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On HMong American Day, HALED announces conference focused on HMong and ethnic entrepreneurs Eau Claire, Wis.— With HMong* American Day and Wisconsin’s HMong-Lao Veterans Day approaching on May 14, 2022, HMong American Leadership & Economic Development (HALED) of Eau Claire is proud to announce that a first-in-the-nation conference and summit on HMong American economic advancement, the HMong Economic...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Dairy Business Association and Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative today announced the hiring of Julie Basich as director of corporate relations. Basich’s experience includes several leadership roles within agriculture. She most recently served as chief operating officer for Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana. At DBA and Edge,...

MADISON — Chancellor Rebecca Blank, who is leaving UW–Madison after the end of the semester to become president of Northwestern University, posted her final entry in “Blank’s Slate” — the blog for the campus community that she started shortly after her arrival at UW in 2013. Read on the web: https://chancellor.wisc.edu/blog/a-final-blog/ A...

MADISON – They did it again. Higgs. Neutrinos. Now the black hole at the center of the galaxy. A University of Wisconsin-led computing network has helped scientists expand the limits of our understanding. Today, a team of scientists and the National Science Foundation shared images of Sagitarrius A*, the black hole...

Contact: Mark Grapentine, JD – Chief Policy and Advocacy Officermark.grapentine@wismed.org The following statement pertaining to this morning's political press conference on the veto of nursing independence legislation can be attributed to Society Board of Directors Chair Jerry Halverson, MD: “Wisconsin’s excellent health care system is rooted in physician-led, team-based care. Physicians...

May 12, 2022 – Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce the launch of its Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team, an experienced group of labor and employment attorneys adept at developing diversity, equity & inclusion initiatives, enhancing recruitment efforts, strategic planning, data acquisition, reporting, retention, and more. Husch Blackwell is one of the first...

Local startup manufacturer PartsBadger has partnered with high-end mountain bike manufacturer Yeti Cycles, on a 5 year project worth up to $13.8 million dollars. This partnership is estimated to create at least twelve (12) full-time, high-paying jobs in Cedarburg, WI and will benefit both PartsBadger and a significant number of local suppliers. As part...

MILWAUKEE (May 12, 2022) – On Thursday, May 5th, the World Beer Cup was held at the Craft Beer Conference in Minneapolis. In the category of gluten-free beer, Lakefront Brewery’s La Gosa Rita Margarita-Style Ale won Gold. “The World Beer Cup is known as the Olympics of beer,” said Lakefront Brewery President, Russ Klisch....

Stevens Point, Wisconsin (May 12, 2022) – Worzalla, an employee-owned printing company specializing in high-quality children’s books and cookbooks, was a sponsor of this year’s Words & Friends for Literacy event hosted and organized by the Portage County Literacy Council. After taking a pause in 2020 and a remote event in 2021 due to the pandemic, this year’s event...

April home sales in the metro Milwaukee area fell 8.2 percent over the year, but the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors says “no one should panic.”  That’s because last year was an “exceptionally wild year” for residential real estate, the group wrote yesterday in its latest report.  A total of 5,658...

-- April home sales in the metro Milwaukee area fell 8.2 percent over the year, but the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors says “no one should panic.”  That’s because last year was an “exceptionally wild year” for residential real estate, the group wrote yesterday in its latest report.  A total of...

Remote work – is it good or bad for the US, WI, and Milwaukee’s tech region?   My response has been that it is good for the region, but a risk to regional employers and the US. However, until today, there was no way to validate my assumptions with data.  TECNA,...