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Madison, WI. (October 3, 2022) -- Old National Bank celebrated its first Better Together Volunteer Days of service on September 28th and 29th. The two-day event provided staff across Old National’s seven-state footprint the opportunity to volunteer together in the communities where they live and work.  Team members throughout our markets partnered with community organizations to...

MADISON, Wis. – Heidi Conrad, an experienced fiscal strategy leader devoted to education and health care, will become the next chief financial officer of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.             She will guide the financial health of the school and direct its fiscal management...

West Bend, Wis. – Today, Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld toured the West Bend Riverwalk project and downtown businesses as part of a visit to highlight state investments. Governor Tony Evers made a combined $5.1 million investment in small businesses in the City of West Bend as part of overall pandemic relief efforts, and Washington County...

MADISON – Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association – celebrates each October as Manufacturing Month and the first Friday of the month as Manufacturing Day.  Throughout October, WMC, its members and partners, and communities throughout the state will recognize the importance of manufacturing to Wisconsin’s economy. Manufacturing contributes $68...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative today announced the hiring of Shawn Wesener as a data collection specialist to work on the cooperative’s sustainability programs. Wesener has a professional background in agriculture and public planning. As a certified crop adviser, he most recently served as a precision agriculture specialist for Country Visions...

At the same time the US Forest Service was celebrating National Public Lands Day on September 24, 2022 by waiving Day Use Fees for entry into the National Forest; Toronto, Canada based GreenLight Metals filed a Notice of Intent to Drill for copper and gold on public land in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The deposit is located...

MADISON, Wis. – As Wisconsin welcomes the world to America’s Dairyland for the World Dairy Expo, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is again accepting applications for export expansion grants. Applications may be submitted through November 16, 2022. These grants are funded through the Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports, a program proposed in...

Beaver Dam, Wis. – Today, Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld toured downtown businesses with Mayor Becky Glewen, Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce, and representatives from Downtown Beaver Dam, Inc., as part of a visit to highlight state investments. Governor Tony Evers made a combined $4.7 million investment in small businesses in the City of Beaver Dam...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Wisconsin dairy farmers are reporting notifications from some cooperatives and milk buyers that new ‘market adjustments’ will be deducted from their milk checks. For example, farmers are reporting they will be seeing from $0.90 per hundredweight up to $2.50+ per hundredweight market adjustments which will be deducted from the September milk checks and continue...

MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 3, 2022)—Summit Credit Union announced today the completion of its purchase of Commerce State Bank, headquartered in West Bend, Wis., in the largest credit union acquisition of a bank in the state’s history and one of the largest in the country. The combined company has assets over $6 billion and 54...

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., will re-open six of their Answer Center locations to provide Wisconsin residents with another option to get their Medicare or Health Insurance Marketplace coverage questions answered. The Health Plan is also opening new Answer Center locations in Beaver Dam and Weston. Security Health Plan Answer Centers...

MADISON, WIS. – The winning Senior Three-Year-Old Cow, Ms. Triple-T Grateful-ET, took home Intermediate and Grand Champion titles at the 2022 International Junior Holstein Show at World Dairy Expo®. Owner Colton Thomas of North Lewisburg, Ohio received the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and the Lillian & Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of...

MADISON, WIS. – Heavenly Zora-ET had a tremendous day as she swept the International Junior Milking Shorthorn Show by taking home the Senior and Grand Champion titles, the $500 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and the Lillian and Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of the Junior Show at World Dairy Expo®. Zora, shown by...

MADISON, WIS. – Lazy M Wildside Genette-EXP, owned by Peter Vail of Englewood, Florida, was tapped Intermediate and Grand Champion of the International Milking Shorthorn Show. Genette earned the $1000 Udder Comfort Grand Champion Cash Award and took home the Allen Hetts Grand Champion Trophy along with her titles. First named Senior Champion and then Reserve Grand...