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MILWAUKEE – The Lake Express Ferry will launch its 2024 travel season providing high-speed ferry service between Wisconsin and Michigan this Friday, May 3 with four daily crossings, the first of which leaves the Milwaukee terminal at 6 a.m. The four-engine powered ship provides modern fast ferry service on Lake Michigan, drawing 100,000 travelers from...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the 2023 award recipients from the Division of Public Safety and Resource Protection in honor of exemplary public service. “The recipients are walking examples to the public that the DNR is dedicated to its core mission of protecting our natural resources and those...

MADISON, Wis. – Eligible Wisconsin-based nonprofits, public 4K-12 schools, districts and tribal, state or local government entities are invited to apply for a Level Two: Accelerate Community Impact Grant, a funding opportunity released by the Wisconsin Partnership Program, or WPP, at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Eligible organizations must have annual expenses of...

GREEN BAY, Wis. ─ New school meal standards announced last week by the USDA include major steps to promote the health of America’s children through school meals. The new standards will be gradually updated to include less sugar and more flexibility in menu planning between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027, according to the USDA announcement.

– The Door County Workforce Housing Lending Corporation, a partnership between the Door County Community Foundation and NeighborWorks Green Bay is pleased to announce the hire of Kay Smith as the Commercial Lender for the non-profit organization. Smith brings years of experience in the financial services industry, as well as non-profit management here...

Menomonie, Wis. – Traveling 1,200 miles from Menomonie to Anaconda, Mont., nine University of Wisconsin-Stout students recently hiked through snow-dusted mountain meadows, wooded gulches and streams to film a Western short. Loosely inspired by true events, the video production seniors’ capstone project “Ghosts of Gold Creek” is set in 1868, when a U.S. marshal...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (April 30, 2024) – With the Wisconsin fishing season opening this Saturday, Xcel Energy is reminding recreational and fishing enthusiasts to be safe around dams and hydroelectric facilities. “Boating or canoeing above or below a dam can be very dangerous, especially if the flow changes and your boat is anchored in a...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that a new walleye regulation emergency rule will be considered by the Natural Resources Board at a special virtual meeting on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. The Board will act on items 1-2 as listed on the agenda.

DANE COUNTY, Wis. (April 30, 2024) ---  Pellitteri Waste Systems — Southern Wisconsin’s leading independent, family-owned and operated, waste and recycling service provider — started 2024 with three new municipal contracts, bringing the total local communities served by Pellitteri to 42 and more than 76,000 homes serviced weekly. With the new contracts to serve the City of Monona, Village of Mount Horeb...

MADISON, Wis. (April 30, 20234) – Twenty-five Iowa and Wisconsin high school seniors received $1,000 Innovation Scholarships from Alliant Energy. The annual scholarships, to be used for higher education expenses, reflect students’ academic achievements and outstanding leadership in their communities. Students demonstrated leadership through community service and volunteer work, as well as academic achievement through exceptional grade point averages and test...

SEYMOUR, Wis. (April 30, 2024) — Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity, a leader in affordable housing solutions, is excited to help the Davis family put down roots at a home of their own in Seymour, located at 736 Foote St. (map). Fox Cities Habitat will break ground on the new home with a tree-planting event on Friday, May 3 at 10:30 a.m. The Davis...

BROOKFIELD, WI (April 30, 2024) — IQ Automation, a Wisconsin audio-video integrator specializing in smart technology for homes and businesses, has installed a customized A/V  experience for the Upper Midwest’s first Velocity Esports destination. The entertainment venue delivers cutting edge gaming and entertainment experiences that demand high-end sound and visual quality. Velocity Esports’ new venue at the Woodfield Mall in...

MILWAUKEE (April 30, 2024) – Cousins Subs®, alongside its Make It Better Foundation and partner, Donald Driver, awarded four Wisconsin high school senior athletes a collective total of $20,000 in scholarships through its annual Driven at Heart Scholarship Contest.   The four 2024 Driven at Heart Scholarship recipients are:   The first-place female prize winner, receiving a $7,500 scholarship is Aryanna Sanchez...

-- The MMAC’s latest business outlook survey found relatively low expectations for growth in the second quarter.  Bret Mayborne, economic research director for the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, notes respondents expressed concern about continuing economic growth in the coming months.  “That concern was reflected with less than half of those surveyed seeing growth among the three major metrics –...