Technology and Innovation
Murphy details Lambeau Field's technological successes and future
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- Pioneers of technology... that's what Green Bay Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy calls the Packers.
Murphy spoke Monday at the Wisconsin Tech Summit regarding past and future technology updates.
“On November 14th of 1940 -- this is really hard to believe -- Lambeau’s Packers became the first team to fly together on an airplane to an NFL game," says Murphy.... Read More 1> Encourage Educational Attainment
Lawrence University: Student recipient of a Watson Fellowship
WISBUSINESS APPLETON – Lawrence University senior Charlie Wetzel is the latest Lawrence student to be chosen for a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. Wetzel will travel to Iceland, India, Thailand, Mexico, The Netherlands, and Germany over the coming year, pursuing a project titled “The Art of the Transgender Life,” where she explores the intersections between art, gender, national identity, and public policy. Wetzel, a studio art major from Madison, is the 78th Lawrentian over the past 53 years to be awarded a Watson, which provides $40,000 in funding for a year-long wanderjahr of independent travel and exploration. She is one of 42 graduating college seniors selected as part of the 2023 Watson class... Read More 2> Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Froedtert campus in Sheboygan is one step closer
WHBL Sheboygan -- Efforts by Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin to establish a major medical campus in Sheboygan cleared another hurdle on Monday night. The Sheboygan Common Council approved zoning changes that had been requested by Froedtert in order to build on 26 acres of land on the northeast corner of Saemann Avenue and Taylor Drive...
Technology and Innovation
Packers president touts TitletownTech impact
WISBUSINESS GREEN BAY -- Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy says the TitletownTech startup program “could be as impactful as anything that the Packers have done.” He spoke yesterday at the 10th annual Wisconsin Tech Summit, held by the Wisconsin Technology Council at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The event is designed to help early-stage companies and entrepreneurs connect with established businesses and prospective investors from across the state. In his keynote speech, Murphy touted the importance of the TitletownTech program for both the startup companies it helps fund and the regional economy. This partnership between the Packers and Microsoft was formed about four years ago to provide investment funding and other support for emerging businesses.... Read More 4>
Special Event
First ship of 2023 season arrives at Port of Green Bay
WLUK GREEN BAY -- In a sign of spring, the first ship of the 2023 season has arrived.
The Port of Green Bay says the Algocanada arrived just before 9 a.m. Wednesday. It was only a day after Coast Guard icebreakers opened the shipping channel.
The Algocanada delivered petroleum products for U.S. Venture. It was the same ship that closed the previous shipping season in January...
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Sheboygan County shipwreck added to State Register of Historic Places: What to know about Advance
SHEBOYGAN PRESS TOWN OF HOLLAND – The Advance Shipwreck, in Lake Michigan near the town of Holland in Sheboygan County, has been added to the State Register of Historic Places.
Built in Milwaukee in 1853, Advance operated in the Great Lakes lumber and grain trades throughout its career.
In September 1885, the vessel capsized southeast of Sheboygan... Read More 6> Encourage Educational Attainment
As districts scramble to fill teacher positions, number of emergency teaching licenses has nearly tripled over last decade
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
As school districts scramble to fill teacher positions, more are hiring people with emergency licenses, according to a new report.
The Wisconsin Policy Forum reported the number of emergency teaching licenses issued has nearly tripled over the last decade.
The state Department of Public Instruction issued 3,197 emergency licenses last year, up from 1,125 in 2013. Roughly 100 more school districts across the state have employed teachers with emergency licenses since 2013 — jumping from 303 to 406 last year...
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Special Event
Maritime Speaker Series: Captain Dan Seavey: A Pirate Behaving Badly on the Great Lakes
DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM
DOOR COUNTY -- The next presentation of the Door County Medical Center Maritime Speaker Series will be held both in person and online on Thursday, April 6 at 7pm, featuring “Captain Dan Seavey: A Pirate Behaving Badly on the Great Lakes” presented by Samantha Engel and Aaron Guylas, historians and creators of the Great Lakes Lore podcast...
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