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MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 16, 2022) – UScellular announced today that it made a $407 million investment in its Wisconsin network in 2021. This includes $31.4 million in general network upgrades, $24.8 million in 5G modernizations and $350.8 million in 5G spectrum that will bring additional benefits in the coming years and advances the company’s multi-year 5G network strategy.

Wisconsin added 209 new franchise businesses in 2021; Will add 177 in 2022 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2022 - The International Franchise Association (IFA) today released its 2022 Franchising Economic Outlook showing the impact of franchising on the economy in Wisconsin. Nationally, franchising helped lead the economic recovery, and in Wisconsin, franchising employment grew at a rate...

-A fun, family-friendly world premiere musical about friendship, bravery and teamwork-  Milwaukee, WI – February 15, 2022 – First Stage is delighted to announce that its next mainstage production will be THE LEGEND OF ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, a world premiere co-commission with Oregon Children’s Theatre, which originally premiered in March of 2020.The productionfeatures clever, original music from classic rock to...

MADISON — Four University of Wisconsin–Madison professors have been named to Sloan Research Fellowships — competitive, prestigious awards given to promising researchers in the early stages of their careers. “Today’s Sloan Research Fellows represent the scientific leaders of tomorrow,” says Adam F. Falk, president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which has awarded the...

MADISON – University of Wisconsin–Madison physicists have made one of the highest performance atomic clocks ever, they announced Feb. 16 in the journal Nature. Their instrument, known as an optical lattice atomic clock, can measure differences in time to a precision equivalent to losing just one second every 300 billion years and is the...

Commission expected to announce recipients in spring 2022 MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) announced today that it received 15 applications requesting more than $1.1 million in the most recent round of funding for the Medical Telecommunications Equipment Program, also known as the Telemedicine Grant Program. The program provides...

Milwaukee, WI – Feb.  16, 2022 – The State of Wisconsin has announced that Margaret Kristan of Independent Care Health Plan (iCare) has been elected chair of the Governor’s Committee for People with Disabilities (GCPD). Committee duties include: Advise the Governor and state agencies on problems faced by people with disabilitiesReview legislation affecting people with...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting nominations through April 1, 2022 for two seats on the Ginseng Board of Wisconsin. DATCP will mail nomination forms to eligible growers. Producers must sign, notarize, and postmark completed nomination forms by April 1, 2022 and include signatures from...

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University has announced the establishment of the Center for Data, Ethics, and Society within the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences to address the ethical, social and political dimensions of an increasingly data-driven society. Grounded in the university’s Catholic, Jesuit mission of social justice, the center will focus on confronting data...

Menomonie, Wis. – Diversity Week at University of Wisconsin-Stout will open with an art exhibit that asks artists and visitors to reflect on their identities and the journeys they’ve taken to understand themselves. OASIS, What a Time to Be... features the works of 17 Black, Indigenous and People of Color students and 10 alumni artists...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Waukesha, Wisconsin, February 16, 2022 – Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations and member of the owner group at HRG, will be presenting at the National Grocer’s Association (NGA) Show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday February 27, 1:35-2:35pm. The session, “Start with the Consumer and Work Backwards,” will cover success factors...

Lacey Endres has recently been named vice president of property & casualty operations at M3. In this role, she partners with select members of the executive leadership to set the strategy for the agency’s property & casualty division. Her responsibilities include leadership of client services, brokerage, surety, and risk management teams. Endres joined M3...

Paris, WI – Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 113 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 127 are proud to announce their partnership with Blattner Energy of Avon, Minnesota with the official signing of a Project Labor Agreement for the 200+ megawatt (MW) Paris Solar Farm located in the Town of Paris in...

 MADISON, Wis. – Five years ago, UW Health become one of the first large employers in the Madison area to move their lowest rate of pay to $15 per hour. That decision was part of UW Health’s goal to be recognized as an employer of choice that attracts a highly diverse, skilled and innovative workforce.