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Foster Targeted Industry Clusters and New Markets
Three from New North graduate as Master Cheesemakers
INSIGHT ON BUSINESS
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research have announced the 2023 graduating class of Wisconsin Master Cheesemakers.
Collectively, the class earned certifications in cheddar, blue cheese, mozzarella, and curds.
The graduates include Kirk Auchue of Saputo Cheese in Black Creek and Fond du Lac, Timothy Stearns of Land O’Lakes in Kiel, Tony Hook of Hook’s Cheese in Mineral Point, Ben Shibler of Pagel’s Ponderosa/Ron’s Wisconsin Cheese in Kewaunee, and returner Ryan LaGrander of LaGrander’s Hillside Dairy in Stanley.
Promoting the Regional Brand
Prescription kiosk proving handy for Door County Medical Center
DOOR COUNTY DAILY NEWS
What do you do if you need important medications and all of the pharmacies are closed? Door County Medical Center has an answer. For the last month, patients have been able to head to the emergency room lounge and use the InstyMeds vending machine to get antibiotics, analgesics, and steroids after visits to the hospital. DCMC Clinical Pharmacist Bradley Hobart says that the machines are more popular in rural areas, where the likelihood of a 24-hour pharmacy is low....
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
"I'm culture shifting." City of Appleton DEI Director Timber Smith continues long legacy.
BLUEPRINT 365
While many companies and government agencies have implemented diversity, equity and inclusion at the executive level in recent years, it’s nothing new to the City of Appleton.
Timber Smith is the eighth Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the city, which initially filled a need for a liaison between the Hmong refugee community and the police department in 1997.
Over more than 25 years, though, the position has evolved to serve as a resource for anyone who needs to address issues around diversity, equity and belonging....
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Tribal lands in Wisconsin now visible on Apple Maps, including landmarks and places for Native cuisine
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY - Drivers using Apple Maps for navigation will now know when they’re traveling through tribal lands in Wisconsin and across the continent.
Typically used on iPhones, the navigation software is being updated with information about the hundreds of sovereign Indigenous nations in the U.S. and Canada.
The upgraded software maps the lands of the 11 federally recognized tribes in Wisconsin....
Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
An all-abilities gym opened in Buchanan, catering to kids and adults with disabilities
APPLETON POST CRESCENT
BUCHANAN – At the beginning of February, a new gym with a unique mission opened its doors.
Innovative Growth LLC, W3165 Van Roy Road, is an all-abilities gym that specializes in working with children and adults with disabilities. Brooke Riehl, an exercise physiologist and autism exercise specialist, founded the gym.
"I've had lots of experience in the special needs world, and the exercise world," Riehl said. "I've always been looking for a job or an activity that combined both, and I couldn't find that. So, I just thought, well, I will do it."...
