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New Wisconsin guidebook helps tech college students plan careers
The new Wisconsin Technical College System 2012-2013 Guidebook will help the students, as well as recent high school grads and adults wanting to gain additional skills, make a professional move or a complete career change.
GE Healthcare celebrates 18 years of service to schools
More than 2,800 current and retired GE Healthcare employees picked up paintbrushes and helped unpack classrooms to celebrate the company’s 18th annual Community Service Day – its largest, single-day employee volunteer initiative worldwide.
Brewers Community Foundation and Weeks sponsor Teach For America Milwaukee
The Brewers Community Foundation and Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks have teamed up to sponsor Teach For America in Milwaukee under its “Sponsor-A-Teacher” program, according to an announcement the foundation released Monday.
Pearls girls tour southern colleges
With the hope of empowering Milwaukee middle school and high school girls to set both their sights and their grades on college, Pearls for Teen Girls, Inc. embarked on its ninth annual national college tour last June.
Target awards grants to MPS schools
Target Corp. awarded two K4-fifth grade schools in the Milwaukee Public School system with $25,000 grants through its $5 million Give With Target campaign, according to an announcement released Friday, Aug. 17.
Veolia Water gives teachers tools for science experiments
Veolia Water Milwaukee is collaborating with Milwaukee Public Schools to teach fifth-grade students about water and the environment using a Water Box curriculum package. The company, which runs the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Jones Island and South Shore sewage treatment plants, will likely donate up to 200 of the curriculum package kits to area teachers.
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Saturday, Aug. 25, Walk & Run for Wishes will wind its way along Milwaukee’s lakefront. The 5K or...
A streetcar named disaster
On Wednesday, Americans for Prosperity launched a new initiative to let the public be heard about Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's proposed downtown electric streetcar loop.
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AT&T upgrades wireless service in Wisconsin
AT&T Inc. reported that it invested nearly $100 million in its Wisconsin wireless and wired networks in the first half of 2012.
Koss hopeful new headphones will revive sales
Koss Corp. reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $931,891, or 13 cents per share, down from $1.8 million, or 24 cents per share, a year ago.
Winslow joins Lakeland College athletic staff
Lakeland College in Sheboygan announced the addition of Pro Football Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow to its athletic department.
Bayshore Chalk Art Festival features artists of all ages and abilities
More than 60 artists colored the streets of Bayshore Town Center at the sixth annual Chalk Art Festival Aug. 18-19. Presented by Bayshore Town Center, the City of Glendale and the Riverwest Artists Association, the free festival joined local and national artists who each brought their own style to the street.
