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Brookfield, WI – March 7, 2024 – Over 900 students, parents, educators, sponsors and volunteers attended the 2nd Annual Explore STEAM event, presented by Generac and Milwaukee Tool, on Wednesday, February 28th in the Brookfield Central High School Main Gym.  Attendees embarked on an evening of discovery and exploration as they went from station to station engaging...

Mental Health and the Great Outdoors 2024 Kicks-off on March 13, Funded by Mental Health America National in Partnership with L.L.Bean Sheboygan, Wis. (March 8, 2024)  A mental wellness journey in the great outdoors, Mental Health America (MHA) Lakeshore hosts FREE outdoor experiences through local parks and recreation destinations. Mental Health and the Great Outdoors is a series...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced it is accepting applications for the Urban Forestry Inflation Reduction Act grant program. The program, which launched in January, uses federal funds to support projects that positively impact trees and people within disadvantaged communities* in Wisconsin. Potential projects may involve conserving, protecting, expanding or improving urban...

MADISON, Wis. – According to the National Women’s History Alliance, this year Women’s History Month is honoring women who advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion, and few embody that theme more than Shiva Bidar-Sielaff. She serves as the vice president and chief diversity officer at UW Health, as well as the associate dean for...

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Jessica Martin Eckerly, CEO and co-founder of Forward BIOLABS.  She shares some highlights from the group’s first impact report, which details the Madison-based co-working space’s role in the local startup ecosystem. It provides fully equipped laboratories to help early-stage life science companies get started.  “And then we kind of envelope that...

Sun Prairie, Wis.— Bank of Sun Prairie welcomes Mike Solt, as new vice president, business solutions manager. Solt will lead the business solutions department helping business and nonprofit customers streamline cashflow, manage payments, insure large deposits, and proactively monitor fraud. Solt has worked in banking for more than 20 years, most recently as vice...

Rage Becomes Us is a multi-disciplinary evening of performances that will inspire you to take a deeper look at living in a patriarchal society.   With diverse acts including aerial arts, spoken word, dance, german wheel, and stand up comedy, this show produced by the Madison Aerial Alliance features all original works on motherhood, abortion...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is issuing a public health alert for a ready-to-eat snack stick product, Sweet Maple Bacon Sticks with Bacon, produced by Rackow Family Sausage in Juda. This alert is due to the product being misbranded and containing an undeclared allergen. The aforementioned...

MILWAUKEE (March 7, 2024) – Today, the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network celebrated a milestone of bringing proton therapy to Wisconsin by raising the final beam atop its proton therapy clinic. This is in preparation for the 2025 installation of the MEVION S250i Proton Therapy System® at the Froedtert & MCW Clinical Cancer Center on...

Survey of 3,000 professionals considering a career switch. Eau Claire was the top pick in WI, and the 10th most popular in the country. Infographic showing the top 100 cities for a career switch.  As technology, especially AI, continues to disrupt the job market, the need...