WisBusiness

Come out to Downtown Sun Prairie for the fourth annual Fall Beer Taste – Downtown Sun Prairie’s Oktoberfest! Presented by the Sun Prairie Downtown Business Improvement District (BID), the event is scheduled for Saturday, September 18 from 1:00-4:00PM.Over 20 Downtown Sun Prairie businesses will be participating in the event. Local business will be pouring 3oz. samples of...

Effective Thursday September 2, 2021, Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corp. Chairman, Ken Arneson (Evergreen), announced the appointment of Tricia Rathermel as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Greater Oshkosh EDC. Former Interim CEO, Tricia Rathermel succeeds Jason White and immediately assumes administrative responsibilities. Jason White accepted a position with another organization closer to his hometown...

MADISON — For half a century, researchers have regularly found techniques for shrinking silicon transistors, roughly doubling the number that can be crammed onto a computer chip and driving the transition from room-sized computers to smartwatches in the span of a lifetime. These days, however, silicon transistors are so atomically small that soon it...

Fitchburg, WI – Oak Bank, Fitchburg’s community bank since 2000, is proud to welcome Joe Broadfoot as Assistant Vice President of Business Banking. Broadfoot comes with over eight years of financial expertise, with his first three years as a credit analyst. In his new role, Broadfoot will be a trusted advisor for Oak Bank’s business clients by...

MADISON, Wis. – Today, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Farm Center kicks of the second season of its "Rural Realities" podcast. The first episode features Amanda Harguth, AgrAbility of Wisconsin outreach specialist, who will discuss how AgrAbility can help farmers with disabilities continue farming. “Farmers face many complex issues...

Statement on the release of first-quarter 2021 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) numbers from Rose Oswald Poels, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association  The second-quarter comparison of 2021 to 2020 shows that Wisconsin’s economy continues to improve after the initial impacts of the pandemic. Total deposits grew 8.25% as Wisconsinites continued to put money into savings, and total...

Contact: Emily Kumlien ekumlien@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is expanding a study investigating the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine for people who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).            Enrollment for the study, called HERCULES, began...

A software company called DataChat has closed on a $25 million funding round following a limited product launch of its data analytics platform. The Madison-based company has developed a system that relies on artificial intelligence for natural language processing. Through a chat function, users can ask complex data questions and get answers and visualizations....

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Farmers' Market On Broadway will begin shortened hours starting after Labor Day. Due to an earlier sunset, starting September 8 our hours will be adjusted to 3-7 p.m. This ensures that our vendors can safely take down their booths during daylight hours. On Broadway remains committed to the health...

-- A software company called DataChat has closed on a $25 million funding round following a limited product launch of its data analytics platform.  The Madison-based company has developed a system that relies on artificial intelligence for natural language processing. Through a chat function, users can ask complex data questions and get answers and...

Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, in partnership with the Lighthouse Big Band, is proud to announce that the Lighthouse Big Band will be Artists In Residence at THELMA. This partnership will have the LBB performing on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, starting October 12. Dates are currently set until December. Concerts will be...

MADISON — Watching paint dry has nothing on watching a forest grow. That achingly long wait has always made it challenging to study how forests adapt to environmental fluctuations — making it that much harder to predict how they’ll fare in a changing climate or under new pest pressures. But a...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, Office of Emergency Communications has selected AT&T to implement AT&T ESInet™, including Next Generation 9-1-1 (NextGen 9-1-1) call routing and emergency call statistic reporting, to improve emergency communications across the state. This new contract between AT&T and the state of Wisconsin is valued at up to $84 million over the...

MADISON – The Citizens Utility Board announced significant wins for Madison Gas & Electric’s residential and small business customers in a rate settlement filed with the Public Service Commission. Among the wins: $2 MILLION PER YEAR IN SAVINGS: The size of the overall increase customers would face is $2 million per year...