THE NEWSROOM

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....

Milwaukee-based Frontdesk, a short-term apartment rental company, has announced the appointment of Jesse DePinto as the new CEO of the organization. DePinto was previously the chief product officer and is a co-founder of Frontdesk. He replaces past CEO and...

Madison-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm M3 Insurance announced today that it has acquired Kenosha-based independent insurance agency The Trottier Insurance Group. Founded in 1963, Trottier specializes in property & casualty, workers’...

Emerging startup Internship on Demand (IOD) is creating solutions for one of the most pressing challenges in business today: talent acquisition. The company connects college students with internships in a format that appeals to the digital natives. But that’s not all....

Deepak Arora’s life was forever changed in the summer of 2020 when he lost his daughter. The toddler became one of the estimated 236,000 accidental drownings worldwide that occur annually. “My background has been all in computers and electronics engineering. I just...

The experts say the hard seltzer market is losing its fizz, but that dip has yet to hit the canned cocktail market. The tremendous growth experienced by Sheboygan-based Carbliss seems to prove this market trend. Launched in 2019, co-founders Adam and Amanda Kroener...

More than 88,000 homes and businesses in rural Wisconsin could miss out on getting high-speed internet service because the Federal Communications Commission denied funding for the service provider, LTD Broadband. Las Vegas-based LTD, which covers large swaths of the...

The head of the Wisconsin Technical College System says the Biden administration’s student loan relief plan is “a good first step” toward lessening the burden on borrowers. In an interview yesterday, WTCS President Morna Foy noted technical college students tend to...

A business consultant is urging company leaders to approach diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives with a systematic approach that goes beyond recruiting. “That is probably the most common sticking point that I see organizations fall into,” Deborah Biddle said...