Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Wisconsin gives Brown County $500,000 to buy power plant site, key to removing coal piles from downtown Green Bay
Green Bay Press-Gazette
GREEN BAY - Local efforts to relocate the coal piles to the mouth of the Fox River and out of central Green Bay received a major gift from the state Monday as more related news is expected Tuesday.
Brown County will get a $500,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to help buy a 40-acre portion of the former Pulliam power plant site from Wisconsin Public Service Corp., Gov. Tony Evers said. The grant would partly fund a key step toward moving the coal piles out of a highly visible area of Green Bay: finding a new home for them.
"Acquiring this property and addressing the remaining coal piles has long been an obstacle for folks in Brown County. This grant announcement today will help....
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AMMO, Inc. announces expansion in Manitowoc, more than 200 new jobs expected to be created
WBAY
MANITOWOC, Wis. (WBAY) - Manitowoc’s manufacturing sector is about to add a lot more jobs.
Arizona-based AMMO Inc. has plans to expand after acquiring Jagemann Stamping Company’s brass casing division for $27 million this past November.
The Manitowoc City Council approved a term sheet for the project during a special meeting on Monday night.
The term sheet will allow AMMO Inc. to build a 170,000 square foot facility in the city’s industrial park on a vacant piece of land just west of....
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Encourage Educational Attainment
UW Oshkosh announces sesquicentennial events
FOX 11 News
OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- This year is a milestone for UW-Oshkosh.
The university will be celebrating its sesquicentennial in 2021.
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“We’re excited to celebrate our 150th year of providing top-notch education to build our region’s future leaders, teachers and healthcare workers,” said Lynn Kleman, UWO’s Sesquicentennial Committee chair and interim associate vice chancellor for development.
The 150-year anniversary will be marked throughout the year with a series of events, including an....
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New North Region Stepping Up to the COVID-19 Challenge
UW-Green Bay nursing students prepare to help COVID-19 vaccine rollout
WBAY
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) -Nursing students at UW-Green Bay are getting ready to help with the state’s vaccination effort.
“As we understand it, the local health departments are in a position where they don’t have the capacity to launch a massive vaccination clinic throughout the whole state,” said Christine Vandenhouten, Chair of Nursing and Health Studies at UWGB.
In an effort to increase the vaccine rollout the state enlisted the help of the National Guard and local nursing and pharmacy programs.
“They are requesting us to provide a list of students and our volunteers to be part of the vaccination arm of that program and so we are prepared as....
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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Now hiring: Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry
Spectrum News 1
MANITOWOC, Wis. — For more than a century Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has been a staple in Manitowoc.
The business has expanded and modernized over the past century, producing parts and castings for a wide base of customers around the globe.
“We’re very diversified. We make parts for agricultural, marine, construction, off-highway trucks and industrial equipment,” said Greg Rabe director of operations. “We stay busy all year round.”
The foundry has stayed busy through 2020 and is in the midst of a....
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Promote the Regional Brand
Volunteer awards nominations open
Insight On Business
Nominations are being accepted until Feb. 5 for the annual recognition of the Fox Valley’s outstanding volunteers, nonprofit-business partnership and promoting the community’s commitment to volunteerism.
Awards in six categories will be presented as part of the 24th Celebrating Volunteers recognition, sponsored by the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and NBC26. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, award recipients will be honored in new ways during National Volunteer Week from April 18 to April 24.
Nominees must reside in or do the majority of their volunteer work in Outagamie, Calumet, Waupaca or northern Winnebago counties. The awards include health care, mentoring, lifetime volunteer leadership, youth leadership, and a....
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