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- On Thursday, March 16th, 2023, there was another death inside Milwaukee County Jail. The victim is a 37 year-old male, who is yet to be identified. The press has reported that he was found unconscious in his cell following a routine medication pass. On Tuesday, March 21, the Justice for Brieon Green Coalition will be...

United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on March 20, 2023, Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Mitchell J. Guerrero (age: 30) to a total sentence of 46 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release for manufacturing and trafficking 3D-printed firearms, commonly referred to as “ghost guns”...

MADISON, Wis., COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Corporate investments in climate-tech start-ups are a growing but overlooked aspect of innovation that should be more fully considered in efforts to advance climate technology, according to a new report in the academic journal Joule. Corporations are often strategic investors motivated by profits as well as by other interests including expanding...

Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy says the TitletownTech startup program “could be as impactful as anything that the Packers have done.”  He spoke yesterday at the 10th annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The event is designed to help early-stage companies...

-- Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy says the TitletownTech startup program “could be as impactful as anything that the Packers have done.”  He spoke yesterday at the 10th annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The event is designed to help early-stage...

MADISON – A pesky household leak leaves more than a small puddle; every drop can add up to one costly water bill. In an effort to ensure utilities and residents are saving water and money, the Public Service Commission (PSC) is participating in "Fix-a-Leak Week," March 20-26, 2023.  WaterSense is a voluntary partnership program sponsored...

MADISON, Wis. – In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” Jim Hartlieb president and chief executive officer of First Business Bank, talks about the collapse of two specialty banks and implications for the larger banking industry. The Show also previews the following events: Lunch, March 28, “State efforts to boost venture...

Madison, Wis. – March 20, 2023 – USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey in April. The survey will collect information about hired labor from more than 300 Wisconsin farmers. NASS will publish the data May 24 in the Farm Labor report available on the NASS website at nass.usda.gov/Publications. Survey recipients...

MADISON, Wis. (March 20, 2023) — In recognition of its focus on inclusion, Alliant Energy was recently named to the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fifth consecutive year. The GEI is a weighted index developed by Bloomberg to gauge the performance of companies based on gender-related data.  This index measures company equality across five pillars: Leadership...

OCONOMOWOC, Wis. — Wangard Partners Inc. (Wangard), a Milwaukee-based full-service real estate company, and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Health Care System announced that a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic will be part of the development of Olympia Fields. The new 8,500-square-foot VA facility at 1289 Olympia Fields Drive expands access to VA care for Veterans...

Hartwell, GA. Redline Plastics, a rotational molding and thermoforming plastics manufacturer in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, who also specializes in commercial sewing and fiberglass reinforced plastics announced that it has acquired Quality Holdings, LLC, a rotational and compression molding company in Hartwell, Georgia. The deal was announced on March 20th , 2023. “We are focused on...

LA CROSSE, WI— Dairyland President and CEO Brent Ridge has been appointed to the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) Used Fuel Executive Task Force. The NEI is the policy organization of the nuclear technologies industry, based in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the task force is to provide strategic guidance and support to NEI on used fuel-related legislative,...