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Contact: Ariana Vruwink608-267-8823 The Dane County Land and Water Resources Department has been working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on developing Wisconsin’s first Agricultural Wetland Mitigation Bank, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced today. Approximately 31 acres of land located...

Contact: Jason Mugnaini Wisconsin Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Relations608.828.5713 MADISON – The Wisconsin Ag Coalition thanks Governor Tony Evers for signing Senate Bill 247 today, creating the new Agricultural Road Improvement Program (ARIP) into law. The signing of the bill marks a significant step forward in addressing the urgent need to repair...

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov Governor enacts bill creating the Agricultural Roads Improvement Program STODDARD — Gov. Tony Evers today, during June Dairy Month, visited Hamburg Hills Farm in Stoddard to sign Senate Bill 247, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 13, to expand the Local Roads Improvement Program (LRIP) to include agricultural road improvement projects by creating the Agricultural Roads Improvement Program. The move by the governor today to help support local...

Contact: Anna SchryverMCTS Marketing and Communications Manager(414) 937-3251 | aschryver@mcts.org MILWAUKEE (June 21, 2023) — Today, Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announced Wisconsin’s first-ever Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line, called CONNECT 1, delivered approximately 16,800 rides during the first week of service from June 4 through June 10, 2023. “We are thrilled with the early results on CONNECT and appreciate all...

Contact:      Michelle Keffer715-207-5562 keffer.michelle@securityhealth.org Matt Schneider 715-858-4427 schneider.matthew@marshfieldclinic.org CHIPPEWA FALLS – Food insecurity – limited or uncertain access to enough food to live an active, healthy life – is an ongoing concern across the nation as well as here in Wisconsin. One local organization working to alleviate food insecurity is Legacy Community Center.

CLEAR LAKE, Wis. -- An additional 500 residences and businesses in northern Dunn County will have access to high-speed broadband services from Nextgen Broadband next year after the company’s grant application was approved recently by the state Public Service Commission.  The PSC’s Wisconsin Broadband Office announced that Nextgen Broadband, a subsidiary of Clear Lake...

Contact: Meghan Sovey 608-266-9600meghan.sovey1@wisconsin.gov Will Advise the Commissioner on all Matters Before the PSC MADISON – Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) Commissioner Summer Strand announced today the appointment of Tanner Blair as her Executive Assistant (EA). Blair’s first day in this role is June 21. Each Commissioner at the...

DRESSER, WISCONSIN (June 2023)—Dallas-based MAG Capital Partners, LLC acquired a multi-property industrial facility in northwest Wisconsin, in a sale-leaseback structured transaction with industrials-focused private equity sponsor CORE Industrial Partners (“CORE”). Located at 700 Kelly Avenue, Dresser, Wisc., the four-building site totals 107,660 square feet on approximately 9 acres just off State Highway 35 and within an...

Contact: wisconsin@familyfriendlyeconomy.org Stories from eight providers across Wisconsin demonstrate that affordable, quality child care will become even more difficult to find as federal relief funding expires. MADISON, Wis. – The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy (CFFE) released a storybook today, featuring eight child care providers from across the Badger State...

Contact: Emily Greendonner(608) 516-9154egreendonner@uwhealth.org MADISON, Wis. – To recognize National Asking Saves Kids Day, or ASK Day, a UW Health Kids expert is encouraging parents and caregivers to ask questions about whether guns are accessible to their children. The annual awareness day is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, commonly called...

Contact:DeAnne BoegliVice President of Communications608-512-5754deanne.boegli@wpsic.com Company renews support for CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion™ MADISON, Wis.—June 21, 2023—President and CEO Wendy Perkins has joined more than 2,400 Chief Executive Officers and Presidents across the nation to pledge action on supporting a more inclusive workplace for employees, communities, and society at...

Contact: David Thompson CEO (262) 544-5500 dave@swimmingpoolservices.com Waukesha, Wis. – Swimming Pool Services Inc., southeast Wisconsin’s leader in creating amazing pool environments and outdoor living spaces, has been named to the prestigious 2023 Pool & Spa News Top 50 Builders list for the third time. Swimming Pool Services (SPS), which celebrated its 55th anniversary in 2022, is the...

— Centro Hispano (Centro), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the Latinx community in Dane County, is looking forward to our annual Becas (Scholarships) Awards luncheon on Saturday, June 24th at Madison College TRUAX Campus. This year Centro will award six 4,500 scholarships to high school seniors, four $10,000 scholarships to college students, and will continue to support one graduate student with a $20,000 annual commitment. The Becas Program, an integral part of...

Widespread drought conditions are hurting some crops in the state, according to the latest report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.  The federal agency’s latest crop progress report, produced in cooperation with DATCP, covers the week ending June 18. It shows moisture levels in both topsoil and subsoil have been declining throughout the...