Leadership in the New North
Attorney Matthew D. Rowe to Succeed Stewart L. Etten as President
Ruder WareRuder
Ruder Ware announced today that, consistent with the firm’s succession planning efforts over the past several years, Stewart L. Etten will be stepping down as president of the firm effective April 1, 2021. Mr. Etten will continue as a full-time attorney and shareholder of the firm, with his practice focused on business transactional matters, including secured loan documentation, mergers and acquisitions, and bank regulatory issues. The firm announced that Matthew D. Rowe would succeed Mr. Etten as president. Mr. Etten indicated that, “Matt’s leadership capabilities and experience, as well as his lengthy tenure as a member of the firm’s board of directors, ideally position him to lead Ruder Ware going forward.”

Mr. Rowe, 49, joined Ruder Ware in 1997 and has focused his practice on corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, representation of bank and other financial institutions, and providing general corporate advice and counsel to a wide range of closely-held and family-owned businesses. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, where he was a managing editor of the Minnesota Law Review. Mr. Rowe will continue to provide legal services to clients in addition to serving as the sixth president in the 101-year history of the firm.
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Economic Development Feature
Charter initiative to bring broadband to over 140,000 Wisconsin homes
WFRV
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Charter Communications announced the plan to bring high-speed broadband to an estimated 143,000 Wisconsin homes and small businesses.

Charter provided two examples of rural northeast Wisconsin counties, Forest and Marinette. According to Charter, about one in three of Forest County’s more than 9,000 residents and Marinette County’s more than 40,000 residents lack access to high-speed broadband.

As a result of Charter’s investment, an FCC-estimated additional 5,736 homes and small businesses in Forest County and 13,978 in Marinette County will have access to the internet.

“The pandemic has highlighted the need for broadband availability and adoption and Charter is committed to furthering its efforts as part of the comprehensive solution needed to address these challenges and positively impact the local communities we serve...
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Schneider sets sustainability goals
Insight Publications
Schneider, a Green Bay-based provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services, has announced a new set of corporate goals to help achieve its sustainability objectives. 

Schneider’s new goals address actionable steps around sustainability initiatives including a commitment to:

• Reducing carbon emissions by 7.5 percent per mile by 2025, and a reduction of 60 percent per mile by 2035...

Encourage Educational Attainment
ENTIRE RANDOM LAKE CLASS OF 2021 ACCEPTED INTO LTC
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Most high school graduates have to endure a stressful wait to receive their college admission acceptance – or rejection letters in the mail, but in the case of the Random Lake Class of ‘21, something different happened. On Monday, Random Lake School District Administrator Mike Trimberger told each graduating senior, 75 in all, that they’d been accepted for the summer and fall 2021 semesters at Lakeshore Technical College.

LTC Executive Director of Admissions and High School Relations David Hermann said that the traditional college admissions process is often stressful and overwhelming for the applicant, and that can be a barrier. This very untraditional event, coordinated by the Random Lake School District and LTC, was a way to show the seniors that they don’t have to jump through hoops to get into college.

Each senior received an official acceptance letter along with a packet informing them about transfer opportunities, financial aid and scholarships, free laptops and WiFi hotspot rentals, and options to learn in person, online, or a combination of both.
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