Newsmakers of the Year 2025
The Daily Reporter celebrated 47 Newsmakers of the Year in 24 categories during an awards and networking event on Oct. 8 at Potawatomi Casino Hotel in Milwaukee. The event honors […]
In the Lead: Best Women Owned Businesses 2025
WELCOME TO THE BEST WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES LIST Every quarter, The Daily Reporter features its In the Lead series, a who’s-who of pioneering companies and the leaders who run them. The […]
Best Women Owned Businesses: Amy Hacker
Amy Hacker is the owner of White Buffalo Trucking, LLC, a women-owned construction trucking business with 12 years in the industry.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Katie Bilich
Katie Bilich, president of C.M. Morris Group Inc., has spent the past decade building on her family’s construction legacy.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Jessie Cannizzaro
Jessie Cannizzaro, owner of Milestone Plumbing, takes every chance she gets to inspire girls and boys to become the next generation of plumbers.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Jacquelyn Elder
Jacquelyn Elder, founder of ZoKa Solutions, has been recognized with a women-owned construction business award for her leadership and impact in the industry.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Elizabeth Hayes-Kotecki
Elizabeth Hayes-Kotecki is the owner and president of Patriot Fence, a Sussex-based company she founded with her husband in 2012.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Jennifer Anderson
Jennifer Anderson, owner of Lock & Key Enterprise LLC, has built her career on resilience, vision and community service. With five years in the construction industry, she has led her […]
Best Women Owned Businesses: Diane Hendricks
Diane Hendricks is chairwoman and co-founder of ABC Supply, the nation’s largest distributor of roofing materials and a leading supplier of siding, windows, gutter, wallboard, metal framing and ceiling tiles.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Dawn McIntosh
Dawn McIntosh, president and CEO of CLE Consulting LLC, has spent 36 years in the construction industry. She is a certified state builder and holds a certification in aging in place.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Jennifer Podevels-Cianciolo
Jennifer Podevels-Cianciolo, president and owner of Best Erectors Inc., has spent 20 years in the construction industry and now leads her company with a focus on family, legacy and hard work.
Best Women Owned Businesses: Jeannie Lauret
Jeannie Lauret is the owner of Menomonee Falls-based Duwe Metal Products Inc., a family-owned and operated custom fabricator.
Today’s News
- Kraus-Anderson will deliver first phase of $175M Big Bend sports complex
- Long-delayed Milwaukee boutique hotel plans show signs of life
- I-794 bridge improvements starting in Milwaukee
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of May 4, 2026
- Construction worker killed in lumber pile collapse in West Bend
- Milwaukee to Madison train line to cost $200M with state help
- I-794 removal could see $500M in development, but more crashes
- Cobalt Partners changes up its Third Ward moving plans
- State program releases $135M for local roads
- Eau Claire approves $270M biomanufacturing facility deal
- Manitowoc port development gets $20 million boost
- Mark Hammond, Wauwatosa development director, will leave for nonprofit job
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)



















