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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Lubenow Companies Inc, a premier trucking and shipping provider for more than two decades, is proud to announce that this year’s Hauling for Good® Campaign resulted in a 17% increase in participation over 2021. Throughout the month of March each year, Lubenow Companies Inc collects a portion of the proceeds from each mile driven...

Milwaukee, Wis. – Use caution when hiring a home improvement contractor, especially following a major storm, flood, or other weather event when many homeowners are trying to repair their homes. However, contractor scams can happen at any time, so be wary of high-pressure sales tactics, upfront fees, and fly-by-night businesses. Con artists will take homeowners’ money and deliver (or...

-- Author and activist Maggie Anderson is calling on members of Madison’s business community to include more Black-owned companies in their supply chains.  “My conscious consumers and my advocates already in the movement, diverse business owners -- you too -- you have to lead the way,” she said yesterday. “The question for you is,...

Author and activist Maggie Anderson is calling on members of Madison’s business community to include more Black-owned companies in their supply chains.  “My conscious consumers and my advocates already in the movement, diverse business owners -- you too -- you have to lead the way,” she said yesterday. “The question for you is, are...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Dairy Business Association (DBA) and Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative say several townships in northwestern Wisconsin are imposing “outlandish” regulations on large livestock farms, and the dairy groups asked the state to step in to review the matter. “These towns have clearly ignored current laws, regulations and related review and...

1,000 Wisconsin families can register their 4-year-olds for a program proven to prepare children for kindergarten  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...

Madison, Wis. — After hearing from PETA, Kikkoman—the world’s largest Japanese-style soy sauce manufacturing company and a sponsor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Food Research Institute (FRI)—has replied in writing that it will prohibit the FRI from using its funding any longer for animal tests and instead will specify that the donations be allocated to educational programs, special meetings,...

April 12, 2022 -- University of Wisconsin-River Falls philosophy Professor Imtiaz Moosa loved to teach, was dedicated to his students and had a zest for life. Moosa, Ph.D., taught at the university from 1989 until he died in December 2020. To honor his legacy at UWRF, the Dr. Imtiaz Moosa Philosophy and Ethics Speaker...