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MILWAUKEE – A significant piece of loading equipment was recently delivered to Port Milwaukee for The DeLong Co., Inc. agricultural maritime export facility. The Made in America ship loader traveled more than 1,500 miles by barge from New Orleans, Louisiana, up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Jones Island. This equipment is capable of...

The 2022 Capitol Ornament was inspired by the farmers’ market on the Capitol Square and is being unveiled to coincide with its 50th Anniversary The largest producers-only markets in the nation, the Dane County Farmers’ Market was first held on September 30, 1972. The beloved downtown Madison tradition will celebrate its half century on...

Milwaukee, Sep. 23, 2022 – Mrs. Billie Kubly is investing $5 million to accelerate efforts to prevent suicide and increase access to behavioral health programs for patients and families at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). The contribution establishes the Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Kubly Community-Based Suicide Prevention Research Program and will be used to address the...

The 2022 Capitol Ornament was inspired by the farmers’ market on the Capitol Square and is being unveiled to coincide with its 50th Anniversary The largest producers-only markets in the nation, the Dane County Farmers’ Market was first held on September 30, 1972. The beloved downtown Madison tradition will celebrate its half century on...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) welcomes Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) in Marinette as a Tier 1 participant of the state’s Green Tier program.  The DNR’s Green Tier program recognizes organizations committed to going above and beyond compliance to improve their environmental performance and impact. Green Tier empowers organizations who are on the...

A thoughtful discussion about the future of education in America with former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Marquette University scholar Howard Fuller will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. The free event, presented by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public...

Milwaukee, WI – September 23, 2022 — The Independent Business Association of Wisconsin (IBAW) announces the members of its 2022-2023 Public Policy Committee. Steve Kohlmann, IBAW executive director, said, “IBAW is a member-driven, active organization, and it’s great to have business owners so intimately involved in crafting public policy which advances small business in...

MADISON, Wis. – Kidney transplant patients like Tessa Adolph, from Rockford, Illinois, face an age-old problem to protect their new kidney and bodies after transplant surgery: how to prevent infections while also safeguarding their new kidney from damage or rejection. In Adolph’s case, the risk came from the BK virus. At...

Milwaukee, Wis. – As Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other nearby Caribbean islands have been impacted by Hurricane Fiona and suffer from floods, power outages, home displacements and access to basic necessities such as safe water, many charitable organizations are seeking to provide emergency relief and assistance. It’s been five years since Hurricane Maria caused devastation that resulted...

MILWAUKEE – This morning, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, in conjunction with BobblesGalore and Allen Lazard unveiled a limited edition Allen Lazard bobblehead featuring the Green Bay Packers wide receiver. This marks the first bobblehead of Lazard, who is the Packers’ top receiver this season. The limited-edition bobbleheads of Lazard, which are individually numbered to only 500, just arrived and ship...

MANITOWOC – A worker recruitment and retention initiative at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry – funded with a Wisconsin Fast Forward grant from the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) – has helped the company dramatically reduce turnover and improve its on-time delivery rate.DWD Secretary-designee Amy Pechacek met with Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry CEO, Sachin Shivaram, to tour the facility and...

Thomas Gibson, Ed.D., was officially installed as the 15th chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Friday before more than 300 Wisconsin education, business and community leaders, faculty, staff and students. Gibson became chancellor in January 2021. This formal inauguration, filled with academic tradition, was postponed until now because of the pandemic.

-- This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Wendy Pease, owner and president of Rapport International, a Nebraska company providing translation and interpretation services for businesses.  Pease discusses the importance of exporting to foreign markets for companies in Wisconsin, noting businesses that export products and services have higher revenues, profits and salary...