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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – May 16, 2022 –Eight community organizations have each been awarded $30,000 through the Kohl’s Healthy Families program – a partnership between the American Cancer Society and Kohl’s – to deliver programming that improves healthy eating habits through cooking instruction and nutrition education as well as engaging individuals in physical activity to reduce cancer risk...

Milwaukee, Wis. – May 11, 2022 — Ascend Talent Strategies, an industrial organizationalconsulting company based in Milwaukee, Wis., has named Travis Messmer a businesspsychologist and consultant for the firm after a record year of double-digit growth for thecompany. Messmer graduated from UW-Eau Claire with a double major in marketing and psychology. He received his...

Milwaukee, WI – May 17, 2022 — Corporate Casual, Milwaukee regional business group, has named Lynn Corazzi, founder and owner of Data2Profit, to its board of directors. Corporate Casual was founded in 2001 and offers informative and dynamic speakers at its monthly meetings along with providing relationship-building opportunities for its membership of accountants, attorneys,...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (May 16, 2022) – Fox World Travel is pleased to announce the addition of Colleen Hughes as global sales director. In her role, she will present Fox World Travel’s strategic travel management services to prospective customers. Hughes brings more than 20 years of travel industry experience to Fox World Travel, including holding director-level responsibilities for travel...

MADISON — Eliminating air pollution emissions from energy-related activities in the United States would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths each year and provide more than $600 billion in benefits each year from avoided illness and death, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers. Published today in the journal GeoHealth, the...

To address the growing and urgent issue of violence in our community, Public Health Madison & Dane County announced $1,065,000 in funding that is now available for agencies and organizations that support specific and targeted efforts aimed at reducing violence in our community. In 2021, Public Health released The Roadmap to Reducing Violence, taking a public health...

As the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) continues to monitor an increase in the spread and impact of COVID-19 across the state, DHS recommends that Wisconsinites know their COVID-19 Community Level and increase take additional precautions against COVID-19 to protect health and save lives. “Although the virus continues to change, we have the...

Madison— The Wisconsin Veterans of Foreign Wars is celebrating 100 years of service to veterans during their 2022 state convention at the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino in Milwaukee, June 7-11th. Retired US Army Staff Sergeant and “Recalibrated Warrior,” Travis Mills will be the featured speaker during the 1920s Gala held Thursday, June 9th. The gala is open...

MADISON, Wis. – I have always considered it a privilege to have grown up on a dairy farm in central Wisconsin. I have so much respect for my dad and his two brothers’ commitment to operating their business. I cannot thank them enough for instilling in me a work ethic and teaching me to value accountability and...

Milwaukee, Wis. – Shortages in the supply of baby formula are leading new moms to find other ways of finding the much-needed item - and risking themselves to potential online scams. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is taking proactive measures to increase supply to help ease the shortage.  According to the 2021 BBB Scam Tracker Risk...

Contact: Dr. Stephanie Findley, Board Vice Chair of the Findley Foundation and Findley Medical Clinic at (414) 988-3079 or stephanie@findleyfoundation.org.  MILWAUKEE – The Findley Foundation of Milwaukee has received an honorable mention in the 2022 BlueJeans by Verizon Customer Awards.  The awards salute customers who have developed impactful methods of deploying Verizon’s...

Washington, D.C., May 16, 2022—Daniel Guerra, Jr., Madison-area Latinx community leader and CEO of the health care technology firm, Altus, will meet with policymakers in Washington, D.C. today in a national effort to shine the spotlight on the need for more support for small businesses of color. Guerra will participate May 16 and May...

MILWAUKEE (May 16, 2022) – The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network announced today a partnership with Legion Healthcare Partners, which will aid the health network’s plan to provide technologically-evolved proton therapy for cancer patients who require radiation therapy. Proton therapy supports refined dosing strategies for cancer patients to increase the effectiveness of treatment and...

APPLETON, Wis. – ThedaCare is fulfilling the promise to be proactive partners in health by putting patients and families first, making health care easier and delivering quality, affordable care. To help simplify and advance the communities’ care experience, ThedaCare is expanding Pharmacy services within select hospitals. “As a patient-dedicated organization, we must understand the...

-- While union membership rates in Wisconsin continue to slip, labor advocates point to a surge in new union petitions this year as evidence that workers want a change.  “We are seeing an increase in workers deciding to come together and form a union,” Stephanie Bloomingdale, president of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, said in...