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Brookfield, WI – February 27, 2024 – At the February Elmbrook School Board meeting, Beth Dobrzynski, Executive Director of the EEF, presented a $20,000 check to Dr. Robert Hall, Director of LAUNCH. These funds will benefit LAUNCH and the over 400 students involved in the program. “Our team of students and teachers are very grateful for the efforts of the...

MADISON, WI (February 27, 2024) — WRTP | BIG STEP, a workforce intermediary, has partnered with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County to host our 2024 Partners in Construction Diversity Career Fair on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, from 11 AM – 3 PM at the McKenzie Regional Workforce Center (5215 Verona Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53711). The Women in...

Milwaukee – February 27, 2024 – Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. has hired Daniel Benischek as its first chief operating officer. Benischek joins the nonprofit organization with more than two decades of business experience, having most recently led the customer experience and operations and technology efforts for the Gustave A. Larson Company in Pewaukee. Before working at Gustave Larson, Benischek held management roles at Briggs &...

Waukesha, Wisconsin, February 27, 2024– HRG’s new item review team, in its ongoing evaluation of products suitable for the independent pharmacy channel, examined 1,634 new health, beauty, and wellness (HBW) items in 2023. This is a decrease of 12.8% from the 1,875 products reviewed in 2022. Of the newly introduced items in 2023, 18, or 1% of new items,...

MADISON, Wis. – Fifty-two entries from 30 distinct communities have advanced to the semi-final round of the annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, contest producers announced. Contestants emerged in first-round competition involving an independent panel of about 70 judges organized through the Wisconsin Technology Council and its programs, the Tech Council Innovation Network and the Tech Council Investor Networks. The semi-finalists are spread among...

CENTERS LLC announces the appointment of Wyatt Tinnen as general manager of the Sonnentag Center, the highly anticipated addition to the landscape of the Chippewa Valley scheduled to open in summer 2024. The Sonnentag Center, which includes the Sonnentag Events Center and the John and Carolyn Sonnentag Fieldhouse, will provide sports and event spaces that will serve UW-Eau Claire Blugold athletic teams,...

MADISON, Wis. – When researchers test motor skills, hearing, vision and smell in people in their midlife, they are better able to identify those who may develop cognitive decline or impairment 10 years later, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. A research team, led by senior author Natascha...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Bureau of Weights and Measures has an essential role in protecting the fairness of commercial transactions in the state. In 2023, Weights and Measures staff conducted 226,832 inspections at 5,595 business locations statewide to monitor the accuracy of motor vehicle fuel pumps, commercial scales, price scanners,...

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Fairchild Equipment, a leading provider of material handling equipment in the Upper Midwest, is proud to announce its recent partnership with IEWC, a global leader in wire, cable, and wire management products, to donate a Hyster forklift to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin to help the organization fight hunger through its nationwide network of food banks. "As a...

-- The founder and president of New Glarus Brewing Company says she can “breathe a sigh of relief” after an appeals court upheld an earlier decision dismissing an investor lawsuit against the business.  In an interview yesterday, Deb Carey described the two-year legal battle as a “long and kind of heartbreaking journey” that has cost her millions of dollars.  Plaintiff shareholders...

The founder and president of New Glarus Brewing Company says she can “breathe a sigh of relief” after an appeals court upheld an earlier decision dismissing an investor lawsuit against the business.  In an interview yesterday, Deb Carey described the two-year legal battle as a “long and kind of heartbreaking journey” that has cost...

MADISON, Wis. – Emerging companies may apply through Feb. 29 to meet with major firms and explore potential business relationships around technology needs and innovation as part of the 11th annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, which will take place in-person at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field. The day-long event will be held in-person Monday, March 18, 2024. More information, including the online application form, can...