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Frontier Airlines drops most change fees amid pricing overhaul
Frontier Airlines, which launched two new routes from Milwaukee last week, is leaning into a pair of new federal rules that respond to record-level airline complaints.<\p> The Denver-based airline Friday unveiled a “New Frontier” that promises more transparency and better customer service.<\p>
Festa Italiana to focus on Sicily, food, wine for 2024 festival
Festa Italiana returns to Henry Maier Festival Park on May 31 for the first time since 2019, and with it comes a range of changes in attempt to increase attendance and get out of the red.<\p> The Italian cultural festival has been hosted on the grounds of the Italian Community Center for the 2022 and 2023 editions. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the festival in 2020 and 2021. The festival has operated at a financial loss since before the pandemic.<\p>
Wine distributor starts small with a big league name — Dusty Baker
Big League Distributing LLC has a double meaning behind its name for the three partners launching the Mequon business.<\p> For co-founders of Big League Distributing — James Burnett, Larry Hisle Jr. and Kris Mehta — the sports reference is obvious since their first product is coming from California’s Baker Family Wines, co-owned by former Major League Baseball player and manager Dusty Baker and winemaker Chik Brenneman.<\p>
Are investors re-entering the housing market after two-year retreat?
Investors could be launching a bit of a comeback in the U.S. housing market — although the reversal of fortunes comes amid a strategy shift for many investors in the face of low inventory. <\p> Purchases by investors grew 0.5% on a year-over-year basis in Q1, according to analysis by Redfin Corp. (Nasdaq: RDFN). Redfin defines an investor as any buyer whose name includes LLC, Inc., Trust, Corp. or Homes, or any buyer whose ownership code on a purchasing deed includes association, corporate trustee, company, joint venture or corporate trust.<\p>
Cranes in the sky show area construction firms are busy: The List
With multiple cranes in the sky in downtown Milwaukee and numerous large-scale builds underway throughout the metro, area construction firms have no shortage of work. <\p> The area's largest construction companies are working on high-profile projects like Northwestern Mutual's $500 million north office building modernization, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's $78 million renovation, a $26 million neonatal intensive care unit at ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital and a $153 million cancer research building for the Medical College of Wisconsin.<\p>
Sushi restaurant planned at Crossroads Collective food hall
A new location of the Colorado-based Awi Sushi is expected to open at the Crossroads Collective food hall this summer.<\p> The location would be the second in Milwaukee in 2024. A first, owned by Cheraty Par, opened in March at 755 N. Water St., inside the space occupied previously by The Dogg Haus, which closed in 2020.<\p>
Another local grocery store will reportedly shut its doors
The Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Brookfield is reportedly closing after more than a decade in that spot.<\p> The Elmbrook Plaza location, at 2315 N. 124th St., will close June 15, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report. The store opened in 2012.<\p>
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