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Essentia Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System announced today they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate how the two organizations might combine to form an integrated regional health system.  Both organizations have complementary geographies and capabilities, which provides an opportunity to collectively enhance the level of care in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and...

SUSSEX – Wangard Partners, Inc. (Wangard), a Milwaukee-based full-service real estate company, announced that the Highlands Business Park development is now approaching its final stages of infrastructure build. Located at the northwest corner of Highway 164 and CTH K, the development will substantially complete the current phase of infrastructure for the Business Park in November, including a...

KAUKAUNA, Wis.  – Tundraland Home Improvements, a Wisconsin-based home remodeling company specializing in baths, walk-in showers and decks, is looking to make a child’s dream come true by sending them to music school. Tundraland is famous for its Singing in the Shower booth outside the Hilton Paper Valley Hotel in downtown Appleton during Mile of Music, a festival...

The head of UW-River Falls’ Dairy Pilot Plant says the renovated facility, due to reopen this spring, will have three times as much production capacity.  In an interview yesterday, plant manager Michelle Farner explained the university’s Dairy Pilot Plant first came online in 1982 as a laboratory for food science and dairy science courses....

-- The head of UW-River Falls’ Dairy Pilot Plant says the renovated facility, due to reopen this spring, will have three times as much production capacity.  In an interview yesterday, plant manager Michelle Farner explained the university’s Dairy Pilot Plant first came online in 1982 as a laboratory for food science and dairy science...

An international trade expert says company leaders need to build a “culture of trade compliance” to avoid the pitfalls associated with importing and exporting overseas.  Margaret Lange, compliance director for Milwaukee logistics firm M.E. Dey & Co., discussed this topic yesterday during a webinar hosted by the Madison International Trade Association. She warned participants...

MADISON, WIS. – World Dairy Expo hosted 672 participating companies during its 55th event featuring booths of all shapes and sizes. At the conclusion of this year’s event, three booths of varying sizes were recognized with Outstanding Booth Awards, presented by Econoprint. These awards are given to companies or organizations with a strong presentation and promotion of a product,...

MADISON, WIS. – Keenan Thygesen of Tunbridge, Vermont, was named the 18th Merle Howard Award winner at the 55th World Dairy Expo on Friday, October 7. “Hard-working” and “a can-do attitude” are two descriptions for this year’s Merle Howard Award Winner. In 4-H, Thygesen served as secretary, vice president, and then president of his club. As his 4-H career...

MADISON, WIS. – The 2022 A.C. “Whitie” Thomson Memorial Award was presented to Timothy Coon of Amenia, New York, during World Dairy Expo 2022. Whitie Thomson was known for his exemplary leadership and sportsmanship in the Showring. This honor is awarded to a herdsman or showman that exhibits the same attributes the A.C. “Whitie” Thomson Memorial Award was founded...

MARSHFIELD – Marshfield Clinic Research Institute is the sole participant from the United States’ Midwest in a worldwide Pfizer Phase 3 clinical trial, Vaccine Against Lyme for Outdoor Recreationists (VALOR), to investigate the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of their investigational Lyme disease vaccine candidate, VLA15. Lyme disease is a common illness caused by a...

DELAVAN, Wis. (Oct. 11, 2022) – Scherrer Construction Co., Inc., a full-service general contractor and construction management firm, in partnership with Blue Design Group LLC, and Point of Beginning, Inc. recently completed the construction of Borg Stadium for Delavan-Darien School District in Delavan, Wisconsin.  The 8,000-square-foot facility features a synthetic turf multi-use field, separate natural turf practice fields,...