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Core advocates – Connecting the dots between fundraising and board service

Local news about the companies, people and issues that impact business in Northeast Wisconsin and beyond. Last fall when the Fox Valley-based Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (NPLI) facilitated listening sessions with more than 200 area nonprofit organizations to identify their most important areas for support “beyond grant funding,” Executive Director Hope Schaefer says it ultimately identified six throughlines: workforce constraints, outdated infrastructure, limited ability to engage in advocacy work, lack of infrastructure to collaborate, the need to normalize and shift harmful narratives about overhead, and the revelation that “boards are a limiting factor.”

Wisconsin · 2d
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Wisconsin bank CEO Jim Popp advocates for human touch as tech grows

The Cap Times is an independent newsroom serving Madison and Wisconsin. Sign up for the Morning Update to receive news in your inbox each morning. Amid the widespread growth of financial technology, President and CEO of Johnson Financial Group Jim Popp emphasized the need to remain human-first. “I think all...

Wisconsin · 4d
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This Small-Town Northern Wisconsin Shop Is Serious About Old-School Sausage

A butcher shop up north makes a Packers brat stuffed with cheese curds and jalapeño. That one sausage tells me quite a bit. It says somebody behind the counter is having fun. Mixing football pride with squeaky curds is a very Wisconsin kind of creativity. It also says the...

Lake Tomahawk, WI · 8d
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Wisconsin bars heating shutoffs for unpaid bills Nov. 1 to April 15, and Georgia blocks freezing-day electric shutoffs from Nov. 15 for customers who agree in writing to a payment plan

Wisconsin utilities cannot disconnect residential customers for nonpayment when the service is used for home heating between Nov. 1 and April 15, the state’s Public Service Commission says, and this year’s moratorium began Sunday. Georgia has a winter hold of its own, with a condition attached. From Nov. 15 to March 15, the Georgia Public... The post Wisconsin bars heating shutoffs for unpaid bills Nov. 1 to April 15, and Georgia blocks freezing-day electric shutoffs from Nov. 15 for customers who agree in writing to a payment plan appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Wisconsin · 5d

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Nov. 13 cutoff decides who can share in 3M’s $7.35B PFAS injury settlement

Central Wisconsin residents hoping to share in 3M’s $7.35 billion PFAS injury settlement need a lawyer or a pending federal case by Nov. 13, court records show. The settlement, signed Nov. 3, covers people who blame exposure to PFAS for kidney, testicular, liver or thyroid cancer, ulcerative colitis or thyroid disease, with payments spread over nine years. Anyone left out who still hopes to sue 3M now faces steep new court requirements, including expert reports tracing the source of the chemicals in their drinking water.

Wausau, WI · 3d

The Tonic Edit

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Wisconsin Utilities Including Alliant, Xcel and Madison Gas and Electric Can't Shut Off Home Heat for Nonpayment From Now Until April 15

Wisconsin utilities including Alliant, Xcel and Madison Gas and Electric cannot disconnect home heating for nonpayment from Nov. 1 through April 15.

Wisconsin · 6d

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Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas Pause Winter Utility Shutoffs, With Protections Running Into Spring

Wisconsin bars heating shutoffs Nov. 1 to April 15, while Missouri and Kansas limit them in cold weather through March 31. Here is how each works.

Missouri · 3d

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As manufacturers connect more technology, cybersecurity risks grow

Local news about the companies, people and issues that impact business in Northeast Wisconsin and beyond. As operational technology and information technology move toward each other in manufacturing and other industries, cybersecurity risks rise. The rising risk and how it impacts Industry 4.0 development led the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance...

New Franken, WI · 2d

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How to Choose a Reliable Moving Company in Southeast Wisconsin

Moving to or within Southeast Wisconsin means trusting strangers with everything you own, your furniture, your grandmother’s china, and the boxes your kids packed themselves. Choosing the wrong company can turn an already stressful day into a nightmare of damaged belongings, surprise charges, and no-shows. Choosing the right one makes the whole process feel manageable.

