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RACINE—The City of Racine has reached a tentative agreement with the Racine Police Association, which includes a raise and benefits package for police officers. Racine Common Council Finance & Personnel Committee will vote on the contract on Monday, March 13. The Mayor and Chair of the Finance & Personnel Committee will present the proposed...

Madison - On March 4th, Riley Saenim won the statewide Wisconsin Poetry Out Loud (POL) Competition held on the UW-Madison campus. Saenim, a freshman at Racine’s The Prairie School, advanced to the Finals from the WI Southeast Regional competition. Riley’s coach, Matt Peterson, said the private school placed special emphasis on poetry in English...

– On Saturday, March 11, partner organizations of Milwaukee’s International Women’s Day (IWD) Coalition will once again lead a celebration of this important holiday. The celebration will begin at 12:00PM with a march from Dontre Hamilton Park (Red Arrow) to Village Church (130 E Juneau Ave.). Speeches will be delivered at Village Church, where endorsing organizations...

FOX CITIES, Wis. – (March 9, 2023) – Miller Electric has been named a PULSE Champion of Young Professionals (YPs) by the Fox Cities Chamber. This designation recognizes employers who pledge to provide support and a positive work environment for YPs within their company. “Here at Miller Electric we are supportive of our young professionals in...

APPLETON, Wisconsin - Six Lawrence University faculty members have been granted 2023 tenure appointments. President Laurie A. Carter and the university’s Board of Trustees, based on recommendations by the faculty Committee on Tenure, Promotion, Reappointment, and Equal Employment Opportunity, approved the granting of tenure to Israel Del Toro, biology; Thelma Jiménez-Anglada, Spanish; Nancy Lin,...

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with returning guest Ben Lipari, assistant vice president of resource development at Alliant Energy.  He provides an overview of the Madison-based utility company’s latest proposed battery storage projects and their role in the company’s overall plan for transitioning to more clean energy resources. 

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with returning guest Ben Lipari, assistant vice president of resource development at Alliant Energy.  He provides an overview of the Madison-based utility company’s latest proposed battery storage projects, as well as their role in the company’s overall plan for transitioning to more clean energy resources. 

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of January 2023, which showed Wisconsin added 4,100 nonfarm jobs over the month and 55,800 jobs over the year. The data also showed that Wisconsin's unemployment rate fell to 2.9% for...

MILWAUKEE (March 9, 2023) — Nicholas & Associates and its sister company Wingspan Development Group, a national development firm active in mixed-use and multifamily properties, announced today they acquired nearly 59 acres in Pabst Farms and will be proposing a new live/work/play concept for the site in the master-planned community in Oconomowoc, Wisc., 35 miles west of Milwaukee. Expanding on Pabst...

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is notifying all Wisconsinites enrolled in BadgerCare Plus or another Medicaid program they will need to renew their benefits by an assigned due date between June 2023 and May 2024. Members should wait until they receive their renewal packet to complete their renewal. Members should also make sure DHS has their current...

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) is announcing the grant application period is now open for nonprofit organizations that may be at risk of a terrorist attack due to their ideology, beliefs, or mission.  The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) is a federal grant administrated by WEM that provides support for nonprofit organizations...

MADISON, Wis.—Karen Walsh, President of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, and Jay Rothman, President of the UW System, today appointed an 11-member Search and Screen Committee to help identify the next UW-Parkside chancellor. Regent Kyle Weatherly will chair the Search and Screen Committee. Adrienne Viramontes, Professor and Department Chair, College of...

Mount Pleasant, WI (March 2023) – We Energies, a Wisconsin-based utility company of WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC), and Hon Hai Technology Group (“Foxconn”) (TWSE:2317) announced that this spring the companies will submit for approval with the Village of Mount Pleasant Board of Trustees and Racine County Board of Supervisors a project to install solar panels at Foxconn’s...

OSHKOSH Wis. (March 9, 2023) – GO Transit, the public transportation service in the Greater Oshkosh area in partnership with Winnebago County, is excited to launch GO Connect, its new microtransit service on April 3. GO Connect will replace intercity Route 10, which ends April 1, by providing a flexible ride-scheduling service that will transport riders between the Oshkosh...

After three years of emergency operations, Public Health Madison & Dane County will close the doors to its community COVID testing clinic on April 14. The closure coincides with the expiration of the federal emergency declaration on May 11, and the end of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Community Testing Support Program. “Since May 11, 2020,...