Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Nicolet Bank expands into Michigan with $248 million deal to acquire mBank
Green Bay Press-Gazette GREEN BAY - Nicolet National Bank will expand its reach into Michigan with an acquisition announced Monday afternoon.
Nicolet Bankshares Inc., the bank's parent company, will buy Mackinac Financial Corp., parent company of Michigan-based mBank, for a mix of cash and stock valued at $248 million.
In Nicolet, mBank executives said they found a bank that shares a culture, commitment to support communities where they operate and a shared banking platform, a key commonality that will help smooth the transition... Read More 1> Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Miron announces plan to open Titletown District office
Green Bay Press-Gazette
The area that will become Miron Construction Inc.'s main office space on third floor of the Titletown Office building in the Green Bay Packers' Titletown District in Ashwaubenon. Miron employees have worked out of trailers for years during development of the Packers' Titletown District.
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Leadership in the New North
Manitowoc's A.C.E. Building Service changes ownership
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
MANITOWOC - A.C.E. Building Service announced changes in ownership and leadership as the Manitowoc-based provider of commercial and industrial construction services completes a succession plan initiated in 2019.
Ownership will transfer from long-standing leaders Stan Johnson and Bill Shimek to Chris Herzog, Stuart Johnson, Carolyn Hoffmann and Max Maigatter, according to a news release...
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Fox Cities PAC announces more shows for 2021-22 season events
Appleton Post-Crescent
APPLETON - As live performances slowly begin to make a resurgence after being put on hold for the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center announced more shows coming to the theater.
The center Monday night released its Boldt Arts Alive! and Spotlight Series lineups. Tickets for these shows will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. April 19.
“We are so eager to return to sharing in live performances together," Fox Cities Performing Arts Center President Maria Van Laanen said. "After nearly 18 months apart, it will be an emotional moment to see audiences engaged and inspired in person once again."...
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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Green Bay is home to the world's largest freshwater estuary. It's in the running to be a national research reserve.
Wisconsin Public Radio Green Bay is the largest freshwater estuary in the world, and now the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is leading the search for a site between Marinette and Door County to become a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR.) This is the second step toward creating a NERR in Northeast Wisconsin. It would be the third on the Great Lakes and the 30th across the country.
Reserves receive most of their funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with a local agency managing day-to-day operations. In this case that would be UW-Green Bay....
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Fond du Lac man hasn't missed a day of work in 40 years: 'You had to be there to get things done'
Fond du Lac Reporter
FOND DU LAC - Wake up, it’s a Monday morning. The sound of an alarm signals the start of another work week. You toy with the idea of rolling over, maybe taking the day off.
In your head, that cartoon scene plays out of the devil talking into one ear and an angel working the other.
For Tim Abler of Fond du Lac, those kinds of thoughts have never crossed his mind.
Over his 40-year career at Mid-States Aluminum Corporation, the 59-year-old factory worker has never missed a day on the job.
Abler works first shift in the custom extrusion department for the manufacturer, where a typical workday starts early, at 7 a.m...
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