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-- The Wisconsin Bankers Association is warning of a “concerning trend” of bank acquisitions by credit unions, but the head of the Wisconsin Credit Union League argues these worries are unfounded.  After Cottage Grove-based Summit Credit Union recently announced it would acquire West Bend’s Commerce State Bank, the WBA said taxpayers in the state...

MADISON (March 7, 2022) – Small businesses continued to struggle to increase theirworkforce in February, with 22% of owners reporting that labor quality was their topbusiness problem, according to NFIB’s monthly jobs report. Eleven percent of owners cited labor costs as their top business problem, unchanged from January. Reports of labor costs as the top business problem are...

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, March 8, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves will host a roundtable with the U.S. Travel Association on promoting safe business travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and how to best help the travel and tourism sector recover. The roundtable will also feature industry and labor leaders from Carnival Cruise...

MADISON, Wis. – The countdown is under way for middle- and high-school students to enter Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneurs in Science, a statewide youth business plan contest modeled after the successful Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. It is open for online entries from Wisconsin middle- and high-school students through 5 p.m. April 13, 2022. Public, private...

March 7, 2022 (Milwaukee, WI) - Milwaukee Repertory Theater is saddened to announce of the passing of its founder Mary John (1925-2022).  Born in Green Bay, WI Mary forged a plan to create a professional theater for the city of Milwaukee and established Drama Inc, now Milwaukee Repertory Theater, in 1954.  She was part of the growing regional theatre movement, which was...

Contact: Tom Still or Julie Johnson at 608-442-7557 Or visit: www.wisconsinyes.com MADISON, Wis. – The countdown is under way for middle- and high-school students to enter Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneurs in Science, a statewide youth business plan contest modeled after the successful Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. It is open for online entries...

This past weekend, Wisconsin issued $3 million in benefits to more than 44,000 families for almost 62,000 children under the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Program for the 2021-2022 school year. Created by Congress in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the School P-EBT program provides vital food benefits for children who, due to the COVID-19...

Madison, WI (March 7, 2022) — Data released in recent months show the achievement gaps in Wisconsin are as broad as ever. In an effort to close those gaps, the state is continuing funding a PreK learning program in 6 districts where the gaps are greatest.  The program, Waterford Upstart by nonprofit Waterford.org, helps...

(Arlington, VA) Monday, March 7, 2022 – Scams related to cryptocurrency jumped from the seventh riskiest scam in 2020 to second riskiest in 2021.  Although cryptocurrency scams made up only 1.9% of the scams reported to BBB Scam TrackerSM in 2021, according to the Better Business Bureau, the average reported median dollar loss reported for these scams was...

A special guest with a heartfelt farewell message capped off Employee Appreciation Week on Friday, March 4, at UW-Stout. Former governor and current UW System President Gov. Tommy Thompson, whose last day as president is March 18, spoke at a reception in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center and thanked the standing-room-only...

Green Bay, WI---March 7, 2022---The Neville Public Museum of Brown County is set to host the Neville Public Museum Geology Club’s Rock, Gem, Mineral, Jewelry, and Fossil Show on April 2-3, 2022. The show includes craft demonstrations, rock ID, and features dealers with a worldwide selection of specimens, custom jewelry, and finished beads. 

MADISON, Wis. (March 7, 2022)-- For Women’s History Month, The Wisconsin Credit Union League (The League) — a trade association representing the interests of 118 credit unions across the state — is celebrating the strong representation of women leaders in The Credit Union Movement both in Wisconsin and nationwide. Nationwide, more than half of...