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For more than a century, the city of Sheboygan has been a key energy hub helping to power homes and businesses in eastern Wisconsin and beyond. With new technological advances and the ongoing transition to cleaner renewable generation sources, Alliant Energy announced...

Serial entrepreneur, Dustin Overbeck, got the idea for his company, HeyGov when he was struggling to receive payments from government municipalities in the early days of the pandemic. Overbeck is also the owner of Town Web Design, a company that creates websites for...

The parent company of We Energies plans to spend $250 million to acquire an 80% stake in a solar project located around 140 miles northeast of Dallas, Texas. Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group will acquire the stake in the 250-megawatt Samson I Solar Energy Center,...

More than two years since the founding of Milwaukee-based venture capital fund Character by John Zeratsky, Eli Blee-Goldman and Jake Knapp, the team has unveiled an expansion of their venture capital efforts. A new program called Character Labs will help pre-seed...

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is seeking commercial partners interested in developing an inexpensive method to synthesize the active ingredient in Tylenol and other pain relievers, as well as the commodity chemical p-aminophenol, from lignin. The...

he Whitewater University Technology Park board of directors has appointed Elizabeth Thelen, M.S. as the Whitewater University Technology Park and Community Engagement Center's Executive Director. After an extensive nationwide search, the search committee narrowed the...

Oshkosh Defense is gearing up to make a run at a $5 billion contract to build the U.S. Army's next generation of heavy-duty tactical trucks. The company, a subsidary of Oshkosh Corp., is one of four companies recently selected to deliver protoype trucks for evaluation...

Two rural electric cooperatives in Wisconsin will receive millions of dollars in federal loans to modernize electric grids and improve security. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded more than $19 million in loans to Oconto Electric Cooperative and Chippewa...

With the state at a pivotal moment in its clean energy future, the head of Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission said the state needs to better tout the value provided by Wisconsin’s energy efficiency program. At a renewable energy summit last week, PSC Chair Rebecca...

Bob Lindmeier knew how to report the weather. When the studio lights and cameras turned on, the longtime meteorologist felt ready to help Wisconsinites prepare for the day or days ahead — pleasant skies or pending storms. After about 20 years on the job, however,...

Converting less than one-third of the roughly 1 million acres Wisconsin uses to grow corn for ethanol into solar farms would boost the state’s energy production and help reduce carbon emissions, according to a new report from Clean Wisconsin, an environmental advocacy...

Nurses and other health care workers are concerned about the future of Ascension St. Francis Hospital on Milwaukee’s south side as units close and the number of employees dwindles. Late last month, the hospital closed its labor and delivery unit, the only hospital...

WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) today announced that the company has agreed to acquire an 80% ownership interest in the Samson I Solar Energy Center. Samson I is a 250-megawatt project located about 140 miles northeast of Dallas, Texas. The project was developed and...

Construction services firm The Boldt Group of Appleton has invested in the Green Bay-based venture capital firm TitletownTech, according to a Monday announcement. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed. TitletownTech is in the midst of raising $80 million for its...

The Boldt Group, a subsidiary of Appleton-based construction firm The Boldt Company, has invested an unspecified amount in Green Bay-based venture capital firm TitletownTech. TitletownTech, a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, aims to make Green...

Milwaukee Tool’s rapid growth in Wisconsin continues, with an expansion constituting $206 million in investment and the creation of 1,000 new jobs announced in 2022. WEDC is supporting the project with an additional $22.5 million in Enterprise Zone Tax Credits,...

Matthew Kee is on a mission to be the investor he needed when embarking on his startup journey. A startup founder in the financial technology space, Kee moved to Green Bay in 2016 while in the early stages of seeking investment for his business. “There were very few...

New North, Inc. and its NEW Launch Alliance, created through a grant in 2020, are in the business of fostering entrepreneurship throughout the 18-county region. Over the last three years, the community has been introduced to innovative businesses via the NEW Launch...

So goes the wisdom of American writer and anthropologist Loren Eiseley. All her life, Marianna “Yana” DeMyer says she has felt a pull toward the magical powers of water. But when it comes to her water purification and sanitation business, Roving Blue, there’s no magic...