Emerging entrepreneurs: Turning food scraps into renewable energy
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NORTH FOND DU LAC - Three teens from the North Fond du Lac School District are already getting their feet wet as budding entrepreneurs.
Aylah Arndt, Madeline Langolf and Morgan Fowler, 15- and 16-year-old students entering their junior year of high school, are the brains behind COMPromise Compost – a startup aimed at turning food scraps into renewable energy...
Wine on the water -- a grape combination: Door County's newest and only winery on the lakeshore opens in Baileys Harbor
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BAILEYS HARBOR - Melissa Joppe – the co-owner of Forgotten Fire Winery in Peshtigo and now Lake Fire Winery in Baileys Harbor – said she knows a thing or two about wine...
Coffee + pancakes = new brunch spot in Green Bay: Cafe Con Crema recently opened its doors on Packerland Drive
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GREEN BAY - Coming from a family where the restaurant business is in their blood, Edgar Martinez said it was a no-brainer to jump on the opportunity to open a new restaurant in Green Bay. “I always grew up around it,” he said. “I was a server starting out at my first job.”... Just dropping by: Sandy Hill Stables LLC
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KRAKOW - Though I know for a fact I won’t be riding in the Kentucky Derby anytime soon, I recently overcame one of my lifelong fears – mounting and riding a horse...
UW Oshkosh biology students use new FTIR spectrometer to study microplastics at ERIC labUW OSHKOSH TODAYNew technology at a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh lab is allowing students to study microplastics in fish and mussels, giving insight as to what impact the materials might have on the environment and ecosystem... Read More 5>
Sunday Dough to debut brick and mortar donut shop in SheboyganSHEBOYGAN SUNSHEBOYGAN - After gaining a large local following through its online donut sales, Sunday Dough will be debuting a brick and mortar location at 1402 S. 8th St. in Sheboygan on Saturday, July 1... Read More 6>
Ahead of the cooking curve: Jesse Foster of BratWave
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At the risk of having his Wisconsin cred revoked, Jesse Foster admits he has never really loved bratwursts. Upon his wife’s request that he cook some a few years ago, he resolved that if he was going to do it, he was going to do it right. Never again wanting to deal with flame flareups or dried out and unevenly cooked sausages, Foster bought some stainless steel sheet metal and some tools and built himself what he thought of as a “brat shelf.”...
Pop-up ad leads Kevin Landry of Green Bay to start his own business, Big Bear Custom Rods
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Pop-up ads can be a real annoyance. But for Kevin Landry of Green Bay, a pop-up ad led him to start his business, Big Bear Custom Rods...
“I started building rods about 10 years ago," he said. "Even though I was working full time, I still wanted to be able to do something for myself and make some extra money. I was sitting on the couch one day looking at my computer and an ad popped up — build your own fishing rods.”... A natural fit: Flavor Farm Herbs and Flowers finds its roots in NeenahINSIGHT ON BUSINESSWhile the pandemic had significant and lasting negative effects on businesses small and large throughout Northeast Wisconsin, it also gave birth to new ideas and inspired entrepreneurs to re-evaluate how they structured their time and energy. Flavor Farm Herbs and Flowers was one such business to root itself in the Neenah community during the summer of 2020. With much unknown during those early months of the pandemic, co-owner Amy James says she and her husband, Adam, started it to help offset food costs and do something for themselves... Read More 9>
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