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June is Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month MADISON, Wis. – To keep Wisconsin families safe, UW Health Kids experts are working with state leaders to determine the best ways to prevent, screen and diagnose congenital cytomegalovirus, or cCMV, the most common viral infection that babies are born with in the United States. Cytomegalovirus, or...

Waukesha, Wisconsin, June 2, 2025– HRG has announced that they have added Holly Jablonowski, business administration manager for HRG, to the owner group. Jablonowski has been with HRG since 2016. She joins Beth Maas, SPHR, director human resources; Sean Grudzinski, product research and analysis manager; Julie Bonnell, vice president operations; Dave Wendland, vice president strategic relations; and Dawn...

Milwaukee, Wis. – No matter your age, no one is immune to scams. In the most recent BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report, investment/cryptocurrency scams continued to be one of the riskiest scams for ages 55+. Online purchase scams were the second riskiest for consumers 55-64, along with romance scams for consumers 65+. The third riskiest for both groups were home...

GOP lawmakers are circulating a bill to establish a dairy farm innovation program, which would offer no-interest loans to qualifying milk producers.  Sen. Rob Stafsholt of New Richmond and Rep. Clint Moses of Menomonie on Friday sent a cosponsorship memo to other lawmakers detailing the bill. The noted dairy farms in the state are...

-- GOP lawmakers are circulating a bill to establish a dairy farm innovation program, which would offer no-interest loans to qualifying milk producers.  Sen. Rob Stafsholt of New Richmond and Rep. Clint Moses of Menomonie on Friday sent a cosponsorship memo to other lawmakers detailing the bill. The noted dairy farms in the state...

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s state-chartered credit unions reported sound financial performance through the first quarter of 2025, according to data released today by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). As of March 31, 2025, there were 102 state-chartered credit unions, three federal credit unions, and a corporate credit union serving Wisconsin residents. At the...

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s state-chartered banks reported sound financial performance through the first quarter of 2025, according to data released today by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). As of March 31, 2025, there were 117 state-chartered commercial banks serving Wisconsin residents. Total assets for Wisconsin’s state-chartered banks stood at $70.8 billion through March...

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Nikki Johnston, co-founder of N-Zyme Biomedical.  The company is developing a new drug treatment for a lesser known form of acid reflux called laryngopharyngeal reflux, or LPR. It affects as many as 20% of Americans, according to figures provided by the business, and no...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Nikki Johnston, co-founder of N-Zyme Biomedical.  The company is developing a new drug treatment for a lesser known form of acid reflux called laryngopharyngeal reflux, or LPR. It affects as many as 20% of Americans, according to figures provided by the business, and no medications...