WisBusiness

DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake today released the following statement after a visit to Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy: “Protecting the health and safety of Wisconsin’s children is a top priority for Governor Evers and all of us...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (Dec. 15, 2021) — For the 11th consecutive year, Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC), has earned a Green Masters designation from the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC). Once again, Mercury achieved a score within the top 20% of all applicants to earn the designation. The Green Masters Program measures companies on a...

-- In her new role as board chair of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Froedtert Health President and CEO Cathy Jacobson plans to step up the organization's efforts around startups.  “Really excited about ramping up our entrepreneurship muscle, bringing new capabilities to the board, adding board members who are entrepreneurs, mentorship programs,” she...

Ernest Shackleton Loves Me January 14-30, 2022  Milwaukee, Wis. (December 15, 2021) —  Skylight Music Theatre today announced the cast and creative team for the regional premiere of Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, a highly inventive off-Broadway musical that crisscrosses continents and time in an improbable and enchanting love story. Ernest Shackleton...

MADISON, Wis.—Dec. 15, 2021—Bags and bags of gifts for 282 children from 112 families were delivered to Henderson Elementary School in Madison on Dec. 13. WPS Health Solutions coordinated the gift program with the school, which provided a confidential list of families in financial need. WPS has “adopted” Henderson Elementary and introduced the gift...

WHITEWATER, WI - The Whitewater Unified School District (WUSD) has expanded their Youth Apprenticeship Program, which allows students the chance to gain work experience in career fields of interest to them.  In coordination with local businesses in the City of Whitewater, WUSD has worked to develop a program for the upcoming summer and school...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — St. Croix Rods, handcrafter of premium casting, spinning, saltwater, ice fishing and fly rods, will serve as the title sponsor for the wildly popular Bassmaster Opens Series in 2022, officials announced today. Additionally, the St. Croix Rods Rewards program will award an extra$1,000 to a qualifying angler who wins a St. Croix Bassmaster Opens tournament fishing St. Croix rods...

 BROOKFIELD, Wis. – North Shore Bank today announced that it has chosen eleven deserving entrepreneurs across the state to arm with the knowledge, tools and support needed to start or grow a business through the bank’s partnership with The Lonely Entrepreneur, a non-profit that empowers current and aspiring Black entrepreneurs. North Shore Bank will provide funding for...

Acquisition to strengthen company’s relationship with Kentucky contractors BELOIT, Wis. — Dec. 15, 2021 — ABC Supply Co. Inc., thenation’s largest wholesale distributor of roofing, siding and other select exterior building products, has acquired the assets of Siding Sales Inc. in Kentucky. The acquisition includes Siding Sales Inc.’s locations at 587 Lovers Lane in Bowling Green,...

Appleton, WI – The Northeast Wisconsin (NEW) Manufacturing Alliance announced its 12th annual “Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Vitality Index Study” at its Quarterly Membership meeting at Fox Valley Technical College.  Mike Kawleski, public affairs manager for Georgia-Pacific and chair of the Alliance’s Communications Taskforce, shared the results of the study, which serves as an indication of the strength...