Economic Development Feature
US Dept. of Transportation Announces New Marine Highway – connecting Sturgeon Bay, Green Bay, and Marinette
US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION M-90 Transbay Freight Service Project will be the first of its kind to divert the transportation of large vessel modules and material-handling equipment from the highways to the waterways among Marinette/Menominee, Sturgeon Bay, and Green Bay. The designation will help ensure the long-term sustainability and growth of the service and the provision of cost-effective shipping service for that region to sustain and create jobs....
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Economic Development Feature
A Perfect Draw: Sponsors, hotels and restaurants, and golf fans are ready to welcome the Ryder Cup and its $135M economic impact
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL
KOHLER -- In 2020, a time of cancellations and postponements amid the pandemic, one of the most prestigious events in all of golf — the Ryder Cup — was forced to cancel its commitment to hold the event at Whistling Straits in Kohler. Read More 2> Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Wisconsin Veterans Village purchases land to expand facility WLUK
GRAND CHUTE -- A veterans group announced the purchase of land to help enhances its overall expansion project.
Wisconsin Veterans Village in Grand Chute says it purchased 1.03 acres of real estate from Fox Valley Technical College as part of its ongoing plans to extensively develop the Mud Creek area.
A serene boardwalk will be built, overlooking an adjacent pond. It's just one of the things expected in the overall expansion of the village, which includes a senior residence with underground parking, and an Honor Home/Hospice facility, also to be built on the grounds..
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Encourage Educational Attainment
UW Oshkosh launches all-online associate degree program
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS
OSHKOSH -- The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is launching a 100 percent online associate of arts and sciences degree program this fall to prepare students for careers that require more education than a high school diploma but less than a bachelor’s degree.
UW-Oshkosh’s online AAS program offers affordability, flexibility and transferability and helps prepare students for a future in more than 100 fields of employment, including accounting, bookkeeping, customer service and human resources...
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Ripon College receives supplies from closed Fond du Lac lab
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RIPON -- Equipment from a shuttered laboratory in Fond du Lac is getting new life, helping train the next generation of scientists.
Luxerin Laboratories donated more than $54,000 worth of lab supplies to Ripon College. Biology, chemistry and physics faculty members went to Luxerin Laboratories to pick out supplies they could use in the classroom and lab.
"Looking in the lab rooms gave us an idea that the donation could be huge and really help us out," biology professor Mark Kainz said in a news release. "Once we entered the lab rooms and started looking into cupboards and drawers, the magnitude of the donation grew with each door or drawer we opened.".
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