Marquette University: Biomedical sciences professor receives $2 million R01 grant to study factors in the transition to opioid addiction
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Matthew Hearing, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences, has received a R01 grant worth $2,067,753 from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse to study how the brain changes in the transition to opioid addiction and how factors like biological sex influence this development.
Downtown Green Bay, Inc.: Receives grant to create Green Bay’s first clay mural
Contact: Jenny VandenLangenbergjenny@downtowngreenbay.com920-617-7087Director of First Impressions, Downtown Green Bay, Inc.
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – Downtown Green Bay, Inc. was awarded a $6,000 grant through the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Creative Community grant program. This statewide program encourages arts education, cultural understanding, and community arts development and provides support for projects that are done with the community rather than just for the community.
Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium: Wehr Nature Center Wins Pull-A-Thon Trophy
Contact:Jill Hapner, Ph.D.262.227.6404Jill.Hapner@sewisc.org
Ambitious Milwaukee team wins regional Garlic Mustard Pull-A-Thon championship
MILWAUKEE — The Garlic Mustard Pull-A-Thon is an annual competition and fundraiser that encourages people throughout southeastern Wisconsin to protect our woodlands by pulling non-native invasive plants. A traveling trophy is given annually to the team who pulls the most...
Milwaukee County: County Executive Crowley commends vote to secure Milwaukee County’s financial future
Contact:Brandon Weathersby414.469.3493press@milwaukeecountywi.gov
Committee Members Advanced Revenue Measure Through Joint Committee Meeting
MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, in a special joint hybrid meeting of the Committees on Finance and Personnel, committee members advanced a resolution to enable an update to the current countywide sales tax and avert a looming fiscal cliff. In...
WMC: Wisconsin employers give K-12 schools a failing grade
Contact:Nick Novak608-661-6916 nnovak@wmc.org
MADISON – A new survey of Wisconsin businesses paints an unflattering picture of the education system in the state. According to the Wisconsin Employer Survey, nearly three-quarters of businesses think students graduating from the public K-12 system are not prepared for the workforce. Making matters worse, 56 percent of respondents said they have...
Wisconsin Historical Society: Rock School and Hanmer Robbins School Complex listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Contact: Kendall Poltzerkendall.poltzer@wisconsinhistory.org
Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of Rock School and Hanmer Robbins School Complex in the National Register of Historic Places on June 28, 2023.
The Rock School and Hanmer Robbins School Complex is located west of downtown Platteville. The property consists...
Wisconsin Historical Society: Advance Shipwreck listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Contact: Kendall Poltzerkendall.poltzer@wisconsinhistory.org
Town of Holland, Sheboygan County, WI. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Advance shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 2023. The Advance lies submerged in Lake Michigan about nine and a half miles southwest of Sheboygan Harbor.
Advance was built in 1853 in...
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors: Hosting Washington Park Senior Center town hall meeting on proposed sales tax increase
Contact:Clarence Kinnard262-880-9930
MILWAUKEE — County Supervisor Peter Burgelis, along with 1st Vice Chair Sequanna Taylor and County Supervisors Felesia A. Martin, Shawn Rolland, and Priscilla E. Coggs-Jones, will hold a town hall meeting on Tuesday, July 18, to discuss the proposed 0.4% increase of Milwaukee County's sales tax.
Recognizing the significance of...
PSC: Unveils “Wisconsin Energy Statistics” online portal
Contact: Meghan Sovey 608-266-9600meghan.sovey1@wisconsin.gov
MADISON – Today the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) unveiled the “Wisconsin Energy Statistics” portal, an online resource that provides a snapshot of energy use in Wisconsin and its economic and environmental impacts.
Prior to the “Wisconsin Energy Statistics” online portal, the State Energy Office...
Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc.: St. John Nepomucene in Little Chute moves forward with Parish Center addition
Contact: Scott PigeonHoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc. Director of Marketing920-380-2175 spigeon@hoffman.net
(Appleton, Wis) – Following a 2022 feasibility study, related planning effort, and initial design, St. John Nepomucene Catholic Community in Little Chute is proceeding with the final design and construction of a new Parish Center addition. Hoffman Planning, Design & Construction, Inc. has been hired...
