WisBusiness

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Joel Zielke, business manager for Steamfitters Local 601 in Madison.  He discusses the role of apprenticeships in the trades, highlighting a recent competition for apprentices held at Steamfitters Local 601 Training Center in Madison. It included plumbers, sprinkler fitters, HVAC service technicians and pipefitters...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Joel Zielke, business manager for Steamfitters Local 601 in Madison.  He discusses the role of apprenticeships in the trades, highlighting a recent competition for apprentices held at Steamfitters Local 601 Training Center in Madison. It included plumbers, sprinkler fitters, HVAC service technicians and pipefitters from...

MADISON, Wis. – Thanks to steadfast leadership from President Biden, Governor Evers, and Wisconsin Democrats in Congress, our state’s economy is getting back on track. Since President Biden took office in January 2021, our state’s economy has added 72,100 jobs – recovering 84 percent of the jobs lost in-state between February 2020 and April 2020.  Wisconsinites also applied to...

Milwaukee, WI – June 15, 2022 – First Stage, one of the nation’s leading theaters for young people and families, is delighted to announce the third season of their Amplify BIPOC Play Series beginning August 13, 2022. In support of First Stage’s ongoing commitment to the development of new work, with an intentional focus on lifting voices of underrepresented playwrights and artists, this season’s Amplify...

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of May 2022, which show the number of Wisconsinites employed at a historic high of 3,059,300. The data also show an increase in Wisconsin's total labor force for the sixth consecutive month.

: Impact Association Management announced a new partnership with the Wisconsin Brewers Guild (WIBG). This partnership will assist WIBG in its mission to promote and maintain standards of excellence in Wisconsin's brewing industry. The Wisconsin Brewers Guild is dedicated to building upon Wisconsin's rich brewing heritage through the production, marketing, and sale of top-quality...

MILWAUKEE (JUNE 16, 2022) – Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport welcomed additional daily nonstop service to New York on Delta Air Lines today. Delta has added nonstop service between MKE and New York – JFK. This new service is in addition to Delta’s existing nonstop service from MKE to New York – LaGuardia. To celebrate the route launch, MKE...

MADISON, Wis. (June 16, 2022) – Broadband service is about to get a major boost in Hollandale, Wisconsin, a rural community about 30 miles southwest of Madison.Today, Alliant Energy and Mt. Horeb Telephone Company (MHTC) announce a new partnership to expand high-speed internet service to nearly 150 households and businesses. Once expanded, customers will have access to up to 2,000 Mbps/2,000 Mbps...

GLENDALE, WI (June 16, 2022) – Glendale is the “Root Beer Capital of the Universe” and on National Root Beer Float Day (August 6th), BAYSHORE is elated to host Welcome to Glendale’s Root Beer Bash for the first time. Presented in partnership with Welcome To Glendale and Sprecher Brewing Company, the family-friendly root beer festivals is brewed...