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Sturgeon Bay, WIS., Feb. 28, 2024— The Women’s Fund of Door County, a  component fund of the Door County Community Foundation, is now  accepting applications for its spring Community Grants program.  Grants are given to organizations and programs that seek to address the needs of local women and girls by providing education and information; building self-esteem and dignity;...

Milwaukee, Wis. – Every two years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) produces a report to Congress about the Do Not Call Registry. The latest report issued on January 8, 2024, announced that 249 million Americans placed their telephone number on this registry. The FTC received over two million complaints last year that alleged violations, mostly due to robocalls. While signing up...

-- Early-stage investment activity in Wisconsin last year is expected to exceed $482 million once the final count is complete, according to an expert with the Wisconsin Technology Council.  Speaking yesterday during a Tech Council event in Madison, Investor Networks Director Joe Kremer shared preliminary investment deal figures for 2023. In line with the national trend, in-state investment activity last...

Early-stage investment activity in Wisconsin last year is expected to exceed $482 million once the final count is complete, according to an expert with the Wisconsin Technology Council.  Speaking yesterday during a Tech Council event in Madison, Investor Networks Director Joe Kremer shared preliminary investment deal figures for 2023. In line with the national...

February 27, 2024 Life Navigators is excited to have acquired the Eisner Collection, a historical American advertising and design collection.  This community treasure has been in storage for the last few years and was recently gifted to Life Navigators. The History of the Eisner Collection The previous owner...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America and its members thanked Sens. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for introducing the bipartisan Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act. The legislation designates renewable fuel used in ocean-going vessels as an “additional renewable fuel” (similar to jet fuel) under the Renewable Fuel Standard. This will enable biodiesel...

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today filed a supplemental petition asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take jurisdiction of Kaul, et al. v. Urmanski, et al., the case in which the Dane County Circuit Court ruled that Wis. Stat. § 940.04 does not criminalize abortion. The petition asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to bypass the Court...

MADISON — Walleye are one of the most sought-after species in freshwater sportfishing, a delicacy on Midwestern menus and a critically important part of the culture of many Indigenous communities. They are also struggling to survive in the warming waters of the Midwestern United States and Canada. According to a new study published Feb....

MILWAUKEE-Gale Klappa, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumnus and executive chairman of WEC Energy Group, the parent company of We Energies, was honored with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by the UWM Alumni Association at its annual awards evening on Feb. 23 at the Pfister Hotel. At the end of the program, UWM Chancellor Mark...

Brad Lloyd is promoted to General Manager – Distribution. Brad joined Acuity in 2018 as a Territory Director for Western Pennsylvania and came to Acuity with extensive prior experience on both the agency and carrier sides of insurance. He holds the Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist (CLCS), Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA), and Certified Leadership Professional (CLP) designations, and carries...

Fitchburg-Wisconsin’s state-designated entity for health information exchange (WISHIN) is offering its services at no cost to new customers in the NW-WI area in support of care coordination and access to clinical information in response to the closure of two HSHS hospitals and 19 Prevea Health clinics. WISHIN CEO Steve Rottmann says “As the state-designated entity for HIE this is another...