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MILWAUKEE — Dr. Kristina Ropella, Opus Dean of Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering, has been named a 2023 Imprint Award winner by Professional Dimensions, a leading women’s professional association in the Milwaukee area. She will be recognized at the annual Imprint Award event on March 30, 2023, at the Pfister Hotel. Professional Dimensions’ Imprint...

Milwaukee, Wis. – The year 2022 was a busy one for the Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (BBB). In 2022, BBB Wisconsin had more than 2.5 million visits to our website (bbb.org/Wisconsin) and served more than 21,100 consumers via the telephone and the live chat function on our website, an increase of almost twenty percent.  

Milwaukee, Wis. – The year 2022 was a busy one for the Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (BBB). In 2022, BBB Wisconsin had more than 2.5 million visits to our website (bbb.org/Wisconsin) and served more than 21,100 consumers via the telephone and the live chat function on our website, an increase of almost twenty percent.  

Menomonie, Wis. – From biomedical facilities to a sustainable dairy farm, from coffee producers to climbing mountains, 10 University of Wisconsin-Stout students were immersed in Costa Rican culture on an 11-day study abroad experience in January. As part of Exploring International Business in Latin America, a heritage-based, faculty-led program organized by UW-Stout’s Office of...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Secretary-designee Cheryll Olson-Collins today announced she appointed Craig Heilman to lead the DFI’s Division of Corporate and Consumer Services as the division’s administrator.Heilman began his appointment on January 30, 2023. “Craig is a great addition to the DFI leadership team with his extensive leadership, team building,...

APPLETON, Wisconsin - The popular Music for All series presented by the Lawrence Conservatory of Music returns beginning March 12. The interactive performances by Lawrence students and faculty, working in collaboration with members of the New York-based chamber ensemble Decoda, provide an opportunity for the Fox Cities community to engage with music in an intimate...

MADISON - February 13, 2023 - Dane County and the Madison Area Municipal Stormwater Partnership (MAMSWaP) are now accepting plant orders for their 19th annual Plant Dane Native Plant Program. The Plant Dane Program provides native plants to local groups, municipalities, and residents in Dane County for a fraction of the normal retail cost.  “Native plants play a key role in managing...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Greater Milwaukee Urban League will honor local leaders and organizations whose efforts to champion equity and social justice make Milwaukee a better community for everyone.   The awards ceremony will take place Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, during the GMUL’s 62nd annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Equal Opportunity Day Luncheon at the Pfister Hotel,...

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Scholars. This recognition is given to universities and colleges that received the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Two UW-Stevens Point faculty members were selected...

MENASHA, Wis. (Feb. 13, 2023) – Dr. Lisa Miller, clinical psychologist and bestselling author, will speak on the science of spirituality on Thursday, March 23, 2023, from 9-10:30 a.m. via Zoom. The webinar is offered by Samaritan as its annual Creating Hope workshop for teachers, parents, scientists, leaders, healers, and other interested community members. The event will...

WEST BEND, WI (February 13, 2023) - Delta Defense, the service provider to the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA), the fastest-growing self-defense association in the country, announced today that Mike Lowney has been named as the company’s President. Lowney has more than 15 years of senior management and c-suite experience, including over a decade...

Milwaukee—February 13—Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) is launching safe, affordable, no-scalpel vasectomy services in partnership with urologists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) starting February 16, 2023. Patients can now book their appointments for the procedure, which will be provided at the PPWI Water Street Health Center located at 435 S. Water Street in Milwaukee. Vasectomy...

MILWAUKEE (February 13, 2023) — Milwaukee County is about to join a list of major metros around the world—London, Sydney, Portland, New York City among others—when it introduces riders to fare capping this spring. MCTS’s new fare collection system, called WisGo, caps bus fares. Riders pay as they go, saving money the more they ride, without the need to...