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Green Bay, WI – On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will update Green Bay campus maps, naming “Kevin Borseth Way” near the Kress Events Center. Honoring one of the most decorated coaching careers in collegiate women’s basketball, the new street name celebrates recently retired Phoenix Women’s basketball coach Kevin Borseth. 

MADISON – Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation President Brad Olson released the following statement today regarding recent updates to USDA’s School Nutrition Standards. “Wisconsin Farm Bureau appreciates USDA’s recognition of the role flavored milk and cheese have in a nutritious meal. Allowing schools the option to continue offering flavored milk is not only important for...

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (April 26, 2024) – Xcel Energy is advising customers who are eager to start their spring planting or landscaping to always call 8-1-1 to have underground utility lines marked free of charge before starting any digging projects. April is National Safe Digging Month, which serves as a reminder that digging without locating...

KENOSHA, Wis. – Carthage College has received the 2024 Career Services Pursuit of Excellence Award, a nationwide honor that strongly endorses the college’s innovative approach to career development. The Career Leadership Collective, a thought partner that provides support for career services professionals, presented the award Tuesday, April 23, during its national conference in Austin,...

MADISON – Digital privacy and security engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found that the artificial intelligence-based systems that TikTok and Instagram use to extract personal and demographic data from user images can misclassify aspects of the images. This could lead to mistakes in age verification systems or introduce other errors and biases into platforms that...

Brookfield, WIS. 一 On Saturday, April 27th, Shorewest, REALTORS® will be joining forces with Camo Crew Junk Removal for their annual E-Recycling Drive to celebrate April as Earth Month. Hosting the event at the Shorewest Support Center in Brookfield, this event will be open to the public, where team members will be accepting various items including phones, VCRs,...

Middleton, WI – Rural Electric Supply Cooperative (RESCO), a member-owned, not-for-profit electrical wholesaler and one of the Midwest’s largest full-line distributors of high-voltage electric utility products, is pleased to announce the official opening of its new warehouse at 1509 Pine St., Stanley, WI 54768. RESCO celebrated the opening with a special ribbon-cutting celebration and...

Green Bay, WI – Student’s graduating from UW-Green Bay’s associate, undergraduate, and graduate programs in May will hear from two visionary speakers. CEO of the Regenstrief Institute Dr. Rachel Patzer will speak at the 9:30 a.m. commencement ceremony; President of College of Menominee Nation Cristopher Caldwell will speak at the 2 p.m. ceremony.  More...

Approximately 230 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers, mostly from the 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, trained shoulder to shoulder with roughly 75 law enforcement officers — many from the Milwaukee Police Department and metro area, as well as others from Marathon and Wood counties and the city of Janesville — as part of a joint exercise April 5...

As life sciences industries are experiencing demand like never before, they also fuel the necessity for well-educated R&D talent, world-class facilities, and a supportive economy. With this in mind, CommercialCafe ranked the top 25 U.S. metros for life sciences based on comparison on 12 key indicators across 3 categories: the local talent pool, life sciences ecosystem,...

MADISON, Wis. (April 29, 2024) –Spring is here and Hilldale’s farmers market is back! The center’s annual farmers market kicks off May 4 and will continue every Wednesday and Saturday from 8:00am-1:00pm through October 26 in the lot behind L.L.Bean, off of Segoe Road. This year, Hilldale is excited to welcome several new vendors to the market,...

MADISON, WI – “One of the best farmers’ markets in the world!” proclaimed Top Chef about the Dane County Farmer’s Market in Madison, Wisconsin. A new cookbook by one of Wisconsin’s most celebrated food writers captures the wild variety and the passionate community of farmers, cheesemakers, and bakers, shoppers and chefs who frequent this market. Author...

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Coleman Peiffer, senior manager of economic and community development at Alliant Energy.  He discusses the Madison-based utility’s efforts to advance a tax credit for data centers in Wisconsin, which began early in the COVID-19 pandemic after neighboring states announced large data center projects.  “Ultimately, we were successful in getting new legislation...