Master Lock Co.'s 26-acre former industrial complex was sold for $2.6 million. The site's new operator, St. Louis-based Commercial Development Co., plans to redevelop it for industrial businesses.

A century ago, Harry Soref had an idea for a new product: a tough but affordable lock. The Russian, Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrant approached family and friends in Milwaukee and asked if they would ...

Master Lock’s world headquarters in Oak Creek is closing, affecting the 100-plus employees who work at the facility. The closure is part of a consolidation of offices by Fortune Brands Innovations, ...

In recent weeks, President Obama has repeatedly celebrated the “insourcing” of jobs to a Master Lock factory in the Midwestern city of Milwaukee. The factory, the president has said, is a model of his ...

There are many sites around Milwaukee that were once home to large, buzzing industrial centers, employing hundreds, sometimes thousands of neighborhood folks, and we lament their shuttering and the ...

MILWAUKEE — President Barack Obama is using the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing to make an economic case for his re-election, touring factory floors and promoting a made-in-America message that ...

The first-floor hallway at Clarke Street School is lined with lockers and painted light pink. There’s a large sign hung from duct tape with students’ names that reads, “I pledge to stick together ...