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Encourage Educational Attainment
The future of work, employees: NWTC unveils reimagined engineering technology and business spaces
THE BUSINESS NEWS
GREEN BAY - As companies continue to usher in a new wave of automation and digitization, the skills and tools needed to accomplish everyday tasks are evolving with it.
In an effort to help support continuous industry change, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) recently unveiled two newly transformed spaces at its Green Bay campus that gives students, area businesses and community members access to Industry 4.0 technologies – which refers to a new phase focused heavily on interconnectivity, automation, machine learning and real-time data.
Dr. Jeff Rafn, NWTC president, said the reimagined and redesigned Engineering Technologies Atrium and College of Business entrance – which was officially unveiled Sept. 13 – showcases the college’s effort to evolve as needs change...
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Special Event
Moraine Park Tech holds info session Monday on $55m vote
WLUK
FOND DU LAC - Moraine Park Technical College will host an informational session Monday about the $55 million referendum on the ballot in November.
If approved, the money would fund a series of facility upgrades.
The meeting is 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on the College’s West Bend campus, 2151 N. Main St.; Room T10. It is also available virtually...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Sheboygan County’s Kohler Center for Marsh Education dedicated after more than a decade in the works.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS
SHEBOYGAN - A new building at Sheboygan Broughton Marsh Park & Campground that had been in the works for more than a decade was recently dedicated.
Friends of the Sheboygan Marsh on Sept. 7 welcomed local dignitaries and large donors to an open-house reception at the new Kohler Center for Marsh Education at the park, 7039W County Road SR, Elkhart Lake.
Real tree trunks were used in the construction and support the roof of the log and fieldstone structure, according to Marjean Pountain, secretary for the Friends group...
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Promoting the Regional Brand
Local farmers take pride in new products from Land O Lakes
WFRV
Land O Lakes® Cheese can now be found in the dairy case section of the grocery store with seven new products in select retailers.
Wisconsin farmers supply the milk that is shipped to the Land O’Lakes Kiel, Wisconsin plant, where it is made into award-winning cheese.
After decades of hand selecting the award-winning cheese being produced in Kiel, senior cheese grader Steve Schnell can now buy the cheese he selects for the Land O’Lakes brand in the dairy case section of his local grocery store near Kiel, Wisconsin.
“It means a lot to all of us at the Kiel facility to have the cheese we make available to purchase in the grocery store with the Land O Lakes brand on it,” Steve said.
This launch marks the first time Land O Lakes® Shredded Cheese can be found in the dairy case cheese aisle in Wisconsin, and the farmstyle shredded cheese is just one of the varieties available in over 100 Metro Market and Pick ‘n Save stores across the state...
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Sustainability as an Economic Driver
Green Bay dives into phase two of national reserve designation
UWGB, partners gauging public interest in site locations
PRESS TIMES
GREEN BAY - Momentum continues to build in the Green Bay area for the National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), a federal designation to help protect and study coastal wetlands and natural estuaries.
Emily Tyner, the director of freshwater strategy at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB), was pleased to see a large turnout, both virtually and in-person, during two public site selection meetings Sept. 7-8 at UWGB.
More than 140 people attended, and Tyner was still taking submitted written comments through Sept. 15.
“No one spoke against it, which was good,” Tyner said. “Most of the comments were that people wanted to see more land included in the sites being considered. We understand that as people have their favorite spots. We’ll definitely consider that going forward.”
The bay of Green Bay is the world’s largest freshwater estuary, according to UWGB...
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