Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Ensuring Access to Emergency Care in Berlin Area
Thedacare Update
Dear Community Leader, ThedaCare continues to prepare and respond to the needs of the community, keeping our patients and families safe and healthy, now and always. To ensure access to increasing demand for emergency care, we are proud to announce the groundbreaking for a new Emergency Department (ED) at ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin. Access to Rural Health Care
The need for emergency services in rural markets is significant. A study in the Journal of American Medical Association demonstrates rural EDs have experienced more than a 50% increase in patient visits during last 10 years, despite an.....
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Attract Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
Ariens invests in child care to retain employee
WBAY
A major employer in Calumet County is focusing on child care as a way to retain employees in the future.
By breaking ground today on the Brillion Early Learning Center, Ariens Company is making a major investment in its employees and their families.
“It’s all about retaining our current employees, we’ve got about 1,400 employees here in Brillion and we’re trying to separate ourselves from other employers in the area and we feel that having an early learning center here is a great opportunity for our employees,” says Steve Servais, Ariens Company Vice President of Human Resources.
Set to open next fall, the child care center will have capacity for.....
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Lakeshore Technical College expands child care center
NBC 26
As thousands of students return to class, thousands more are focused on child care for their children.
For adult learners with children, those two focuses have collided this week. They need to get to class and make sure their children are taken care of.
“We knew we needed to do something," Lakeshore Technical College child care center manager Denise Schroeder said. “LTC has a lot of students that are parents that....
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‘Denmark Connects’ aims to teach technology to older adults
FOX 11 News
Denmark is launching an initiative to connect older rural adults through the use of technology.
"Denmark Connects" will provide Denmark area residents, ages 60 and older, with electronic devices and training to help them connect to family, friends, neighbors and community activities.
Several community organizations have partnered to show participants how to use devices that they already have, or even loan them devices to use to connect with others. Devices could include smartphones, tablets, computers, and smart....
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Promote the Regional Brand
UW-Green Bay announces new vice chancellor for inclusivity and student affairs
WTAQ
UW-Green Bay is introducing a new vice chancellor for Inclusivity and Student Affairs.
Dr. Corey King brings more than 27 years of higher education experience in student affairs, student services, and enrollment management to the University, and is recognized by regional and national student affairs associations for his work as a student affairs leader.
“This position is unique because it’s combined both student affairs and inclusivity under one division which is brilliant…The fact that the university has placed so much emphasis that they have a chief person really speaks to what all institutions should be doing as we educate our students in our the the global market,” King said. “Number one – I’m all about being student centered. Continuing to serve students in the university environment is very important to me…This is a great opportunity for me and my role to come to Wisconsin and be....
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Economic Development Feature
With deadline approaching, Census Bureau says it has counted more than 92 percent of Wisconsin households
WPR
There are four weeks left to complete the 2020 U.S. Census.
Just over 72 percent of Wisconsin households have responded to the census online, by mail or over the phone this year — a higher rate than any state but Minnesota, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Wisconsin’s Ozaukee and Washington counties have the highest self-response rates of any counties in the country. An additional 20 percent of Wisconsin households have been counted by census takers.
In Milwaukee, where the self-response rate is just under 60 percent, the city's Common Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday directing city employees to ask....
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Local Chamber / Economic Development Feature
CALLOWAY SELECTED AS ATHENA LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT BY GREATER GREEN BAY CHAMBER
Greater Green Bay Chamber News
The Greater Green Bay Chamber is pleased to announce the 2020 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient is Jenene Calloway, director of talent and diversity, Schreiber Foods.
Calloway joined the Schreiber Foods team in 2006. After holding a variety of key roles throughout Schreiber’s global footprint, she was promoted to partner development team leader in September 2013 and relocated to Green Bay. In September 2019, she became Schreiber’s first African-American woman to hold the position of director of talent, overseeing both talent acquisition and partner/leader development teams. In 2020, her role was expanded to include leading Schreiber’s diversity and inclusion efforts at both company and community levels, and she has contributed to....Read More 7> |
