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The average price received by farmers for corn during March 2022 in Wisconsin was $6.34 per bushel according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service - Agricultural Prices report.  This was 50 cents above the February price and $1.59 above March 2021. The March 2022 average price received by farmers for soybeans, at...

MILWAUKEE -- Continuing gains in metro area business activity are forecast in 2022’s second quarter, with expectations tempered by inflation and labor shortages, according to a Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC). Seventy percent of businesses surveyed see sales increases in 2022’s second quarter, 54% see profit gains and 49% expect...

Oshkosh, Wis. - Fox Communities Credit Union (Fox) will open its newest full-service branch at 1870 Oshkosh Ave., Oshkosh on Monday, May 2. Operations and team members from the former Oshkosh branch located on the Winnebago Mental Health Institute grounds will move to the new location. The new location, conveniently located off Hwy. 41, will feature additional...

People go missing every day, whether from bustling urban centers or remote rural areas. When called upon by law enforcement, certified search and rescue (SAR) K-9s look for the living and the dead — in partnership with their human handlers — in all those environments. Jan Thompson, an emergency medical technician, K-9 search specialist...

Faculty, staff and students from UW-Stout volunteered at three community organizations over the course of four days, as part of Stout’s Week of Service, coinciding with National Volunteer Week, April 18-22. Volunteers painted, cleaned flower beds, raked yards, picked up trash, cleaned commons areas and helped to sort and store donated items at the...

The City of Janesville and Downtown Janesville, Inc. (DJI) are thrilled to announce that  Music at the Marv, presented by Mercyhealth, Janesville’s free weekly summer concert  series, will begin on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.   Weather permitting, each Music at the Marv concert will begin at 6:30 PM at Lower  Courthouse Park in Janesville. Here...

Green Bay, Wis. — As UW-Green Bay’s Institute for Women’s Leadership moves into its second year of work to build an enhanced women’s leadership pipeline in Northeast Wisconsin, the University is expanding its commitment by naming entrepreneur and business owner Bridget Krage O’Connor as its inaugural Executive in Residence. O’Connor, owner and President of O’Connor Connective, a...

Stressing the importance of offering nutritious meals to children during the summer months, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Upward Bound program announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program for its Upward Bound participants. The Summer Food Service Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is administered by the...

STEVENS POINT, Wisc., April 26, 2022 – Following Earth Day 2022, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Wisconsin Julie Lassa announced today more than $5 million in climate-smart infrastructure to strengthen the health and livelihoods of people living in rural Wisconsin. “Investing in rural climate-smart infrastructure has a positive impact locally as well...

CONTACT: Maj. Joe Trovato | ngwi.pao@mail.mil | 608-242-3048 LA CROSSE, Wisconsin – After more than three months, the Wisconsin National Guard’s mission to assist as nursing assistants at state healthcare facilities is winding down. Senior Wisconsin National Guard leaders and officials from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services travelled to several healthcare facilities...

A new Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows employment in the state's arts and entertainment sector is recovering after dropping off early in the pandemic. The "State of the Arts" report provides an update to a WPF report from August 2020 that described the pandemic as "an existential threat" to arts groups and venues in...

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Marion Riehemann, the CEO and co-founding partner of Second Freedom, which provides executive leadership consulting services.  Before coming to the United States in 2020, Riehemann was designing and facilitating leadership development programs for corporations in Europe and elsewhere. She has worked with major companies...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Marion Riehemann, the CEO and co-founding partner of Second Freedom, which provides executive leadership consulting services.  Before coming to the United States in 2020, Riehemann was designing and facilitating leadership development programs for corporations in Europe and elsewhere. She has worked with major companies such...