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Red Cross: Local volunteer receives National Presidential Award

MADISON, Wis. (May 1, 2014) - Kathy Kollath, from Verona, WI, was awarded the 2024 Presidential Award of Excellence in the category of Volunteer Services during celebrations held at Red Cross-national headquarters in Washington, D.C. on April 10 and 11, 2024. The Presidential Award for Excellence is presented to an individual or group of...

MHA Lakeshore: Amps up for Mental Health Awareness Month, mental health deemed Sheboygan County’s top health concern

Plymouth, Wis. (May 1, 2024)  Mental Health America Lakeshore (MHA Lakeshore) makes the most of May! MHA Lakeshore helps Sheboygan County find “Where To Start” for mental wellbeing journeys as the organization continues to find new ways to advocate and educate for mental health. Following the recent release of the Healthy Sheboygan County Community Health Assessment reporting that mental health...

Kahler Slater: Announces Charlotte expansion with the hiring of Christopher Morales, AIA

(Milwaukee, WI – May 1st, 2024) Kahler Slater, an award-winning international architecture, interior design, environmental branding, and strategic advisory services firm has announced the expansion of their U.S. office presence to Charlotte with the hire of Christopher W. Morales, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP. Morales will serve as Vice President and National Healthcare Practice Leader as well as lead the...

Better Business Bureau: Scam alert: Avoid moving scams this National Moving Month

Milwaukee, Wis. – Moving is always a stressful project. Throw in the threat of a moving scam, and things get even worse. Before hiring a moving company, careful research is necessary to avoid falling victim to a moving scam. These scams run the gamut from missing items, massive price hikes, and in some cases, goods being held hostage for...

GZA GeoEnvironmental: Names PFAS expert Ben Verburg as Associate Principal

BROOKFIELD, Wisc., and NORWOOD, Mass., May 1, 2024—GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, has named Benjamin Verburg, P.E., as Associate Principal Environmental Engineer/Vice President, based in GZA’s office in Brookfield, Wisc., outside of Milwaukee. As a registered professional engineer in Wisconsin, Verburg has...

Alto-Shaam: Local foodservice equipment manufacturer named among winners of Top Workplaces Milwaukee

Alto-Shaam, the global foodservice equipment manufacturer based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, has been announced among the top 15 large companies to win the 2024 Top Workplaces awards published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recognized 169 companies in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin as Top Workplaces for 2024. The awards are solely...

MCTS: Expands service and adds shuttle route for Summerfest

(April 30, 2024) – MILWAUKEE, WI – Summerfest presented by American Family Insurance and Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) are excited to announce expanded service during the three weekends of Summerfest. NEW FOR 2024:  MCTS will add an additional shuttle route to Summerfest from the Hales Corners Park and Ride lot.  Festivalgoers can now...

Lawrence University: Announces 2024-25 Performing Arts Series

Lawrence University’s 2024-25 Performing Arts Series will feature music ranging from chamber music to jazz and will include a return performance from the two-time Grammy Award-winning Roomful of Teeth, which features Lawrence voice professor Estelí Gomez. Season tickets go on sale July 1; single tickets go on sale Sept. 23. Tickets for Memorial Chapel...

Real estate exec says spring market brings improvements, stability

The greater Madison area is seeing “significant” improvements in housing inventory as the market stabilizes, according to a local real estate executive.  Stark Company Realtors President David Stark says this spring brings “far less uncertainty” than was present in early 2023, when rising mortgage rates led to confusion among analysts about the direction of...

UW-Madison: An electrifying discovery may help doctors deliver more effective gene therapies

MADISON — In an effort to improve delivery of costly medical treatments, a team of researchers in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has developed a stimulating method that could make the human body more receptive to certain gene therapies. The researchers exposed liver cells to short electric pulses — and those gentle...

McCarty Law: Jon Fischer Appointed to Wispact Board of Directors

APPLETON, Wis. —McCarty Law LLP, a top law firm in Northeast Wisconsin, is proud to announce that partner Jon Fischerhas been added to the Wispact board of directors. Wispact is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and improving the quality of life for Wisconsin residents with disabilities, particularly by establishing and managing Special Needs Trusts (SNT) that are used...

Marshfield Clinic Health System: Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake to temporarily pause labor and delivery

RICE LAKE, WI – Labor and delivery services at Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake will be temporarily paused beginning May 1 due to staffing limitations that supports the service. The pause is anticipated to last 30-60 days. We understand this diversion is a significant inconvenience to our patients. Affected patients will be notified and we...
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