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CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN – (October 5, 2023) – Skogen’s Festival Foods will open its newest location at 6 a.m. Friday, October 6, at 1109 Chippewa Crossing Blvd. in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The store will be open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mark Skogen, president and CEO of Festival Foods, said the company...

MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 5, 2023) — The community is invited to give blood in honor of Janie Starzewski at a special American Red Cross blood drive Thursday, Oct. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S Segoe Rd.  This summer, Janie was diagnosed with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). AIHA is...

MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., has again been recognized as a Qualified Health Plan (QHP) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), able to offer health insurance coverage in 2024 through the Federally-facilitated Exchange (HealthCare.gov), also known as the Health Insurance Marketplace, or just the Marketplace. “The Marketplace makes it...

MADISON – A multi-disciplinary team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers, led by the Center for Healthy Minds and the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, is set to begin a highly novel, multi-phase study exploring whether a combination of targeted brain stimulation and meditation can improve well-being and help prevent deaths by suicide. Innovative,...

MADISON, WIS. – The Dam and Daughter duo owned by Brian Pacheco of Kerman, Calif. won big as the owner of the Senior and Reserve Senior Champion and Grand and Reserve Grand Champion of the International Brown Swiss Show. Iroquois Acres Jong Cali, the winning Component Merit Cow, was awarded the honor of Grand Champion. She is...

MADISON, WIS. – The pair of Senior Champions claimed Grand and Reserve Grand Champion of the International Junior Brown Swiss Show on Wednesday, October 4. Grand Champion went to the winning junior of the Component Merit Cow Class, Dutch-Marie Dundee Allie. She is the recipient of the Lillian & Keith King and Jim King Grand Champion of...

MADISON – In his eleventh year of stewardship, Madison College President Jack E. Daniels, III has announced he will retire in June of 2024. The announcement was made at a meeting of the Madison College District Board on October 4. In an email to Madison College faculty and staff, Daniels reflected on some of...

Pewaukee, Wis. – For the 11th consecutive year, Swimming Pool Services Inc. will provide free Christmas lighting and decorating services at the homes of two military families in southeastern Wisconsin. Swimming Pool Services is seeking nominations for two deserving families – active duty, reservist or retired military - to have their homes adorned with...

LA CROSSE, WI— The Touchstone Energy Cooperatives® of the Dairyland Power System kicked-off National Co-op Month with their inaugural Cooperative Day of Service on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.   Dairyland coordinated six service projects throughout its service territory and joined forces with  employees from local electric cooperatives to showcase the cooperatives’ dedication to the  cooperative...

Sun Prairie, Wis.— Bank of Sun Prairie today announced the launch of EVERFI: Financial Literacy, a new personal finance education program for high school students in grades nine to 12 at Sun Prairie East, Sun Prairie West, and Prairie Phoenix Academy. The course has been made available through Bank of Sun Prairie’s relationship with EVERFIÒ from BlackbaudÒ, the leader in...

MILWAUKEE — Charlie Sykes, political commentator and editor-in-chief of The Bulwark, will lead an insightful discussion on a range of topics pertinent to conservatism and Republican constituents during “The State of Modern Conservative Politics,” a panel event co-hosted by the Marquette Civic Dialogues Program and MKE Communities & Cultures FilmFest, on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 4 p.m....

MADISON – A multi-disciplinary team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers, led by the Center for Healthy Minds and the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness, is set to begin a highly novel, multi-phase study exploring whether a combination of targeted brain stimulation and meditation can improve well-being and help prevent deaths by suicide. Innovative, science-backed strategies...

AI is being used for crunching data, detecting fraud, writing software, analyzing language and much more, but business users say human expertise remains as important as ever.  Spencer X. Smith, founder of Madison-based digital marketing firm AmpliPhi, emphasized the importance of human feedback for an AI training method called reinforcement learning. He spoke yesterday...

-- AI is being used for crunching data, detecting fraud, writing software, analyzing language and much more, but business users say human expertise remains as important as ever.  Spencer X. Smith, founder of Madison-based digital marketing firm AmpliPhi, emphasized the importance of human feedback for an AI training method called reinforcement learning. He spoke...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with returning guest Diamond McKenna, co-founder and CEO of Milton-based Diamond Assets.  This business provides tech consultations and recycling services to a variety of clients across the country, including schools, business, health care organizations and government entities.  McKenna shares her thoughts on the...