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MADISON, WIS – World Dairy Expo® welcomed 463 competitors to the colored shavings for the Youth Showmanship Contest on Sunday, October 2. Youth from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pennsylvania rose to the top in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Divisions, respectively. Winning the Junior Division out of 156 participants was Cameron Ryan of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin....

DWD Chief Economist Dennis Winters expects manufacturing employment in Wisconsin to exceed pre-pandemic levels in the near future.  In an interview Friday, Winters said it “might be a couple months” before that occurs.  “The outstanding thing that we don’t know about yet is what the general economy is going to be...

-- DWD Chief Economist Dennis Winters expects manufacturing employment in Wisconsin to exceed pre-pandemic levels in the near future.  In an interview Friday, Winters said it “might be a couple months” before that occurs.  “The outstanding thing that we don’t know about yet is what the general economy is going to...

MADISON, WIS. – Virginia Tech finished first among fifteen schools in the 101st National Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at World Dairy Expo®. The Virginia Tech team, who finished with a score of 2,479, placed first for reasons, second in placings, and had the second and fourth overall individuals, Madison Sifford with a...

MADISON, WIS. – Pennsylvania took the top honors in the 100th National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at World Dairy Expo®. The Pennsylvania team members Ellie Curtis, Sara Haag, Madelynn Hoffman and Morgan Smoker were coached by Chad Dechow. The second-overall team, by a margin of 44 points, was the Michigan team of Grace Brown, Laken Durussel, Brianna...

MADISON, WIS. – The 55th World Dairy Expo began Sunday, October 2, 2022, with youth judging contests, where SUNY Cobleskill secured a first-place win as the overall team in the International Post-Secondary Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. The team consisted of Karrie Ayer, Addison Hubbell, Kailey Kuhn and Kyler Meisner coached by Carrie Edsall. Kaskaskia College followed as the...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Oct. 2, 2022)— Hundreds of trained American Red Cross disaster workers are helping 24-7 across several states to support people facing the massive destruction left behind by Hurricane Ian.    “People’s lives were turned upside down by this massive storm,” said Mark Thomas, CEO and Regional Executive for the Red Cross of Wisconsin. “They...

MADISON, Wis. (September 30, 2022) – With major advances in the transition to creating safe, clean renewable energy generation, Alliant Energy announces plans to add 175 megawatts (MW) of battery storage in Wisconsin. The plan, filed today (Sept. 30, 2022) with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, calls for battery storage facilities to be developed in Grant and...

Milwaukee, Wis. – If you want solar panels, be very careful when evaluating installation offers. Con artists use misleading sales tactics and outright lies to trick homeowners out of money and personal information. If you've received an offer for "free solar panels," it's likely a scam. Here's what you should know.  How this scam works

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Dean Amhaus, president and CEO of the Water Council in Milwaukee.  Amhaus discusses some of the top trends in water technology innovation, as well as the role of data analysis and predictive modeling in water issues. He spotlights major water-related companies in the state...