THE NEWSROOM

If you have kids, regardless of their ages, disposable cleaning wipes are probably a part of your daily life. Wipes are great for tackling sticky hands and shopping cart handles, but what do you do with the used wipe? Local inventor Lizzy Osma created a quick and...

The Marquette University Graduate School has announced three new “career skill” requirements for Ph.D. candidates to ensure each graduate has the opportunity to reflect on their desired career and acquire additional career-related skills needed for them to pursue...

Fleet Farm has committed to its plans to build a new store in Kenosha County, buying the 29 acres for that project for $4.5 million this month. The project was approved last year for the site at 7500 125th Ave. in Bristol, just west of the Interstate 94 interchange...

More than 200 middle and high school students around the area rose to the challenge at Fox Valley Technical College. The college hosted the SkillsUSA competition Friday where students from 20 different school districts showed off their talents in 16 events such as...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching an environmental sustainability initiative that will include carbon-reduction goals and a new research hub on campus. UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin made the announcement during a recent UW Board of Regents...

The six-week course is meant for business professionals and other leaders, according to yesterday’s release. The spring 2024 will run from March 11 to April 19, with four modules covering the foundations of AI, its applications in business, ethical and social...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Ashley Oppermann, founder and CEO of a startup called EVA, or Electronic Veterinary Assistant. This veterinary practice management software uses conversational AI to record the physical exam and history into...

Madison-based NVNG Investment Advisors announced this week it has closed its first fund of funds with $50 million in commitments from corporate partners. The closure of Fund I makes it the state’s largest fund of funds, according to a press release from NVNG. Early...

After signing on for around 62,000 square feet at the Terminal in West Humboldt Park last year, Chicago startup Numat Technologies has announced plans for further expansion. In a move that will help strengthen the advanced materials startup's North American supply...

A Minnesota-based venture capital fund of funds powered by Wisconsin's gener8tor Management LLC announced its first round of investments. Known as the MSP Equity Fund, the fund is run by Forge North as an initiative of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Regional Economic...

A new GOP legislative proposal would grant up to $5 million a year in tax credits for film production companies. The bill would also create a State Film Office, attached to the Department of Tourism, to oversee the program, which would allow credits such as up to 25%...

Stress is on the rise in the United States according to studies by the American Institute of Stress, American Psychological Association, Frontiers of Psychology, and more. It's especially prevalent among college students. People like student-athlete Annalina Van...

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are receiving a $150 million grant to study how Alzheimer’s and other dementias affect the human brain. The grant, provided by the National Institutes of Health, provides an “extraordinary opportunity” to better understand...

RehabPath, one of Madison’s fastest-growing startups, has taken a massive step forward in their pursuit to connect people with quality mental health and addiction treatment. The health-tech firm, founded in 2017, recently purchased Recovery.com and moved their product...