UW-Green Bay: Engaging, inspiring and empowering the next generation of Women
Green Bay, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Institute for Women’s Leadership is dedicated to engaging, inspiring and empowering the next generation of women leaders. The Institute offers certificate programs for women at every stage of their career. Leadership is a powerful tool that can be used to eliminate barriers, change perspectives, create social change and improve the...
Bradley Corp.: Survey finds office workers taking coronavirus precautions
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., (Sept. 1, 2021) — As office workers in the U.S. continue returning to their places of employment, Bradley Corp. conducted its Healthy Handwashing Survey™ and found that coronavirus concerns persist, especially as new variants emerge. In response, employees are taking preventive actions. 86% are bringing a mask with them to work and 73% have been...
Neville Public Museum: Nationally touring exhibition, Spirited: Prohibition in America, opens Saturday
Green Bay, WI—September 1, 2021—During the era of Prohibition, Americans no longer could manufacture, sell, or transport intoxicating beverages from 1920 until 1933. Spirited: Prohibition in America, a new exhibition opening Saturday, September 4, 2021, atthe Neville Public Museum explores this tumultuous time in American history, when flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and legends, such as Al...
World Dairy Expo: Compeer Financial provides support for youth participating in expo
MADISON, WIS. – Thanks to the generous support of Compeer Financial, youth participating in the International Junior Holstein Show on Tuesday, September 28, will receive enhanced cash premiums at World Dairy Expo® 2021. In 2019, more than 150 dairy youth from across North America exhibited 235 animals in this stand-alone junior breed show. Throughout the week of World...
Cooking with Bao’: Meets fundraising goal for hmong farmers with support from area businesses and community members
La Crosse County, WI (September 1, 2021): “Cooking with Bao” a La Crosse based, limited series cooking show, has completed its campaign to help bring awareness and raise funds for the La Crosse area Hmong farmers, meeting its fundraising goal of $6,500+ with the help from business sponsorships, individual donations via a GoFundMe, and the Sabadash App, where people...
Wisconsin BBB: Back to school internet safety tips
Milwaukee, Wis. – Several school districts may be picking up where they left off last Spring. Now, as a new school year begins, teachers, administrators and families are adapting to varying situations,. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) encourages everyone to stay safe while online and avoid being easy targets for online scammers.
Parents: Be careful
COWS report highlights pandemic impact on leisure, hospitality jobs
A report from a UW-Madison think tank shows employment in the state's leisure and hospitality industry remains 18.7 percent lower than before the pandemic.
The annual State of Working Wisconsin report from COWS details the change in job numbers across various industries between February 2020 and June 2021. COWS stands for Center on Wisconsin...
