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Encourage Educational Attainment
Welding a successful path for the future: Oconto Middle School students have opportunity to learn the skilled trade through new program
THE BUSINESS NEWS
OCONTO – Chad Hendzel, a NWTC welding instructor and operations manager at Yakfab Metals Inc. in Oconto, said the sooner a student's skill and passion for a trade is identified, “the sooner they can start a successful path forward to a great career.”
A new program at Oconto Middle School is allowing students to do just that.
Recently, the school acquired a MobileArc Augmented Reality Welding System and Prusa i3 3D printers, which gives interested students the opportunity to learn welding skills without the dangers of the real tools....
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Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Wisconsin needs more young people to prevent worsening the labor shortage, but there's no easy solution
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
Twenty-five-year-old Matt Gill grew up in the Fox Valley. After a stint at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, he left Wisconsin last June.
"The reason I left is because I started working remotely after COVID, and my girlfriend got a job in Utah," he said. "We will probably come back in the future to be closer to our family, but it depends on how her career goes."
Gill works in information technology, or IT, while his girlfriend is a naturalist educator at a nature center in Utah....
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Encourage Educational Attainment
Two Rivers High Lift coffee shop, Cool City Brewing among Two Rivers developments to watch in 2023
HERALD TIMES REPORTER
TWO RIVERS - Post-pandemic focus for the city of Two Rivers centers on new places to eat and drink, fun things to do, and affordable homes to live in.
“It’s going to be a big year for the city of Two Rivers,” City Manager Greg Buckley told Streetwise. “Very exciting things.”
We asked Buckley and Two Rivers Community Development Director Elizabeth Runge to share some things to look for in 2023. Here’s what they had to say...
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Promoting the Regional Brand
U.S. Championship Cheese Contest brings the best back to Green Bay
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
ASHWAUBENON - Forget the Oscars, the Golden Globes and those other awards events — the real best-of-the-best contest returns to Green Bay this month when the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest makes its Resch Expo debut.
The contest, hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, includes 2,249 entries in 113 classes from 35 states. In short, that's a lot of cheese from a lot of places. And if past experience is anything, it's really good cheese and members of the public can taste a lot of it...
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Local businesses celebrate Black History Month
WTAQ
APPLETON/GREEN BAY— February is Black History Month; which can be celebrated by supporting Black-owned businesses in the community.
The Cozzy Corner in Appleton has been serving up their southern cooking in their unique and bluesy atmosphere since 2013 in Downtown Appleton. Owner Philip Bennett says in February they work to support other Black-owned businesses.
“We give out coupons and we ask the other owners if they have any deals going on,” said Bennett. “We’re trying to spotlight other African American owned stores in the area.”..
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Ebony Vision Black History Month event returns in-person with Ghanaian performance, 'Black Resistance' panel
FOND DU LAC REPORTER
FOND DU LAC – For the first time since the pandemic began, Ebony Vision's Black History Month event will be in-person, with live music, raffles and Ghanaian music and dance.
The annual free event will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 25 at the YMCA, 90 W. Second St., under this year’s national theme, “Black Resistance,” exploring how recent events illustrate the ways African Americans have addressed historic and ongoing disadvantages and oppression...
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Special Event
Ice becomes art at Sturgeon Bay's Fire & Ice festival
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
STURGEON BAY - No matter what the weather forecast says, ice chips will fly and snow will fall to the ground Saturday throughout downtown when Destination Sturgeon Bay holds its 18th annual Fire & Ice festival.
A number of events will take place throughout the day for Fire & Ice, as well as the traditional gala dinner dance and fireworks show in the evening. But the centerpiece is the ice and snow carving competition....
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