Promoting the Regional Brand Marinette Marine contracted for fourth Constellation-class frigate
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MARINETTE - The Department of Defense announced Fincantieri Marinette Marine was awarded a $526 million contract to build a fourth Constellation-class Frigate.
Marinette Marine received the contract for the first-in-class Constellation-class frigate in April 2020, and since the Navy has exercised three options for follow-on vessels...
Technology and Innovation
Putting the e in learning: Training, education and career exploration go high-tech in New North region
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When training for his career in vocational education at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Jamie Boettcher says he learned how to use a laminator and make overhead projector slides.
Today, as employee training manager for Pierce Manufacturing, he’s researching and setting up online training modules and painting simulators — including a new one powered by virtual reality... Read More 2> Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Stretching the limits: Sheboygan inventors make plastic recycling more accessible
INSIGHT ON BUSINESS Jim Theodoroff says he’s “always been into garbage” — going back to a childhood fascination with watching his neighborhood garbage collectors at work. In 2014, he became a garbage man himself when he established PolyWrap Recycling, Inc. It started as a Sheboygan-based brokerage service for companies looking to divert low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic materials like stretch film, bubble wrap and banding from the waste stream. But today Theodoroff and his business partner Jeff Haen are focused on supporting recycling from a different angle: as manufacturers of the RACK’n Pak Recycle Bagging System and Vent Press Bags...
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Leadership in the New North
Meet Toni White, Sheboygan Area Black-American Community Outreach's new president
SHEBOYGAN PRESS Toni White was recently named the next president of Sheboygan Area Black-American Community Outreach, a 501(c)(3) non-profit formed in 2020.
White is currently the chief operating officer of a non-profit workforce intermediary non-profit organization named WRTP BIG STEP in Milwaukee.
She is a long-standing native of Sheboygan. She attended Urban, Farnsworth and graduated from Sheboygan South High School. She has two master’s degree, one in business management and the other in non-profit management and leadership. She became a member of Black-American Community Outreach approximately two years ago and has participated in many activities that have been happening with the organization... Encourage Educational Attainment
NWTC and N.E.W. School of Innovation partnership helps students succeed
WLUK FOX 11 NEWS GREEN BAY - N.E.W. School of Innovation and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College signed an agreement to establish a long-term partnership Thursday. The N.E.W School of Innovation will serve as a public charter school for grades 7 through 12.
The partnership will help students meet personalized learning plans, along with social and emotion needs while earning college credits...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Thrivent explores plans for its Appleton based operations center and surrounding 600 acres
POST CRESCENT APPLETON - Thrivent, a Fortune 500 diversified financial services organization, is exploring development plans for its Appleton headquarters and the surrounding 600 acres of land. The organization says it will work with city officials and the community on a "Master Development Plan" for its Ballard Operations Center, 4321 N. Ballard Road. Paul Johnston, the chief legal officer, general counsel and secretary of Thrivent, said in a news release that the organization no longer has a need for the large space it currently operates... Promoting the Regional Brand
S.S. Badger arrives in Manitowoc for 70th sailing season
WEAREGREEN BAY.COM MANITOWOC - Dozens gathered to welcome the S.S. Badger to Manitowoc. Steve Gould was one of many passengers on the ship and says he enjoyed every second of the ride. “It was great, we took off at 9 in the morning. We had to be there at 8 and here we are at noon, it was a beautiful morning,” said Gould. Gould says he and his wife boarded the S.S. Badger to welcome new members to their family... Read More 7>
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Sue Lamers is Restaurateur of the Year
INSIGHT ON BUSINESS Sue Lamers, general manager and event coordinator for the Grand Meridian in the Appleton, was honored as the Restaurateur of the Year by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.
The Restaurateur of the Year award is the industry’s top honor. Lamers was announced as the winner in a surprise celebration at Mark’s East Side in Appleton, May 15.
The Restaurateur of the Year award is given to a restaurant operator who demonstrates participation and service to the restaurant association, success within their own restaurant and contributions to their community. The winner is selected at a private meeting of past Restaurateur of the Year recipients...
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