WisBusiness

A $2 million federal grant has been renewed for five years to fund the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Upward Bound program, which aims to prepare first-generation and low-income high school students for college. The U.S. Department of Education grant will provide academic support, study groups, leadership workshops and financial assistance to ninth- to 11th-grade...

MADISON, WIS. – Created for Spanish-speaking dairy owners, managers, and mid-managers, Expo en Español returns to World Dairy Expo this fall with an expanded schedule. Presented exclusively in Spanish, Expo en Español will be hosted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday during World Dairy Expo, in Mendota 1 of the Exhibition Hall. Each session includes a presentation and a question-and-answer...

Wausau, June 3, 2022 – StrataDefense, a managed service provider that specializes in providing network security and managed services, today announced that Quadvergent will merge with and into its operations, effective June 1, 2022. Through the acquisition, StrataDefense will further expand its services in Wisconsin. Quadvergent has been supporting the technology needs of businesses...

MADISON, Wis.—June 3, 2022—On May 27, WPS Health Solutions hosted A Walk to Remember. The event was held on the main WPS campus in Monona and offered employees, their family members, and the community a chance to honor U.S. military personnel and veterans who have died. WPS Military and Veterans Inclusion Lead Tim La...

Madison, Wis.- Today Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued a formal legal opinion declaring that UW Health can recognize the nurses’ union. The AG’s press release can be read here. The following is a statement from members of the UW Health Nurse Union Organizing Committee. Nurses are available for interviews upon request: “The Attorney...

Fitchburg, Wisconsin – (June 1 st 2022) – Today the delegates of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 7 unanimously voted to endorse Governor Tony Evers in his re-election this November. Governor Evers has continually shown his support for union families throughout his first term as Governor. Governor Evers led the state during the...

MADISON, Wis. – A Milwaukee-based firm with a system to help stop untreated sewage from being dumped into waterways during floods is the grand prize winner of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Rapid Radicals Technology, which can treat water at a municipal scale where there is a spill point confluence of...

The president of Blue Line Battery, a Beloit-based startup producing lithium-ion forklift batteries, says the company will begin turning a profit in July. "Most startups never see that, so our business is really, really growing," Phil Fonfara said yesterday during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council in Milwaukee.

-- The president of Blue Line Battery, a Beloit-based startup producing lithium-ion forklift batteries, says the company will begin turning a profit in July.  “Most startups never see that, so our business is really, really growing,” Phil Fonfara said yesterday during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council in Milwaukee. 

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Trish Lane, a partner and finance attorney in Foley & Lardner's Milwaukee office.  She discusses a program that provides small business owners in Wisconsin with free consultations from volunteer attorneys and law students, as these companies continue to navigate the pandemic and other challenges.