THE NEWSROOM

A new smartphone app from the folks behind Monona’s hilariously boastful Facebook page lets Monona residents call in takeout orders, pay bills and get important city announcements, all in one place. Released in late July for iOS and Android, the free Discover Monona...

For students living in foster care, or those who've experienced homelessness, navigating college can be daunting. But a program to support those students is expanding across the University of Wisconsin System — in hopes of increasing school success and retention....

The School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences is seeking an artist to create a large art installation for its new building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. CDIS will pay the artist $70,000 to complete the project, which includes an additional $60,000...

More than $2 million in grant money from the state and federal level to expand broadband services is headed to projects in Kenosha County, improving internet access for thousands of residents in rural, underserved areas. Both grants were awarded by the Public Service...

Herbert V. Kohler Jr., one of Wisconsin’s most iconic business leaders who led and transformed the Kohler Co., founded by his grandfather, into a global giant and developed golf courses in Sheboygan County that established the state as an internationally-known golf...

Kristin Anastas participates in online buy-sell-trade groups and says the No. 1 question shoppers ask about products in those forums is, "Is it authentic?" Anastas, who spent more than a decade working in the automotive aftermarket and for companies like Johnson...

Financial incentives in the recently approved federal Inflation Reduction Act could help thousands of Wisconsin homeowners install solar panels or pursue energy efficiency projects. The act signed by President Joe Biden on Aug. 16 provides nearly $370 billion for the...

Kyle is the founder and CEO of American Provenance Inc., a Mount Horeb-based company specializing in all-natural personal care, lifestyle, and home products. American Provenance had humble beginnings in a former machine shed on Kyle’s family farm, where he and his...

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) definition of broadband internet service has evolved over the past several decades. The original definition in 1996 was symmetrical, with 200 Kbps as the benchmark for both minimum download and upload speeds (200/200...

Mequon-based Eagle Technology Inc., a software development company, has been acquired by Tulsa, Oklahoma-based TMA Systems, LLC. TMA is a software company that provides organizations with maintenance management software (MMS) and enterprise asset management solutions...

WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) today released its 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report and Climate Report. The Corporate Responsibility Report provides a comprehensive overview of the company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, while the Climate...

Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector continued contracting in August, marking the second straight month the sector has shrank after an extend run of growth. The Milwaukee-area PMI in the latest Marquette-ISM Report on Manufacturing came in at 48 for August,...

With $10 million in state grant funding in hand, the Medical College of Wisconsin is nearly ready to break ground on its planned new cancer research facility on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus in Wauwatosa. The State Building Commission in early August...

Marshfield Clinic Health System will begin enrolling participants at several new locations in central and northern Wisconsin in the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program. This national program aims to gather data from at least one million people...

For the third consecutive year, the World Dairy Expo Tech Spotlight will be available this fall to provide an opportunity for companies to highlight new ideas and innovations entering the global dairy industry. The event will be available both online and in person in...

Caris Life Sciences®(Caris), the leading molecular science and technology company actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to revolutionize health care, announced today that The Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center (MCWCC) has joined Caris'...

Wisconsin households now eligible to order a free package of COVID-19 self-tests The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is launching an online program for Wisconsinites to get free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests delivered directly to them. Starting today,...

Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), today announced eleven Wisconsin school districts will receive more than $414,000 in grant funding to increase the number of students in career and technical education programs....