WisBusiness

MILWAUKEE– Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart) is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the 2024 Wisconsin Law Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation. The award recognizes the country’s most distinguished litigators and their firms for their work over the past 12 months. Benchmark Litigation facilitates months of peer-and-client-review-based research and analysis of...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Lauren Brey, managing director of Farmers for Sustainable Food.  The nonprofit organization aims to promote farmer-led solutions to environmental challenges, such as sustainability projects involving dairy farms and other agricultural operations. Multiple pilot projects have a focus on supply chains for farm goods, Brey explains. 

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), along with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP), local health departments, and federal partners, is working to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to fresh basil. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 12 people in seven states have become infected with the outbreak...

MILWAUKEE — Shital Vora, M.D., CEO and co-founder of Global Brigades, will serve as Marquette University's 2024 undergraduate Commencement speaker, and Peggy Troy, Children’s Wisconsin CEO, will speak at the Graduate School and Graduate School of Management ceremony. Both are Marquette alumnae. As part of the university’s Commencement ceremonies, Vora and Troy will be presented honorary doctor...

The AbbyBank Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce a $1,200 donation to Junior Achievement of Wisconsin NE Region in support of their mission to empower young people to succeed in a global economy. The donation will be used towards the purchase of tablets, essential tools for running the JA Biz Town and JA Finance Park programs. Junior Achievement (JA)...

Green Bay, WI – One of the brightest stars in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be at the UW-Green Bay campus on Friday. The UW-Green Bay First Nations Education Celebration, featuring “Echo” star, Alaqua Cox, will take place Friday, April 19 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. in the University Union, Phoenix Rooms. The celebration will begin with special acknowledgements...

MADISON, Wis. (April 18, 2024) – April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and it’s an important reminder to drivers everywhere that they should practice safe driving habits at all times. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines distracted driving as any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to people...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (April 18, 2024) — Fox World Travel, a leading travel company and Forbes-recognized Best Small Employer in America, is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand-new website. This comprehensive redesign offers travelers a more intuitive and user-friendly platform to plan their dream vacations, manage their business travel and plan off-site meetings and incentive trips. Known for its diverse portfolio of...

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will host its fifth annual Symposium on Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice on Tuesday, April 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. This symposium serves as an “institutional examen,” a time to look inwardly at who we are and who we are called to be. This year’s theme...

The research and scholarly creative activity of more than 500 Blugold students will be showcased at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity April 22-26 on campus. Among the scheduled activities during CERCA are the open poster exhibitions from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, and 2-4 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in the Ojibwe Ballroom of Davies Center. Dr....

De Pere, WI – In a gesture that highlights community support and commitment to local athletics, Fairchild Equipment has donated a Cushman Hauler 1200 commercial utility vehicle to the athletics department at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on April 16, at the Mel Nicks Sports Complex on campus, enhancing the college’s...

Green Bay, WI – A new Spring enrollment report shows that the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay furthered its success as the “fastest growing university in the state” with a 5.2% year-over-year increase in Spring enrollment. The report was headlined by a highest-ever Spring headcount of 8,025*. While statewide and national trendlines for enrollment have sharply declined in recent years, UW-Green...

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. – Seeking refuge from the summer heat in the 19th century gilded age, Midwestern city dwellers adopted Lake Geneva, Wis., as their summer playground, building palatial seasonal homes along the lake. On May 4, guests can visit one of the area’s first lakeside homes when Black Point Estate and Gardens, a Wisconsin Historical Society site, opens for the season. Built by Chicago Beer Baron Conrad...