WisBusiness

BALDWIN, WI – A proposal submitted by Adoray Home Health and Hospice in Baldwin to provide robotic pets for patients with dementia has been selected to receive this month’s AARP Wisconsin “Small Dollar, Big Impact” grant. The $1,000 grant will help the organization to continue purchasing these robotic pets, which cost about $150 each. AARP Wisconsin is awarding...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking for help collecting red pine seed for their reforestation program. This fall, the DNR’s tree nursery in Boscobel will be sowing the last of the red pine seed they have in storage and are asking members of the public to collect seed to replenish their supply.

MADISON, WI (September 8, 2023) — The past few months have seen record-shattering temperatures, storms, and other climate-related events across many parts of the world. How does the increase in storm damage correspond to rising insurance prices? How might climate change continue to impact your life throughout the coming seasons? How can humans adapt, both individually and collectively, to...

Green Bay, WI — Children’s Theatre at UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus performs ‘Moana JR.’, a 60-minute musical adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film, on Friday and Saturday, October 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 15 at 2 p.m. Lauryn Albaugh, program specialist for UW-Green Bay  Marinette Campus Community Theatre and Arts, says, “We are excited...

Milwaukee, Wis. – As your business grows, you could find that it needs to add employees. Successfully attracting and then keeping talent that helps your company continue to flourish is heavily influenced by one key factor: culture. In fact, according to a recent survey performed by Glassdoor, more than half of job seekers place a higher value on a company’s...

APPLETON, Wis. (August 11, 2023) – Reach Counseling, a sexual assault service provider in the Fox Valley, will host Utopia, a brand new event to raise awareness and support for sexual assault survivors, on October 12, 2023 at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center. The event will include dinner, entertainment, and the opportunity to learn more about the...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative today announced changes in two strategic roles in its federal policy advocacy area. The organization named Karen Gefvert as director of government affairs. Travis Senn will serve as director of public affairs. Gefvert, an experienced leader in agricultural policy, joined Edge in late 2022 in the...

MILWAUKEE – A majority of Milwaukee-area economic indicators improved in July, as 16 of  22 available local indicators tracked monthly by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of  Commerce (MMAC) gained over year-ago levels. July’s total follows the revised 14 upward pointing indicators posted in June.   “The aggregate number of positive indicators in the metro area...

-- State medicine exports have risen substantially in recent years, according to a recent UW-Madison report.  The report, from the university’s Division of Extension, highlights the state’s major export categories. It was written by Steven Deller, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.  Over the past two decades,...

State medicine exports have risen substantially in recent years, according to a recent UW-Madison report.  The report, from the university’s Division of Extension, highlights the state’s major export categories. It was written by Steven Deller, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.  Over the past two decades, the...

MILWAUKEE — Mary Triggiano, director of the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice at Marquette University Law School, will be the next guest in the “Get to Know” program series of the school’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 12:15 p.m. at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St.

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Patrick Sullivan, CEO, co-founder and co-inventor at Flux XII.  Sullivan has spent the last few years as a graduate student researcher at UW-Madison, with a focus on battery chemistry, energy analysis and policy.  “What I realized early on is that we’re often...