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(MADISON, WIS.) For a few days in mid-May, the Capitol Square area will get a lot more playful as more than 1,000 conference attendees arrive for InterActivity 2024, Flourish!, the international conference of the Association of Children's Museums. InterActivity is the largest gathering of children's museum professionals in the world—this year, 14 countries are represented. This...

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) 32nd Annual Food Drive will be held on Saturday, May 11. As one of the largest days of giving in the United States, the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO is proud to be an official partner of this event. When delivering mail on the 11th, members of NALC Branch...

-- Farmers in a Lafayette County-based watershed protection group last year cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 9,000 tons of CO2 equivalent -- equal to taking more than 2,100 cars off the road.  That’s according to the latest report from the Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance, which has grown to 35 members since launching about seven years ago.  In 2023, they...

Farmers in a Lafayette County-based watershed protection group last year cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 9,000 tons of CO2 equivalent -- equal to taking more than 2,100 cars off the road.  That’s according to the latest report from the Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance, which has grown to 35 members since launching about...

MADISON, Wis. (May 7, 2024) – The Free Application for Federal Student Aid — FAFSA — is the single most important application to unlock, on average, over $15,000 a year in aid for two and four-year college programs for the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year. The significant delays in the FAFSA rollout mean many Wisconsin high school seniors face...

Green Bay, WI – Allyship. Community building. Join leaders from across the state to hear from women who are leading very different organizations, all focused on transformation and change that includes allyship and building communities. The A-list panel includes: Alida Al-Saadi, Senior Partner, Korn Ferry  Maria M. Lara,...

Contact: Paul Cigan, DNR Forest Health SpecialistPaul.Cigan@wisconsin.gov or 715-634-9232 MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has detected the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) for the first time in Washburn and Taylor counties. Burnett is now the only county without a detection since EAB was first discovered in Wisconsin in 2008.

Milwaukee – May 7th, 2024 – Light the Hoan is thrilled to announce its continued partnership with Miller Lite for the second consecutive year in the fourth annual "Shine a Light" program. This strategic alliance underscores the shared commitment of both organizations to support and uplift the Milwaukee community by highlighting the invaluable work of local non-profit organizations. "Our partnership with...

EVANSVILLE, Wis. — Seeing the environmental impact new sustainability practices are making on their farm encourages Sandy Larson of Larson Acres to keep discovering new conservation practices. Larson’s family dairy farm milks 2,800 cows and farms more than 5,000 acres in Rock County. They joined the Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance in 2019 to participate in a five-year sustainability pilot project...

MADISON, Wis. – UW Health has again received the LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The designation was awarded in the 16th iteration of the foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index, or HEI, released today. A record 1,065 health care facilities participated in the HEI 2024 survey and scoring process. Of those, 384 received the top score of...

MADISON — Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska will serve as the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s vice chancellor for research. Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin named Brzezinska, a longtime Ohio State University engineering professor and GPS researcher, to the post today. She begins Sept. 1. “Wisconsin has so many strong research institutes, departments and colleges,” Brzezinska says. “I am looking forward to the opportunity to...

Appleton, WI  May 7, 2024—Consolidated Construction, Co (CCC), headquartered in Appleton, WI, today announced it earned recognition on the Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2024 Top Performers list, an annual publication that recognizes member contractor members’ outstanding achievements in safety, quality, inclusion, project excellence and special designations ranked by number of hours worked. “This is the second consecutive year Consolidated Construction has...