Xcel Energy: Urges safety near dams

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (April 30, 2024) – With the Wisconsin fishing season opening this Saturday, Xcel Energy is reminding recreational and fishing enthusiasts to be safe around dams and hydroelectric facilities. “Boating or canoeing above or below a dam can be

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WisDems: Eric Hovde puts on cowboy hat to star in bank ads in Arizona

MADISON, Wis. — New reporting from Politico uncovered that California bank owner Eric Hovde is continuing to star in western-style TV ads for his bank. The ads are airing in Arizona, and in one Hovde is “wearing a cowboy hat and riding a horse outside an Old-West-style saloon.”  Yet again Wisconsinites are seeing California bank

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UW School of Medicine and Public Health: Community grant funding opportunity now open

MADISON, Wis. – Eligible Wisconsin-based nonprofits, public 4K-12 schools, districts and tribal, state or local government entities are invited to apply for a Level Two: Accelerate Community Impact Grant, a funding opportunity released by the Wisconsin Partnership Program, or WPP, at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Eligible organizations must

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Xcel Energy: Urges safety near dams

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (April 30, 2024) – With the Wisconsin fishing season opening this Saturday, Xcel Energy is reminding recreational and fishing enthusiasts to be safe around dams and hydroelectric facilities. “Boating or canoeing above or below a dam can be very dangerous, especially if the flow changes and your boat

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Gov. Evers, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation: Announce 18 Wisconsin school districts awarded investments to support STEAM skills and learning

MUSKEGO — Gov. Tony Evers, together with Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes, today announced that the Muskego-Norway School District and 17 other school districts will receive more than $493,000 in “fab lab” grants to train students in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) skills and prepare them

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Dept. of Justice: Provides resources as sextortion cases increase

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force is providing resources for online safety as sextortion cases increase throughout the country, including in Wisconsin. A La Crosse man was recently sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a sextortion case investigated

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