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Milwaukee, WI – April 8, 2022 — The Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) has welcomed the following new members to its board of directors: Pat Walters, owner, Office Furniture Warehouse, Waukesha; Sandy McGee, chief operating officer, Vrakas CPAs + Advisors, Brookfield; and, Tom Taubenheim, president, A/E Graphics, Brookfield. Carol White, president & CEO...

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., has named Rebecca Normington, of Edgar, director of marketing communications. Normington will develop marketing and communication strategies for Security Health Plan in alignment with those of Marshfield Clinic Health System. She will engage with leaders across the Health Plan and Health System to identify and gain...

Elder is a longtime digital media executive with experience in the nuclear and climate change communities. He most recently served as the Chief Digital Officer at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Elder previously held positions at the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Crain Communications, where he was the Executive Director of Digital Product Development &...

MADISON, Wis. – Today, the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced they are hosting a free online student loan debt relief workshop on April 21. The workshop will help student loan borrowers prepare for the end of the federal student loan payment pause, which the Biden administration recently extended from May 1 through...

In the game of Monopoly there is only one winner. If current dairy ‘market forces’ prevail, we are steadily moving in that direction. Losing one to two dairy herds per day, as we have in recent years, is not progress. It is a sign that our antiquated dairy policy and ongoing price volatility need...

MADISON, WIS. – World Dairy Expo® is pleased to welcome Jenna Langrehr as the organization’s new Communications Specialist. In this role, Langrehr will engage with Expo’s audience on social media, write press releases, and design materials in preparation for the annual event. Langrehr is a May 2021 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning degrees in...

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Water Works (MWW) released its 2021 Consumer Confidence Report today, which details the results of tests for a variety of substances and shows that water distributed to nearly 900,000 consumers meets or exceeds all federal water quality standards. “Reliably providing clean and safe water that is of the highest quality is our...

By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – A brutal war in Ukraine rages, inflation is infectious, and a cold, wet April has largely lived up to poet T.S. Eliot’s branding as “the cruelest month.” Perhaps some updates on recent missives will warm things up. In late February I wrote about the invasion...

Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contestants have emerged after two rounds of judging in the contest organized through the Wisconsin Technology Council and its sponsors and volunteers. “Young companies...

MADISON, WI – April 7, 2022 –  First Business Bank is pleased to welcome Eric Engstrom, CIMA®, as Vice President – Investment Portfolio Manager. An essential member of the client service team, Eric also works with Private Wealth's Investment Committee. Eric previously worked at Central Wealth Management as investment manager on all client assets. In this...

-- Federal officials have announced more than $20 billion in transit funding for fiscal year 2022, including about $116 million for Wisconsin. In a media briefing, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the national figure represents 58 percent more funding than was provided in fiscal year 2021.  “It also represents the largest...

Federal officials have announced more than $20 billion in transit funding for fiscal year 2022, including about $116 million for Wisconsin. In a media briefing, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the national figure represents 58 percent more funding than was provided in fiscal year 2021.  “It also represents the largest transit...