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Racine-based managed IT services firm CCB Technology announced that Logan McCoy has been promoted to president of the company. McCoy has worked for CCB Technology for 15 years, most recently serving as vice president of services for nearly 7 years. He has also worked...
WisBusiness: TDS Telecom: Announces major fiber expansion in Wisconsin
TDS Telecommunications LLC (TDS®) is bringing its all-fiber, high-speed internet network to many more communities across the Badger State, continuing the Madison-based company’s major expansion in Wisconsin. TDS will build fiber networks in 18 communities spanning the...
PR Newswire: FluGen Announces Completion of First Cohort in Age De-escalation Clinical Trial of M2SR Flu Vaccine Candidate in Pediatric Subjects Ages 6 Months to 17 Years
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FluGen, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in infectious respiratory diseases, today announced the completion of enrollment of the first cohort in an age de-escalation clinical trial of...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee area economy slows in July, report shows
The Milwaukee area’s economy slowed in July, according to the latest economic trends report from the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce. The report shows 10 of the 22 economic indicators in July saw improvement over the year. That’s the first time less...
Post Crescent: Kimberly-Clark installs rooftop solar system on mill at company’s birthplace in downtown 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...
Wisconsin Public Radio: ‘We farm the sun’: For some Wisconsin dairy farmers, solar energy is a new source of income
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,...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Bear market causes hundreds of millions in losses at area health care systems
Advocate Aurora Health Care sustained investment losses of $666 million the first half of 2022 — the most high-profile example of how the bear market trampled southeastern Wisconsin health care systems’ cash flows even as the systems are struggling to cover...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Audit Bureau claims state agency failed to verify broadband grant spending
Broadband service providers that received millions of dollars in grants aimed at expanding high speed internet in Wisconsin failed to document what they actually spent on their projects, according to a new report from the state Legislative Audit Bureau. The bureau...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Madison-based biotech firm raises $41.5 million
Madison-based Elephas Biosciences Corp. announced Monday the completion of a $41.5 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Chicago-based ARCH Venture Partners with continued investment by Madison-based WARF Ventures. Elephas’ past investments include $20...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Finalists named for 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Awards
More than 300 innovative products and services have been narrowed down to 30 finalists for the 2022 Wisconsin Innovation Awards. The Wisconsin Innovation Awards aim to celebrate and inspire innovation by highlighting and honoring the development of groundbreaking...
Madison Startups: Elephas Raises $41.5M Series B
Elephas Biosciences Corporation, a biotech company that developed an oncology diagnostics platform to predict response to immunotherapy, has raised $41.5 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced today. According to a release. the round was led by...
Cap Times: New app lets Monona residents order dinner and pay bills in one place
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...
Wisconsin Public Radio: ‘The students are deserving’: Fostering Success expands to more UW campuses this fall
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....
Cap Times: UW-Madison CDIS seeks artist to create sculpture for new campus building
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...
Kenosha News: Rural Kenosha gets multi-million broadband investment
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Herb Kohler dies at 83
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...
Wisconsin Inno: Blokios makes blockchain-based authenticity system for consumer goods: The Pitch
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...
WisBusiness: Godfrey and Kahn: Overview of the Energy Sections of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
On September 1, 2022, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Wisconsin Technology Council, and Wisconsin ACES co-sponsored a webinar to address the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy incentives and how they can help organizations...
Wisconsin Public Radio: More than 90K homes could install rooftop solar in Wisconsin under Inflation Reduction Act
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...
Main Street Alliance: American Provenance | The story of a rural Wisconsin small business
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...