WisBusiness

M.F.A. design, graphic design students receive several awards during annual regional competition Menomonie, Wis. – Plastic is the most prevalent type of marine debris found in the oceans and Great Lakes, with an estimated 33 billion pounds of plastic trash entering the oceans every year. And microplastics – those about the size of a...

The seven companies participating in this week’s TitletownTech Startup Draft Combine are developing laser-based communications systems, battery manufacturing technologies and other innovations.  The venture capital firm TitletownTech yesterday announced details for the companies taking part in the national pitch competition, which coincides with the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. These early-stage businesses will...

-- The seven companies participating in this week’s TitletownTech Startup Draft Combine are developing laser-based communications systems, battery manufacturing technologies and other innovations.  The venture capital firm TitletownTech yesterday announced details for the companies taking part in the national pitch competition, which coincides with the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. These early-stage businesses...

Talking Trade hosts Sandi Siegel and Ken Wasylik join Carroll University Business School Dean Tim Sullivan and Prof. Alexandra Sielaff to discuss the tariff plans of the Trump Administration, the first of four segments recorded live at Carroll University, Shattuck Recital Hall, March 20, 2025.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, in coordination with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), is kicking off a trade and investment mission to Europe to promote exports and international investments in Wisconsin, highlight the state’s growing biohealth sector, and kick off the 50th anniversary of Wisconsin’s sister-state relationship with Hessen, Germany. The trade mission will build upon Gov. Evers and the Evers Administration’s efforts to bolster international trade efforts, promote state exports,...

MADISON, Wis.—Dr. Thomas Gibson, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, has been named the next Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is its 10th leader.   The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents today unanimously approved Gibson’s appointment, following a recommendation made by a selection committee. Gibson will assume the leadership post on...

Madison – Representative Barbara Dittrich (R – Oconomowoc) released the following statement after Senate Bill 68, the bill she authored with Senator Pat Testin, was signed into law: “I thank Senator Pat Testin for working with me to get this done. We know that too often, prescription drug addiction and abuse can lead to illicit drug...

Contact: Grace Murray, Marketing & Communications murrayg@titletowntech.com Finalists will travel to Green Bay to engage with 30+ corporate partners, refine their stories, and build momentum ahead of Startup Draft Day GREEN BAY, Wis. (March 31, 2025) – TitletownTech, in partnership with the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, is welcoming seven startups...

MADISON, Wis. – Starting April 1, 2025, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is accepting nominations for three seats on the Wisconsin Cranberry Board. Producers who grow and sell cranberries in Wisconsin are eligible to nominate themselves or other producers. Any producer can request nomination forms prior to May 30,...

Green Bay, WI — The University of Wisconsin – Green Bay is hosting the Northeast Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Summit being held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.at the Brown County Central Library. The summit is open to the community, and social workers, therapists, mental health professionals and everyone touched by suicide are encouraged to register.  “Unity in...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) released its annual Wisconsin Health Care Workforce Report today, highlighting persistently high vacancy rates despite growing hospital employment.“Wisconsin hospitals are beginning to gain traction in filling job postings but remain challenged by a factor that is mostly immovable: the state’s changing demographics that are shrinking the available workforce and at the same...