WisBusiness: Rural issues forum covers health care, farming, local food initiatives
By Gregg Hoffmann
For WisBusiness.com
VIROQUA -- Issues ranging from health care for farmers to local food initiatives consumed the first of three rural issues forums being held across the state by the Center for Rural Affairs.
Steph Larsen and Virginia Wolking, rural policy organizers from the Nebraska-based center, moderated the session Monday in Vernon County.
Similar sessions will be...
UW-Madison: Climate competition offers up to $100,000 in awards
CONTACT: Tracey Holloway, 608-262-5356, taholloway@wisc.edu; Keith Cronin, 608-395-4172, krcronin@wisc.edu
MADISON - Now in its second year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Climate Leadership Challenge really means business.
Organizers of the competition, which encourages student solutions to climate change, have doubled the amount of cash to be awarded - up to $100,000 - to help the winning teams put their products or programs...
Groeschl Strategic Wealth Management Group: Local MetLife firm and the De Pere Area Chamber of Commerce awards local business owners the “Exceptional Service Award of Excellence”
Contact: Kathy Schmidt
Phone: 920-632-1780
De Pere, WI – Groeschl Strategic Wealth Management Group, an office of MetLife, in collaboration with the De Pere Area Chamber of Commerce awarded the “Exceptional Service Award of Excellence” to Café Indulge and its owners David and Kelly Powers. Every quarter Groeschl Strategic Wealth Management Group and the De Pere Area Chamber of...
UW-Madison: Digital revolution happening outside the classroom
CONTACT: Rich Halverson, 608-265-4772, halverson@education.wisc.edu
MADISON - The way we learn is changing, but schools are having trouble keeping up.
While technology dominates daily life and work, it still plays a limited role in public schools filled with students who are increasingly learning outside the classroom with help from cell phones, computers, and video games, says Rich Halverson, a University of...
UW-Stevens Point: Recapturing Your Downtown 2009 conference set for Oct. 22
Featuring the CEO of Wold International
Main Streets across Wisconsin are facing challenging times. But those challenges also lead to opportunities as public and private sector initiatives, even in difficult economic times.
Mayors, city and county officials, economic development specialists, private and nonprofit sector interests, and business owners can learn more about revitalizing their downtowns at the fifth annual Recapturing...
We Energies: Press conference on carbon capture project results
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 8, 11 a.m. CDT
WHO: Gale Klappa, CEO, We Energies
Pierre Gauthier, U.S. President, Alstom
...
Madison Squash Workshop: Madison international squash tournament set for October 20-25
Contact: Damon Bourne
damonbourne@gmail.com, 608-577-2446
MADISON, Wis. (Sept. 23) – Madison Squash Workshop, the city’s first squash club and home to Wisconsin’s only regulation international squash courts, announced it will host a professional squash tournament, October 20-25.
The Madison Open is the first stop on a 7-city tour for mid-level professional players organized by Squash Design, a high-quality squash apparel provider....
DATCP, DNR: Farmers urged to take steps now to empty manure storage structures, weather permitting
Contact: Kevin Erb, UWEX (920) 391-4652
Jim VandenBrook, DATCP (608) 224-4501
Gordon Stevenson, DNR, (608) 267-2759
Renae Anderson, NRCS, (608) 662-4422 ext. 227
Ryan DeBroux, Nutrient Applicators Assn., (920) 655-4517
MADISON – Wisconsin agriculture and natural resource officials are urging...
