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Becky Simmons, R.N., B.S.N., has joined Security Health Plan’s Quality Department as Stars Program Manager. Simmons will implement and monitor strategies to attain the Plan’s goal to achieve a 5-star quality rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Every year Medicare evaluates plans on a 5-star rating system that compares plans on...

Milwaukee, Wis. – Here’s how to tell a real text message from a scam – even if the con artist is posing as a business you know and trust. Scammers love phishing schemes, but they aren’t just limited to emails. As more real businesses use text messages to communicate with their customers, con artists are sending out...

Milwaukee, Wis. – April 11, 2022 – Murphy Associates, the regional public relations, marketing strategy, and brand journalism company, is marking its 30th year in business this month. Judi Murphy is president and owner of the firm. Murphy co-founded Murphy Associates with her late husband John Murphy in 1992 and has over 30 years...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial poultry flock in Barron County. DATCP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are working with animal health officials on a joint incident response. Birds on the property will be depopulated...

NASHOTAH, WI APRIL 7TH, 2022: Evolution Marketing, LLC is excited to announce several actions they have taken to operate their business in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Evolution Marketing has been on the cutting edge when it comes to small business adoption of low carbon practices and providing educational resources for business and community organizations to operate in a sustainable manner for over a decade. 

-- The head of the Urban League of Greater Madison says “help is on the way” for minority entrepreneurs now that construction has begun on the Black Business Hub.  “We have to take some risks, because we know that it is time that significant investments be made with Black and brown people here in...

The head of the Urban League of Greater Madison says “help is on the way” for minority entrepreneurs now that construction has begun on the Black Business Hub.  “We have to take some risks, because we know that it is time that significant investments be made with Black and brown people here in south...

MADISON, Wis. – Since the designation of the Heart of America’s Dairyland agricultural enterprise area (AEA) in 2011, farmers, community members, and local governments have worked together to preserve their local agriculture industry and the rich farmland, soil, and water resources that make it possible. The Heart of America’s Dairyland AEA now spans 224,906 acres over two...

MADISON, Wis. — Four environmental and agricultural groups, working as partners to bring about long-term solutions to Wisconsin’s water quality issues, cheered the signing of legislation today aimed at reducing nitrates in rural wells, a move they hope will build momentum for broader efforts.  The bipartisan bill, signed by Gov. Tony Evers as 2021 Wisconsin Act 223, creates: 

MADISON – On April 8, a Wisconsin Farm Bureau and Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association supported bill prioritizing farmer-led conservation efforts to optimize nitrogen application on farms was signed into law by Governor Evers as Wisconsin Act 223. “Wisconsin Farm Bureau appreciates Governor Evers support for this bill,” said WFBF President Kevin Krentz....

CONTACT: Josh Arnold, University of Wisconsin Office of Sustainability, (608) 890-0766, josh.arnold@wisc.edu; Melissa McCarville, Alliant Energy, (319) 786-4169, melissamccarville@alliantenergy.com MADISON – The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Alliant Energy will partner on a solar and agricultural research project to be established on university-owned land just west of Lake Kegonsa. The UW System Board of...