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MADISON, Wis. ‒ UW Health providers, staff, students and volunteers will now be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose. UW Health announced a vaccine requirement in 2021 and saw a very positive response from staff with only a handful choosing not to comply with the policy and about 96% are now vaccinated....

MILWAUKEE – (February 8, 2022) -- RINKA, a Milwaukee-based architecture and design firm, has announced it opened a second office location at 613 NW 3rd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. RINKA’s additional office will better serve its Florida-based clients. Elliot Young, AIA NCARB LEED AP, who is a senior vice president and shareholder with RINKA and has been...

Menomonie, Wis. – University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Literature Committee is hosting free community events this spring, centered around this year’s Reading Across Campus selection, “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by American cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Bechdel’s graphic memoir explores LGBTQIA+ issues, identity and family trauma, as she revisits her relationship with her father. Events flowing...

APPLETON, Wis. (Feb. 9, 2022) – On Saturday, Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., the Multicultural Coalition, Inc. and Pointters Community Initiatives will hold the second-dose event for a free COVID-19 vaccination at St. James United Methodist Church, located at 100 W. Capitol Dr. in Appleton (map). The community-led event features interpreters for those who speak Hmong or Spanish, snacks, free...

Due to the cancelation of the 2021 National OYF Awards Congress it was decided to hold both the 2021 and 2022 Awards together this year. The Wisconsin Outstanding Young Farmer program is proud to announce that Wisconsin had two winners at the 2022 National Awards Congress held in Hilton Head, SC this past weekend. Philip and Laura...

APPLETON - The summer and fall seminars at Björklunden, Lawrence University’s pristine Door County retreat, are back. The adult-education seminars, open to the public and led by Lawrence faculty, alumni, or other friends of the university, are returning in person for the first time in three years, beginning in mid-June and continuing through mid-October....

FOX CITIES, Wis. (Feb. 8, 2022) – Friday, Feb. 11 is the deadline for Fox Cities businesses to register for a booth at the Fox Cities Chamber’s annual career expo. The Future Fox Cities Career Expo is slated for March 8-9, 2022 at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center, 355 W. Lawrence Street, Appleton, for 8th- through 12th-grade students...

-- A compliance expert is urging businesses to develop human trafficking and forced labor prevention programs as countries move to enact higher standards for international trade.  “As they like to say, the best defense is a good offense,” said Gwen Hassan, a compliance officer and legal counsel who spoke yesterday during a webinar hosted...

A compliance expert is urging businesses to develop human trafficking and forced labor prevention programs as countries move to enact higher standards for international trade.  “As they like to say, the best defense is a good offense,” said Gwen Hassan, a compliance officer and legal counsel who spoke yesterday during a webinar hosted by...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Josh Meissner, a dairy farmer in central Wisconsin, will serve an interim term on the Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative board of directors, the co-op announced today. Meissner was appointed to serve in a vacancy left by his father, Jerry, who passed away in December. Meissner’s term will be up in...

MENASHA, Wis. (Feb. 8, 2022) – Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI), a national leader in engineering, construction, manufacturing and clean energy, ranked No. 31 in Engineering News Record (ENR)magazine’s 2021 Top 600 Specialty Contractors list, and ranked No. 13 on ENR’s Top 50 Electrical Contractors list. FTI also ranked in four ENR regional lists: No. 2 in ENR Midwest magazine’s Top Specialty Contractors list.No. 11...

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin early stage companies collectively raised at least $810 million from angel and venture capitalists in 2021, shattering the state’s previous record and continuing a six-year upward trend. What does the investment surge mean for Wisconsin? Join us Tuesday, Feb. 22, for a deeper look at deal data collected by the Wisconsin...