Economy

The Wisconsin Technical College System is growing at a time when four-year universities are largely struggling with enrollment. Dual enrollment programs are one reason.

Foxconn has paid the Village of Mount Pleasant nearly $30 million in “makeup payments” since 2024, according to the village’s spokesperson. 

Waukesha-based Generac is opening a new manufacturing plant in Sussex that will employ more than 100 factory workers, the company announced Monday.

A growing number of Yemeni coffee shops have opened up in the Milwaukee area over the past several months.

American agriculture relies on foreign workers, and that workforce is already stretched thin. With Trump’s immigration crackdown set to expand next year, some farmers fear that workers will be even harder to find.

A Marshfield-based company founded by a Civil War veteran is in danger of closing and laying off 107 employees next month if its assets aren’t sold.

As the cost of everything, especially energy, increases, nonprofit organizations stockpile wood to help neighbors stay warm through winter.

The Boulder Junction Town Park board, along with more than a dozen volunteers, created The Glide. It’s an 0.8-mile long trail through a portion of the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest that the town uses as its Winter Park.

A small business in Mount Horeb recently launched a new cream liqueur that’s already in more than 50 locations across the state.

ATECH students like hands-on classes, enroll in paid apprenticeships and collect free college credit before continuing on to trade school. But the school has struggled to attract students, combat a persistent stigma around technical education and afford equipment and tools.