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Madison, Wis. –  The Department of Safety and Professional Services is announcing a two-week blackout period for initial license applications for 72 license types (the list of affected licenses is available HERE). This black-out is part of the transition to LicensE, the department’s new self-guided, online platform that is replacing paper-based applications for occupational licenses. The department...

Waukesha, Wis. – Aries Industries, the industry leader in state-of-the-art equipment for inspection and maintenance of underground infrastructure, has strengthened its market reach by adding Kentucky-based 502 Equipment to its dealer network. Based in Louisville, 502 Equipment distributes durable, high-performing brands for pipe cleaning, pipeline rehabilitation and hydro excavation. The 5-year-old dealership is dedicated...

MADISON, Wis. – Governor Tony Evers is proclaiming April 4-8 as Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin. ReadyWisconsin is encouraging every Wisconsinite to prepare for severe weather and tornadoes that occur during the spring and summer months. “Severe weather can include several hazardous conditions produced by thunderstorms, such as damaging wind, tornadoes,...

Olivia Schmidt and Scarlett Prock love their weekly dance classes, where they leap and twirl as they practice a new dance routine that they’ll perform during their first-ever recital this spring. “Scarlett doesn’t speak but we can tell when she’s excited,” Jack Mickelson says of his 6-year-old daughter. “When we’re pulling in, she’s beaming.”

WAUKESHA, Wis. (April 1, 2022) - The Metropolitan Builders Association (MBA) is pleased to announce the promotion of Toby Van Sistine to the position of Director of Government Affairs. Van Sistine, who has been the Association’s Director of Operations since October of 2018, now oversees government advocacy to help influence land development and building related topics on a global,...

MILWAUKEE – Sister Andrea Lee, IHM, Ph.D., one of the nation’s longest serving and accomplished college leaders announced today that she will end her service as president of Alverno College, effective June 30, 2022. Joseph Foy, vice president of academic affairs at Alverno, will serve as interim president while a search committee, led by Board...

Contact: Emily Kumlien(608) 516-9154  ekumlien@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. ‒ More patients in rural areas across the nation could have increased access to vision-saving eye screenings through a new clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded the school $4.4 million to increase diabetic eye screenings in rural communities in Wisconsin and...

Menomonie, Wis. – A new mural will soon adorn an exterior wall of University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Applied Arts Building, telling the story of art through the ages, from the cave paintings of horses in France and Spain to music, photography, pottery and more, representing the different majors in the School of Art and Design.

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Beau Engman, founder and president of Milwaukee’s PACE Equity.  This company helps developers secure capital for energy-efficient commercial building projects. PACE, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, is a program that provides financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects linked to residential and commercial...

Thomas More Society Attorneys Act to Stop Absentee Ballots For April 5, 2022 Spring Election Sent to Incapacitated “No Vote” Individuals Contact: Tom Ciesielka, 312.422.1333, tc@tcpr.net (March 31, 2022 – Appleton, Wisconsin) An elderly Appleton nursing home resident has been the victim of voter abuse at the hands of city, county, and Wisconsin...

GREEN BAY, Wis. ― The final episode in a three-part Dairy Stream podcast series about farm succession planning examines legal issues, such as estate plans, mediation and marital agreements. The Dairy Business Association and Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative dedicated the groups’ co-produced podcast to the issue, which farmers, financial advisers and attorneys say is...

This week’s episode of "WisBusiness: the Podcast" is with Beau Engman, founder and president of Milwaukee’s PACE Equity.  This company helps developers secure capital for energy-efficient commercial building projects. PACE, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, provides financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects linked to residential and commercial properties.  “Let’s...

More Than 50 Employees from the Healthy Air Leader will be Climbing and Making a Difference as AprilAire Works for Clean Air in its Headquarter State and Nationwide MADISON, Wis. (March 28, 2022) – AprilAire, the nationwide leader in professional-grade Healthy Air solutions for the home, will once again support the Wisconsin Fight For Air...