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Beloit City Manager Lori Curtis Luther was appointed to the League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board of Directors bringing her experience in local government to the statewide governing body. The League is comprised of more than 600 members - large and small cities and villages representing both urban and rural Wisconsin.  “Public service and municipal government...

MADISON, Wis. (November 30, 2021) – During the season of giving, Edvest – the state of Wisconsin’s direct-sold 529 college savings plan – is offering a $50 incentive to anyone who opens an account between Dec. 6 and Dec. 20, 2021.* Individuals who open an Edvest account with a $50 contribution and sign up for reoccurring contributions of $25 or...

Jefferson, WI – November 30, 2021 HomeWire Realty is excited and proud to announce that ground has been broken on a long-awaited new home development called Meadows Estates in Jefferson.  Located north of Racine St, and just west of Jackson Ave in downtown Jefferson, HomeWire has partnered with Heckaman Homes of Nappanee, IN to...

Contact: Jim Flaherty, Communications DirectorOffice 608/ 286-6308 – Cell 608/ 698-0928, jflaherty@aarp.org MILWAUKEE, WI – A proposal submitted by the Milwaukee Christian Center (MCC) to create and distribute more than four dozen emergency support kits for homebound seniors from the southeast Asian community who live in the greater Milwaukee area has been selected to...

Contact: Jim Flaherty, Communications DirectorOffice 608/ 286-6308 – Cell 608/ 698-0928, jflaherty@aarp.org FOND DU LAC, WI – A proposal submitted by the Downtown Fond du Lac Partnership to purchase and install decals asking riders of bicycles, skateboards and scooters to “Walk Your Wheels” has been selected to receive an AARP Wisconsin “Small Dollar, Big...

The head of ThedaCare’s Rural Health Initiative hopes to provide preventative care services to hundreds more farms after the program recently expanded to cover seven Wisconsin counties.  “I think the potential is really unlimited at this point,” Program Manager Rhonda Strebel told WisBusiness.com in a recent interview.  Through the initiative, care...

-- The head of ThedaCare’s Rural Health Initiative hopes to provide preventative care services to hundreds more farms after the program recently expanded to cover seven Wisconsin counties.  “I think the potential is really unlimited at this point,” Program Manager Rhonda Strebel told WisBusiness.com in a recent interview.  Through the initiative,...

Madison, Wis. – Today, the Evers Administration opened the application period for two programs totaling $75 million targeted toward supporting diverse businesses and communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Gov. Evers previously announced he was directing federal funds to make the $75 million investment in October. The $37.5 million Diverse Business Assistance Grant Program will provide support to ethnic...

MADISON, Wis. (Nov. 29, 2021) – NFIB filed an amicus brief in the case Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, et al., v. Tony Evers, et al. at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, opposing Governor Evers’s plans to publish the names of businesses that have had employees test positive for COVID-19 and the number of employees who have tested positive. 

Green Bay, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Council of Trustees recently announced leadership changes and additions. Dr. Tina Sauerhammer-Dean succeeded Craig Dickman to become the new chair of the Council of Trustees. Sauerhammer-Dean is the co-founder of the Wisconsin Institute for Plastic Surgery and a 1999 graduate of UW-Green Bay. She is the first female to chair the board....

This week is National Tax Security Awareness Week, and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) is  encouraging all taxpayers to further secure personal information with an Identity Protection PIN.  "With the increase in online information and activity comes an increased threat of identity theft," said DOR  Secretary Peter Barca. "The Identity Protection PIN program...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) has announced its 2021 Community Impact Grant awards. Grants of $1 million each, over five years, support community-academic partnerships and their initiatives to improve health and advance health equity by addressing the social determinants that influence health...