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UW-Extension Hosts Final 2025 Swine Production Seminar
Friday, October 24, 2025 By Blake Jackson The Wisconsin Pork Association (WPA) and UW-Extension will host a Farrow to Wean Seminar for swine producers on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at the West Madison Ag Research Station, 8502 Mineral Point Rd.,...
Tech giants outline bold plans for Midwest energy
The data center boom is remaking the Midwestern power grid. Two new developments underscore how large technology companies are set to shape electricity in the coal- and natural-gas-dependent region, potentially changing the energy mix and...
‘Girls Night: The Musical’ Coming To RP Funding Center
Coming to the RP Funding Center on Saturday, December 6, is Girls Night: The Musical. Share the fun and laughter at this hilarious, feel-good comedy as five girlfriends go from heartbreak to happiness during a wild night of karaoke. Get your...
Wisconsin’s Halloween sweet tooth: 2025 candy and decor trends from Instacart data
(Stacker) - These days, Halloween doesn’t wait for October — the season seems to sneak up sooner and sooner. From candy corn to cobwebs, consumers dive into the festivities well before pumpkins take over porches and store aisles. From sweet treats...
BUILDING BLOCKS: Crane Engineering warehouse in Kimberly
ADDRESS: 707 Ford St., Kimberly, Wisconsin COST: Undisclosed SIZE: 43,462-square-foot addition and 25,200-square-foot interior renovation START MONTH: December 2024 MONTH OF COMPLETION: October 2025 OWNER: Crane Engineering DEVELOPER: Crane...
Milwaukee Brewers outclassed by big-money Los Angeles Dodgers as rousing season ends with NLCS sweep
LOS ANGELES — Turned out the National League Championship Series was indeed a mismatch, just as Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy suggested. But not only in payroll and star power. On the baseball field, too. Where it really matters. After...
Cornell University Dean named candidate for ISU President
AMES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Board of Regents has named Benjamin Houlton as one of the two finalists for Iowa State University’s next president. The finalists are publicly meeting with campus community members this week. Houlton’s forum will be...
Lineman killed in construction zone in Marquette County
SANDS TOWNSHIP — A 25-year-old journeyman lineman from Marquette was killed Monday by a motor vehicle that also struck two trucks in a work zone on M-553 in Marquette County, authorities said. Marquette County Sheriff’s Office deputies were sent...
Today In Culture, Friday, October 24, 2025: Hyde Park Art Center’s Year Ahead | A Puppet-Powered Haunted House | First Milwaukee Riso Invitational
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Hyde Park Art Center Announces Exhibitions For The Year Ahead Hyde Park Art Center has announced its full exhibition schedule for...
The winner of the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin is ...
A Marion-based manufacturer of public safety airboats sailed away with this year's Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin award. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Johnson Financial Group on Oct. 23 presented executives from 1000 Island Airboats with...
After Losing At SCOTUS, Wisconsin Finds A New Way To ‘Target’ Catholic Charities
Amid leftists’ ongoing judicial coup against the Trump administration, America’s propaganda media have fomented baseless fears that President Trump is going to “defy” or “ignore” a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court if it rules on a case in a...
MEP bids requested for UW–Madison engineering building
The Blueprint State opens bids for mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection work. $420M Phillip A. Levy Engineering Hall will replace outdated building. New facility will add capacity for 1,000 more engineering undergraduates....
High-End Paper Towels Are Fueling Stability on Milwaukee’s North Side
Sellars Absorbent Materials started in a garage on West Congress Street. With steady growth over four decades, it now occupies six buildings on the North and Northwest sides, where it manufactures and distributes products that include shop towels...
Wisconsin DNR opens seedling sales for spring 2026 reforestation
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin accepting orders for tree and shrub seedlings from landowners across the state on October 6, 2025. The seedlings, to be planted in spring 2026, are intended for reforestation and...
Delaware prosperity partnership CEO Kurt Foreman appointed president of Ithaca Area Economic Development
Kurt Foreman will join Ithaca Area Economic Development in January after seven years leading Delaware’s economic development efforts. Following an extensive national search led by Jorgenson Pace and guided by a search committee chaired by former...
Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin; Search and Rescue 1000 Island Airboats takes prize
Courtesy of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce MADISON, Wis. - The winner of the 10th annual Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest was announced on Thursday, Oct. 23. What we know: Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), along with Johnson...
Wisconsin Today Newsletter Reader Appreciation Drawing Rules
1. Drawing will be conducted on or after noon on Thursdays each week with the winner notified on the following Friday. 2. A single name will be “drawn” from the list of current Wisconsin Today Newsletter subscribers in the Mail Chimp database as...
Appleton event highlights how rising costs, staffing shortages burden child care providers
Childcare. PC: Fox 11 Online APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Helping solve the child care crisis was the goal of a roundtable discussion in Appleton Monday, as providers across Northeast Wisconsin shared the struggles they’re facing. Child care workers...
Agritechnica fully booked for bumper machinery show
HANOVER, Germany – The world’s biggest agricultural-machinery show, Agritechnica, is fully booked with exhibitors ready to unveil new equipment and technology this month. Running Nov. 9-15, the big biennial event is filling all its 23 halls with...
Luxemburg-Casco High School students take part in youth apprenticeship program with Wisconsin DWD
LUXEMBURG, Wis. (WBAY) - Luxemburg-Casco High School students got the chance to see up close what working in the state’s manufacturing field looks like on Thursday. It’s encouraging teens to take part in the school’s youth apprenticeship programs....