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‘Game-changer’: Bergstrom-led group will give $4 million to $5 million ice rink to Neenah for public use
Post Crescent
A group of investors led by businessman John Bergstrom will build and gift to the city a $4 million to $5 million downtown ice skating rink for public use.
In addition, the group will operate and maintain the facility at no cost to the city for at least five years.
The refrigerated rink will be located in the 200 block of West Wisconsin Avenue in front of the Plexus Corp. headquarters. It will be called The Plaza at Gateway Park.
"This is a game-changer for the city of Neenah," Mayor Dean Kaufert told The Post-Crescent. "Having an amenity like this is going to put us on the map regionally. It will put us on the map as....
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Business Expansion and Development in the New North Region
Resch Expo is ahead of schedule and on budget despite pandemic
WBAY
One local construction project has not been severely impacted by the pandemic.
The new Resch Expo center moved along quicker because of the slow down earlier this year.
“There hasn’t been little business, there’s been no business,” said Terry Charles with PMI Entertainment Group.
Charles said the pandemic has had a major impact on the entertainment business, but he’s been able to find a....
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New growth at Algoma Hardwoods site
Door County Daily News
The former Algoma Hardwoods plant is showing signs of new growth under new ownership. The nearly 300,000 square foot facility has been used for storage space and currently has two tenants. Co-owner Chip McDonald, of the McDonald Group, says one tenant, Microstar, operates a beer barrel leasing program. McDonald says by taking responsibility for those kegs that allows local microbrewers to improve their...
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Economic Development Feature
National aluminum shortage hits manufacturers, distributors
WBAY
One Manitowoc manufacturer feels the direct impact of a national aluminum shortage, specifically a shortage of aluminum cans.
“We make molten aluminum, and we put it into sand molds and other types of molds,” said Sachin Shivaram, CEO of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry.
In the Manitowoc community for more than 100 years, Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry creates parts used on a daily basis.
“The wheels on your car, the pots and pans that you use,” said Shivaram.
The company even produces medical devices made...
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ESPN: Lambeau Field is the best stadium in the NFL
NBC26
Listen up cheeseheads, we have something else to be proud of besides players like Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams.
A new study by ESPN revealed that Green Bay has the best stadium in the entire NFL. Way to go Lambeau!
ESPN looked at seven different things when ranking NFL stadiums: atmosphere, features, traditions, tailgating, location, cost, and....
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One presidential approval, two cheesemobiles and three times Wisconsin cheesemakers made national headlines for a mammoth cheese
Appleton Post-Crescent
Its flavor impressed a president. Its size drew millions of fair goers eager for a peek. Its rarity made headlines wherever it traveled on the back of a specially built semi-truck trailer.
In each case, "it" was a mammoth cheese made in Wisconsin that went viral decades before the advent of social media. Going viral in 1911, 1964 and 1988 involved newspaper headlines, documentary films and, you know, actually seeing it in person. Still, like social media today, at least one claim was proved false months later — when national attention had moved on to other news.
Wisconsin's streak of holding the Guinness World Record for largest cheese (cow's milk) ended on Sept. 7, 1995. Canadian cheesemakers at an Agropur plant...
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