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Seventeen Wisconsin companies and individuals have been named as finalists for the 2023 MARKETPLACE Governor’s Awards, which honor Wisconsin businesses owned by minorities, women and service-disabled veterans, and their advocates. Winners will be announced at the Governor’s Awards Luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 7, at the 42nd annual MARKETPLACE: the Governor’s Conference on Diverse Business Development. The event will be held at the Baird Center in Milwaukee with the support of more than 20 sponsors. Awards are given to Wisconsin companies

UW Eau Claire celebrates one of their own. Dr. Bob Nowlan, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, is among the recipients of the 2023 Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People from the Universities of Wisconsin. “I conceive of my contributions as part of a much vaster and longer ongoing collective effort to enable LGBTQIA+ people to lead our best possible lives, freely and openly as whom and what we are, so

Staying physically fit, active and inspired by the world around them is a way of life for Dallas and Edye Pankowski, who enjoy downhill skiing, biking, hiking and adventure-based trips. “We were impressed by the overall design, the asset that it would be to the university and the community, and we have a strong interest in health, wellness and physical fitness…” It stands to reason then that Dallas, an alum, and Edye, a Menomonie native, are supporting the upcoming Recreation Complex

Northwoods Elementary is hosting a Math Night for families and students from 5:30-7:30 pm. It features pizza, classroom math activities and math games in their gym. They have received more than 300 RSVPs from families so there will be a nice crowd of students, families and staff diving deep into math tonight! If you’re interested, your contact at Northwoods is their partnership coordinator, Liz Wiechert, and she can be reached at 715-852-4107. Or let me know if you’ll be attending

UPDATE: 11.17.2023: The operator who was killed in the crash was identified as Debra Bice of Elk Mound. On November 13, 2023 about 8:31 PM, the Dunn County Communications Center received 911 calls of a 2 vehicle crash at the intersection of STH 29 and 970th St in the Town of Elk Mound. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, Elk Mound Fire Department and Colfax Ambulance responded to the scene. Upon arrival, deputies located an unresponsive 70-year-old female driver in a

Prosecutors say the man who sped on to the tarmac at La Crosse’s airport over the weekend had a knife and said he had a bomb. The DA in La Crosse yesterday charged 31-year-old Cody Anderson from Wallace, Idaho with a half-dozen charges after police say he drove his car through a locked gate at the airport, ran on to a private plane, and started making threats. No motive has been released to why Anderson went to the airport, or

UW-Stout is offering automatic admission to most Menomonie High School graduates. The university yesterday said kids who graduate with at least a two-point-five GPA will be accepted, without having to apply. The idea is to get more local kids to choose Stout as their higher education option. The automatic admissions program starts with this year’s seniors. In fact, students can start talking to their guidance counselors right now. Stout is the latest UW campus to look to automatic admissions as

There is a new plan at the Wisconsin Capitol that would automatically audit elections in the state. State Representative Scott Allen has legislation that would have the Legislative Audit Bureau randomly select one city and one village from four different counties in the state, and fully investigate the election there. Allen says it’s a better solution than waiting for a problem to pop-up, and then order an audit. Allen says after the 2020 election, voters in Wisconsin need to know

We’re going to get another look at how well Wisconsin’s public schools are doing today. The state’s Department of Public Instruction will release the school and school district report cards later today. The new report cards will give a better picture of how kids in Wisconsin are doing on the state’s standardized tests. They will also provide parents a look at both their child’s school and their school district. The statewide report cards came out last month, and continue to

Add this to the worries for Kia and Hyundai drivers in Wisconsin. The car companies are asking owners to park their cars outside until they deal with a looming recall over a fire risk. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says some Kia and Hyundai models could have a leak in their brake systems, that leak could lead to an electrical short, and that could cause a fire. NHTSA says over three million cars will need to be checked. Hyundai