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On Monday, March 13, 2023, the Wauwatosa School District Board of Education approved its Legislative Advocacy Committee’s updated Legislative Priorities, which are aligned with Governor Evers’ biennium budget for 2023-2025. The priorities include requests for a predictable and sustainable funding model; established state funding for school safety and security; increased funding for high-need/high-cost students; an investment in...

La Crosse, WI— Dairyland Power Cooperative’s partner school, Hintgen Elementary, will benefit from a $2,500 combined donation from Dairyland and President & CEO Brent Ridge. Dairyland donated $2,000 in support of Hintgen’s schoolwide snack fund; Ridge and his wife, Lisa, personally provided an additional contribution for a total of $2,500. “The ongoing support from...

A team of Associated Press reporters has won the 2023 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics for their work documenting the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in March of 2022. For almost three weeks, video journalist Mystyslav Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and video producer Vasilisa Stepanenko were the last international journalists...

The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation is proud to announce the 2023 Local Broadcast Legends honorees: · Dan Breeden's name is synonymous with weather in the La Crosse area because of his dedication to meteorology and the many connections he's made in the community. · Doug Erdman is a Shawano County institution with a reputation for hard work, professionalism, and community service. · Gene Mueller is known in Milwaukee...

SUPERIOR, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting to discuss using dredged material at the Demolition Landfill Solutions, LLC (DLS) Landfill starting at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The meeting will take place in the classroom conference room at the Superior Public Library located at 1530...

MADISON, WIS. – World Dairy Expo® is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2023 Expo Recognition Awards. Nominated and selected by their peers, these individuals have made remarkable contributions to the dairy industry and their communities. Honorees will be formally honored during the Recognition Awards Banquet at World Dairy Expo on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Banquet tickets...

Menomonie, Wis. — In 20 years of teaching family and consumer sciences, Emily Larson has built a powerhouse program at Amery High School in northwestern Wisconsin. Larson created a Leadership Academy and directed an overhaul of the school’s family and consumer sciences kitchen, among other achievements, to help students “become leaders in the classroom...

Racine, WI - J. Jeffers & Co., in partnership with City of Racine Mayor, Cory Mason, and CG Schmidt construction, will host a ceremonial groundbreaking to mark the fourth phase of the catalytic transformation of Racine’s historic home to the former Horlick Malted Milk complex at 2100 Northwestern Avenue. The fourth phase, coming in Summer 2024, expands...

(Green Bay, Wis.)  The Wisconsin Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Association board of directors has hired Melissa Michel as the organization’s Interim Executive Director. Michel brings extensive knowledge and experience in nonprofit leadership to the role, including process development and strategic planning. “The Wisconsin CASA board of directors is thrilled to have Melissa take the helm...

APPLETON - Lawrence University senior Charlie Wetzel is the latest Lawrence student to be chosen for a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. Wetzel will travel to Iceland, India, Thailand, Mexico, The Netherlands, and Germany over the coming year, pursuing a project titled “The Art of the Transgender Life,” where she explores the intersections between art, gender, national...

Milwaukee, WI - The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation has announced that Nina Shea, a prominent religious freedom attorney and Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute, will receive a 2023 Bradley Prize. Now in its 19th year, the Prize is given to individuals whose extraordinary work exemplifies the Foundation’s mission to restore, strengthen, and protect the principles and institutions of American...

MADISON, Wis.—March 21, 2023—WPS Health Insurance is the official Medicare supplement sponsor for the 2023 Medicarians conference, taking place April 24–26 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Medicarians is the nation’s largest senior health and wealth conference. This national conference offers the chance to network and learn from more than 2,000 product creators, distributors,...

Milwaukee, WI – The weather might not be cooperating in every corner of the state, but it’s officially Spring now and Wisconsin Women in Conservation is kicking off their 2023 in-person event season with two Spring Conservation Gatherings the first week of April. The topic for both is “Digging into Soil.”  The first event...

(Waukesha, WI) – Waukesha County Parks and Land Use is happy to announce that Town of Brookfield drains are to be available for adoption starting on World Water Day, March 22, as the latest addition to Waukesha County’s Adopt-A-Drain program. A total of seven communities are now keeping local storm drains clean through this program.

Madison, Wi---The Madison Kiwanis West Foundation in March sponsored four skiers in its annual Adaptive Sports outing in Durango, Colorado. The four Madison-area skiers included Melissa Roberts (Waunakee), Ralph Smith (Madison). Shane Mitchell (Sun Prairie) and Liz Wawrzonek (Madison). They enjoyed five days of skiing on Purgatory Hill. Also traveling with...