Wisconsin · 2d

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8 Wisconsin Butcher Shops That Make Quality Meat Easier On Your Budget

One Wisconsin meat counter sits right on a university campus, and the cuts come from a meat science program where students help with the work. I love that detail. Your steak might have a little homework behind it. That shop opened in 2020, and it runs on weekday hours only....

Wisconsin · 6d

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Local farmer recognized for conservation efforts

DRIFTLESS - Bad Axe Watershed Stewards founder and president Travis Klinkner and his family have recently been recognized both nationally and locally for their trailblazing conservation efforts. The August 2018 flooding event, which exceeded all previous known floods in Southwest Wisconsin’s hill and valley terrain, left producers and communities recognizing...

Wisconsin · 5d

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Mobile bookstore owner opens The Fictional Fern in Merrill

MERRILL, Wis. (WSAW) - The Fictional Fern, a new independent bookstore, celebrated its grand opening in Merrill on Saturday. Before opening the brick-and-mortar location, owner Jessica Golisch sold books through Booked the Mobile Bookstore. The mobile bookstore sold books at farmers markets and vendor events starting May 10, 2025. At...

Merrill, WI · 3d

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We Energies customers face another rate hike — but smaller, as regulators push back on utility

We Energies customers are in for another round of rate hikes over the next two years, although not as steep as the utility first proposed. Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission voted Thursday to approve a roughly 7% increase in We Energies’ electricity rates spread across 2027 and 2028 — the utility’s sixth consecutive rate hike. The utility expects an average residential customer’s monthly bill to rise between $7 and $8 per month in 2027 and again by between $6 and $7 the following year.

Wisconsin · 4d

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This Underrated Wisconsin Town Is So Cheap Your Social Security Check Feels Like A Fortune

There’s a town in Wisconsin where your money doesn’t just go further, it practically throws on a pair of running shoes and sprints ahead of you. Marshfield, Wisconsin is that town, and it’s been quietly making believers out of skeptics for longer than most people realize. Here’s...

Marshfield, WI · 14d

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WPS customers could see smaller rate hikes

For months, Wisconsin Public Service has been asking state regulators for permission to raise electricity rates by nearly 15% over two years. This week, the state said the increase needs to be lower.

Wisconsin · 5d

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700 Grand opens in Wausau, adding 50 apartments and community services

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Wausau city leaders and community partners celebrated the grand opening of a new housing development at the corner of Grand Avenue and Thomas Street. 700 Grand has 50 apartment units and on-site support services to Wausau’s Southwest Jones neighborhood. The property offers one-, two-, and...

Wausau, WI · 6d

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Merrill-based mobile bookstore goes brick and mortar

MERRILL, Wis. (WJFW) – A mobile bookstore in Merrill, opened a brick-and-mortar location Saturday morning under a new name: The Fictional Fern. “It feels incredible,” said Jessica Golisch, owner of The Fictional Fern. “It feels very overwhelming and just unbelievable that we’re here and it’s opening and there’s been so many people here and it’s just been incredible.”

Merrill, WI · 4d

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Wausau Winter Farmers Market returns this weekend

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wausau Winter Farmers Market is back for another season in the John Marshall Elementary School gym. The first indoor market opens Saturday. The winter market makes it easy to eat local food all year round. There’s a little bit of everything from produce like carrots, onions and potatoes to other food items like eggs, meat, maple syrup and baked goods.

Wausau, WI · 7d

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Kronenwetter budget would raise village tax levy 6.8%

Kronenwetter would levy 6.8% more in village property taxes under a proposed 2027 budget up for a vote Monday, with public safety driving more than half the spending growth. The Village Board holds a public hearing on the budget at 6 p.m. Monday at the Kronenwetter Municipal Center, 1582 Kronenwetter Drive, then votes on three budget resolutions. The plan sets a total levy of $2.91 million, up $184,776 from $2.72 million this year.

Kronenwetter, WI · 5d

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This Family-Owned Wisconsin Butcher Shop Sells Dry-Aged Steaks And Farm-Raised Meats Worth A Detour

A butcher shop with its own library and a big family-style table for reading? That tells me quite a bit before anyone even mentions a steak. It says the people behind the counter want you to learn something. They teach whole-animal butchering classes, so the curiosity runs deep. It also...

Wisconsin · 8d