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Elevate Sustainability as an Economic Driver
'We farm the sun': For some Wisconsin dairy farmers, solar energy is a new source of income
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO Brent Sinkula has been operating the Irish Acres dairy farm for 12 years. Before that, it was his father's farm, and his home.
"Since I was 5 years old, I was out there feeding calves and helping out," Sinkula said.
As president of the Manitowoc County Farm Bureau, Sinkula understands the challenges Wisconsin dairies are facing. The changing dairy market has made it more difficult for small and mid-sized farms to continue.
Small dairy farms with fewer than 200 cows can survive, Sinkula said, because a single family can run them without the expense of hiring outside labor. And large farms, those with more than 1,000 cows, can afford to hire help because their size means more profit....
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Kimberly-Clark installs rooftop solar system on mill at company's birthplace in downtown Neenah
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT NEENAH - Kimberly-Clark Corp. has installed 414 solar panels on the roof of its Experimental Mill, or X-Mill, at 126 N. Commercial St. It's the first rooftop solar system in the downtown Neenah business district. The system will generate 195 megawatt hours of renewable electricity annually, the company said. That's sufficient to power the X-Mill's lighting, which accounts for 4% of the mill's total electrical consumption. It also equates to the annual electrical consumption of 26 homes... Encourage Educational Attainment
UW-Green Bay's Cofrin School of Business receives $3 million gift
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- UW-Green Bay says it received a generous donation from the David A. Cofrin Charitable Trust. The trust donated $3 million to support the mission of the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business.
"We are once again humbled by the generosity of the Cofrin family,” said Chancellor Michael Alexander. “This gift will further support the students in our university, allowing them to confidently invest in themselves through learning and innovation, and then share these talents within our communities.”. .. Attract, Develop and Retain Diverse Talent
NWTC, Fincantieri partner on marine manufacturing training
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS STURGEON BAY—Northeast Wisconsin Technical College has partnered with Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding to expand marine manufacturing training to its Sturgeon Bay campus. The program will offer an employee training program designed to increase the quality and quantity of skilled technicians equipped to advance the maritime manufacturing industry of Northeast Wisconsin. Read More 4> Special Event
Green Bay gets another crack at Logging Expo
PRESS TIMES ASHWAUBENON – By 2010, one of the timber industry’s largest showcase events had outgrown Green Bay.
More than a decade and a new 120,000-square-foot Resch Expo later, the Green Bay area gets another crack this weekend at hosting the Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo and its more than 300 vendors.
“We lost this group about 12 years ago, due primarily to the size of our building as well as some quality issues with the building,” said Discover Green Bay President/CEO Brad Toll. “When that happened, Beth Ultaowski, our vice president of sales and services, and I said to each other, ‘Some day, we’re going to welcome this group back. Not sure how, but some day, we will do it.’”...
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State program looks to employ women and minorities with criminal offenses
WFRV
GREEN BAY – The Northeast Forward Service Trans program hosted its first “Redemption Summit.” The goal of the summit is to provide women and minorities with criminal offenses access to job opportunities in the construction industry. “For folks with criminal backgrounds, there are opportunities in the construction industry like no other,” explained the Forward Service Corporation Trans Coordinator, Ranard Morris. Participants undergo an intensive 120-hour program to prepare them for work. Trans coordinator Ranard Morris says those involved obtain skills that will benefit them when competing for jobs....
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Small Towns: Oconto County resort offers fairytale setting
WBAY
MOUNTAIN -- Tucked away in Wisconsin’s Northwoods is a property that makes you feel as if you’re in a 15th century fairy tale. It’s all thanks to one man’s creative vision and incredibly hard work that began 100 years ago. This week in Small Towns, we travel to Mountain, in Oconto County, to visit the one-of-a-kind Camp Lake Resort. Born in 1893 and raised in Ohio, faraway places and dreams lured Wilmot Swanson from home... Read More 7>
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Tesla Supercharger comes to the city of Marinette
NBC 26
MARINETTE — In the parking lot of Jack's Fresh Market is a technology new to the City of Marinette. This August, Tesla installed one of its latest superchargers. "A lot of people are actually curious on why would we want to put a charging station in Marinette. How many Teslas are in Marinette,” said Jeff Ziminski, the owner of Jack's Fresh Market. Ziminski said Tesla approached him with the idea last fall...
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
American Dreamer: Living life in limbo
WBAY GREEN BAY -- It’s been ten years since the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program went into effect. It’s the federal program that made it possible for children, brought to the U.S. illegally, to stay in the country. In recent years the program has faced many battles in court, leaving the futures of Servando Garcia and so many others like him uncertain.
“This is where I was raised, always in Kewaunee County,” said Garcia. Garcia didn’t learn he was an undocumented immigrant until he was a teenager. “I was 15 and excited to go and start Drivers Ed. and then I found out I was ineligible,” said Garcia. ..Read More 9>
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Casa Hispana Inc. hosts Latino Fest at Jones Park in Appleton
FOX CITIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Casa Hispana Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the Hispanic/Latino community in the Fox Valley, is hosting its sixth annual Appleton Latino Fest, an event to celebrate Latino culture, on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at Jones Park in Appleton, located at 301 W. Lawrence Street (map).
Latino Fest is a fundraiser for Casa Hispana Inc.’s scholarship program that helps traditional and nontraditional students achieve their educational goals. In total, more than 275 scholarships have been awarded to students, totaling more than $250,000. The family-friendly event features:
• Live music
• Cultural expressions representing the diversity in Latino/Hispanic heritage
• Zumba
• Food
• Information from nonprofit organizations, corporations and employers
• Booths from different Fox Valley area education institutions...
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On Broadway, Inc., advances to public voting phase for opportunity to receive a $90K multi-year grant for a free, live music series in Green Bay
WLUK
GREEN BAY, Wis. — On Broadway, Inc. is now in the running to bring a free outdoor music series to Green Bay starting in 2023. Supported by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a social impact funder at the intersection of music and public spaces, On Broadway, Inc. hopes to qualify as one of the Top 20 finalists in the public voting phase of the Levitt AMP Green Bay Grant Awards. The public is urged to support On Broadway, Inc.’s proposal by participating in the public voting process, via online or text, taking place from September 12–21, 2022, at levitt.org/vote...
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