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Verona keeps high rating from Moody's, debt levels expected to grow
VERONA, Wis. -- The City of Verona kept its Aa1 credit rating from Moody's, the second-highest available, city officials announced Thursday. The city is bolstered by positive economic growth in the region and healthy reserves. The rating puts Verona in a good position to invest in its infrastructure. "Maintaining our...
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Shell Lake FFA members attend World Dairy Expo
MADISON — Five Shell Lake FFA members traveled to Madison to attend World Dairy Expo, one of the largest dairy events in the industry. The experience gave students an opportunity to learn more about the dairy industry while seeing firsthand the many careers, businesses and opportunities connected to agriculture. Four Shell Lake FFA members competed in the dairy judging contest. Owen Leckel led the Shell Lake team as the chapter’s highest-placing competitor, followed by Brayden, Rachel, and Jesika. In addition to competing, students had the opportunity to explore World Dairy Expo and see the many different aspects of the dairy industry represented at the event. From dairy cattle and judging to equipment, technology, products and agricultural businesses, the expo provided students with a look at the size and diversity of today’s dairy industry. Shell Lake FFA is excited to have a full dairy judging team competing again. The team will continue preparing throughout the school year as they look ahead to FFA Regionals in March 2027. A special thank you goes to Ringa-Lea Farm for allowing the Shell Lake FFA dairy judging team to train on their farm and practice evaluating their dairy cows. Opportunities like this provide students with
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Madison Plan Commission approves 187-unit apartment building in west side
While Madison continues to build up, the city is looking at plans for another multifamily building away from downtown. The city of Madison Plan Commission on Monday approved request to change an existing conditional use to allow construction of a four-story, 187-unit apartment building at the southwest corner of Elderberry Road and Bear Claw Way. The proposed development site is currently farmland.
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CHS soybean crushing plant in Evansville will be heavily tied to biofuels
EVANSVILLE — The official start of agribusiness cooperative CHS’s work to build its landmark, $700-million Evansville soybean crushing plant came Wednesday with ceremonially-tossed dirt, politicians’ speeches and word of a new focus for the future facility: biofuels. CHS company officials, one Federal lawmaker, and the U.S. Agriculture Department’s deputy director all touted the plant’s soybean seed oil extraction-and-refining business at the future Evansville crushing plant as being tied largely to the domestic production of biofuels. That’s a pivot from earlier plans to fully refine seed oil for food-grade use at CHS’s Evansville plant. CHS Executive Vice President John Griffith said the company reshaped the scope of seed oil processing planned at Evansville because federal policy shifts are pressing for growth in domestically-produced renewable fuels. Soybean farmers had been particularly hard-hit by federal policies that saw producers particularly harmed by tariff-fueled reductions in export capacity, and domestic use is adjusting to a new normal. Griffith said the biofuel market has become the primary market for soybean oil. “With the (federal) policy support and the push for more on the biodiesel front, we decided to change the scope, not go to full food-grade RBD oil,” he said in an interview following the
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Young Blood Beer closing Northstreet taproom
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. After three years, Young Blood Beer’s Northstreet taproom is closing so the company can focus on its other locations. The company released a statement Monday, emphasizing that the closing isn’t a goodbye, it’s simply a change...
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Janesville News Gazette editor discusses ballot referendums, new city leadership and area business growth
This week I had a chance to catch up with Neil Johnson of the Janesville News Gazette for a look at recent headlines around southern Wisconsin. In business news, the small Rock County city of Evansville is adding new industrial development. Agriculture industry giant CHS announced this week it is...
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JP Cullen to hold construction career fair on Oct. 8
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. JP Cullen will hold its 10th annual Construction Career Fair on Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at 330 E. Delavan Drive in Janesville. Hundreds of area high school students are expected to attend and learn about...
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Berkadia Arranges Sale of 228-Unit Multifamily Asset in Madison Wisconsin
Berkadia has announced the sale of Aster at Sun Prairie, a standout 228-unit multifamily property formerly known as Springs at Sun Prairie, located in Sun Prairie / Madison, Wisconsin, Dane County. Senior Managing Director Pete Evans of Berkadia Chicago and Senior Director Richard Evans of Berkadia Milwaukee led the transaction on behalf of the seller, Menomonee Falls, WI-based Continental Properties.
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Sunlite Plastics to lay off 41 workers
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. Sunlite Plastics in Germantown has announced it would lay off 41 workers, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Sunlite, which specializes in custom medical-grade plastic tubing, was the only company that filed a layoff...
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This new eastside facility helps local produce reach community plates
To the casual observer, the potential impact of a nondescript warehouse on Madison’s eastside isn’t obvious. But for those who have dedicated the last several years and more to transforming the building into a storage and processing hub for area farmers, the possibilities are abundant. Madison’s new multimillion-dollar, 10,000-square-foot Foodshed Partnership facility is capable of funneling several hundred thousand pounds of local produce each year into Dane, Jefferson and Waukesha county restaurants, food pantries and cafeterias at hospitals, schools and business campuses. “It’s about giving farmers a lot more room to scale and grow,” says Rachael Maysels, executive director of Madison’s FairShare CSA Coalition .
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Core Spring Diagnostics Announces New Madison Office Opening October 12, 2026
"“We’re excited to welcome clients to our new Madison office,” said Jacob Dov, CEO & Co-Founder of Core Spring Diagnostics. “We want individuals and families to feel informed and supported throughout the evaluation process, from their first questions through understanding their results and next steps.”"
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Nuclear Power Summit Board assessing options to pay for conference
Members of the state’s Nuclear Power Summit Board are assessing options to cover the cost of a planned industry event, which could go as high as $900,000 under the most expensive estimate from agency staff. “We don’t have anything in our budget allocated for this,” WEDC Secretary and CEO...
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EMD Electronics opens new semiconductor facility
The companies, people and issues shaping business in Madison and the Capital Region. Leaders of EMD Electronics on Oct. 2 joined Gov. Tony Evers and other state officials to celebrate the opening of their new $200 million research and development facility at the company’s Sheboygan Falls site. The 38,000-square-foot...