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The AbbyBank Foundation, Inc. has awarded a $1,500 grant to Junior Achievement of Northeast Wisconsin to support their Finance Park program. Finance Park is Junior Achievement's flagship program for personal financial planning and career exploration, providing students with the skills to make intelligent financial decisions that last a lifetime. “Students in Northeast Wisconsin will...

MADISON – The WMC Litigation Center – an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the combined state chamber of commerce and manufacturers’ association – last week filed a lawsuit against the City of Neenah, asserting that the city’s sign ordinance violates the First Amendment right to free speech in several ways. Neenah’s ordinance prohibits...

Portage, WI -- Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin celebrated the opening of its 200th Club location in the state, making the City of Portage the 75th community served by the organization. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for the new facility was held on Thursday at the Rusch Building in Portage, located at 117 West Franklin Street....

Madison, WI – Opening in conjunction with Wisconsin Film Festival Hilldale movie screenings is the exhibit CREATIVE POWER, curated by ARTS For ALL Wisconsin from Friday, April 14 through Thursday, April 20, 2023. ARTS For ALL Wisconsin is thrilled to partner with the Wisconsin Film Festival Hilldale to celebrate the creativity and talent of individuals with disabilities....

The University of Wisconsin–Madison formally installed Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin as its 30th leader on April 14, 2023, during a jubilant and majestic investiture ceremony steeped in tradition yet focused squarely on building a strong future for the university. “This is a new chapter in the UW–Madison story,” said UW System President Jay Rothman,...

WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new method for extending the storage life of various meat products.  This method’s inventor, Mark Richards, is a professor in UW-Madison’s Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is touting his work as a top licensing prospect and a “natural” alternative...

-- WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new method for extending the storage life of various meat products.  This method’s inventor, Mark Richards, is a professor in UW-Madison’s Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is touting his work as a top licensing prospect and a “natural”...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America applauded a bipartisan letter from 16 Senators that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency to increase volumes for advanced biofuels and biomass-based diesel as it finalizes the Renewable Fuel Standards for 2023, 2024 and 2025 by June. The letter outlines several essential improvements to the rule that are needed to “give...

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of eight attorneys general calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that the benefits of EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Block Grant Program reach underserved communities as intended under the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). “With the Inflation Reduction Act’s...

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fire crews and local agencies are on the scene of a 3,168-acre wildfire in Monroe County, with 109 acres outside of Fort McCoy boundaries. The fire is 60% contained. Previous communications indicated the fire was in Jackson County. Updated information and mapping show...

Daniel S. Zomchek, Ph.D., FACHE, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12, is pleased to announce that James D. McLain, MHA, FACHE, has been selected as the new Executive Director, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, effective April 23, 2023. Mr. McLain currently serves as the Deputy Director of Zablocki VA...

Gov. Tony Evers has proclaimed next week (April 17-21) as National Work Zone Awareness Week in Wisconsin. For more than 20 years, National Work Zone Awareness Week has marked the start of construction season across our country, promoting road worker safety and cautious driving in work zones. “Transportation investments are reaching all corners of the...