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MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Technical College System released its annual Apprenticeship Completion Report on Tuesday highlighting high earnings and a strong level of satisfaction with on-the-job training and related instruction they receive.The median annual earnings reported for all apprentices who completed the program in2020 is $80,000, meaning half make more than that. Median earnings ranged from $114,531...

The applied social science program at UW-Stout has myriad opportunities for students to chart their own career course, with three concentrations, eight related minors and three special interest areas. It didn’t take Ben Stoflet long to sort through the options. As a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, he discovered a passion for...

StartingBlock Madison, a coworking space and entrepreneurial hub in downtown Madison, is enhancing member benefits by offering Health Insurance through a new pilot project and partnership with M3 Insurance and Quartz. Entrepreneurs who operate their startups and social impact nonprofits out of StartingBlock now get to add health insurance plans to the list of membership perks and...

anuary 19, 2022—Next week, many local residents will receive a phone call from a polling firm asking questions regarding how they feel about life in the greater Beloit area. Their answers will help determine the future of our community. This Quality of Life survey is being funded by Quint and Rishy Studer and conducted...

Sun Prairie, WI – Didion joined area businesses, organizations, and community members in making a new K-9 program a reality in the Village of Fall River. Thanks to those efforts, the department’s first-ever K-9, named Rico, joined the force in August last year. Didion donated $2,500 to help reach the $50,000 needed to cover the...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC or Commission) announced today that it received over 100 applications requesting more than $30 million for its Energy Innovation Grant Program (EIGP). The Commission will award up to $10 million for energy-related projects to reduce energy consumption, increase clean energy, bolster preparedness and resiliency in the energy system,...

-- An agricultural systems expert says dairy producers can take action now to manage carbon emissions and prepare for the nascent carbon credit supply chain.  “What’s going to matter is measurement,” said Jordan Kraft Lambert, vice president of business development for the dairy industry analytics firm VAS. “Measuring is a really good idea even...

An agricultural systems expert says dairy producers can take action now to manage carbon emissions and prepare for the nascent carbon credit supply chain.  “What’s going to matter is measurement,” said Jordan Kraft Lambert, vice president of business development for the dairy industry analytics firm VAS. “Measuring is a really good idea even if...

Contact: Sue Bodilly Assistant Director Marketing and University Communication UW-Green Bay 920-465-5502 bodillys@uwgb.edu Green Bay, Wis. — UW-Green Bay’s Institute for Women’s Leadership received a $10,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation to create and fund a Workforce Development...

Milwaukee – (January 18, 2022) – Zizzo Group Engagement Marketing (ZG), the region’s first engagement marketing agency, has announced its vision and plans for the company’s new, mixed-use office and tenant space at 131 S. First Street in Walker’s Point. ZG is working with award-winning design collective and architectural firm RINKA+ on the adaptive reuse of the historic Brass Light...