Joe Fraser, president of Russ Darrow Leasing. From the first 2,000 books sold, Fraser has pledged double his royalties to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission. The novel’s hero and heroine are both homeless, a plight that Fraser feels is not understood by the...