Economic Development Feature
How the Oneida Nation is reclaiming its land, and its identity
Green Bay Press-Gazette
For many American Indians, land is more than just a commodity or resource to be sold. Land is life. A recent history of Native Americans benefiting greatly from reclaiming much of their land to help fund tribal services, such as health and education, has ingrained that wisdom into elders like Bobbi Webster, a tribal member of the Oneida Nation.
Webster, 67, readily recalls seeing as a child the Oneida people working in the fields. She remembers the long, hard hours they spent reaching to....
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New Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County is on track to be operational in 2022
Sheboygan Press
Construction of the new Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County is almost halfway complete.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the 345,000-square-foot medical facility with an additional 115,000 square feet of medical office space that started construction last summer is still on track to meet its operational date of spring 2022, according to Dave Graebner, president of....
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Women’s Leadership Conference planned for Oct. 15
Insight On Business
Posted by MaryBeth Matzek of Insight Publications
The 2020 Women’s Leadership Conference has finalized its list of breakout speakers for the Oct. 15 event.
A one-day development and networking event to inspire women to take their careers to the next level, the conference will held in person at the KI Convention Center and also virtually. This year marks the second year for the conference, which is organized by New Sage Strategies, LLC.
Dr. Tasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist, researcher and New York Times best-selling author, is the conference’s keynote, presenting Powering Up: How Self Awareness Helps Women Advance and Thrive. Eurich has built her reputation by pairing her scientific grounding in....
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Economic Development Feature
New survey of Wisconsin dairy producers shows more farms are optimistic about milking cows
WPR
More Wisconsin dairy farmers believe they’ll still be farming in five years compared to a decade ago.
That’s according to the latest survey of dairy producers completed by the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Working with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the department surveyed 2,871 farmers at the start of the year. It's the first time the agency has done the survey since 2010.
Eighty-three percent of survey respondents said they'll still be farming in five years, with....
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