Portage County Connects

State WI Land Information Association Regional Meeting

UWSP’s GIS Center will be featured at the WI Land Information Association’s fall regional meeting October 21-22.

The agenda includes information on the Census 2010 Redistricting program, including data prototypes and releases, the American Community Survey, and Census geographic products;… Read More »

Online Continuing Education Courses Offered at UWSP

UWSP Continuing Education recently announced their partnership with ed2go in offering quality, non-credit courses. Courses in areas of Career & Professional studies, Computers and Technology, Writing & Publishing and Personal Development are all being offered with sessions starting October 20th.… Read More »

UWSP to Offer Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree

The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (UWSP)  recently announced it will offer a collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree with UW Oshkosh (UWO). UWO College of Nursing will offer its BSN@Home program on the UWSP campus. This would allow… Read More »

UWSP Set to Launch Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology

The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point will launch the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST) on Wednesday, September 8th. This new source for sustainability solutions will provide business and industry in our state with information based on university research.… Read More »

UW Online Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management

Our world is changing rapidly:  we face challenges of economic uncertainty, escalating energy costs, and global climate change.  The Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Management is designed to help meet these challenges and the degree program is offered entirely online. … Read More »

Sustainable Education — Wisconsin’s Strengths and Weaknesses

The 2009 Wisconsin Sustainable Business Report, sponsored by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s Green Tier program provides a variety of sustainability baselines for Wisconsin provides an interesting — sustainable — look at Wisconsin’s education system.… Read More »

2011 Will Bring WI Web-based Educational Resources for Entrepreneurs

The first phase of a new entrepreneurship program for the University of Wisconsin system is expected to be completed by 2011. Web-based educational resources will be made available to the 11 UW comprehensive campuses through a partnership between the WiSys… Read More »

Student Research at UWSP GIS Center

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Center, part of an expanding geography/geology curriculum at UWSP, will lead undergraduate students on research in Iceland this summer. Geoscience students are reporting on the effects of volcanic activity near the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland.… Read More »

Lands’ End – 10 Great Years in Stevens Point

Congratulations to Lands’ End, a Stevens Point area business, for celebrating their 10th Anniversary in August.

A decade ago, Lands’ End Point Stevens selected to fill a growing need in the business division.

In the 10th anniversary in August,… Read More »

Stevens Point Community Member Honored for 2011 Arts in the Community Award

Arts Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s statewide arts service, advocacy, and development organization, announced the recipients of the third annual Arts in the Community Awards. Bill Schierl, President of the Arts Alliance of Portage County, Stevens Point, was one of two recipients of… Read More »

July Employment Numbers Released

The Department of Workforce Development has released their “July Local Job, Employment Numbers” for metro areas and counties across the state. Secretary Baumback is quoted stating, “the local preliminary data for July show the impact of the national economic slowdown… Read More »

Donaldson Company, Inc. Recognized as Wisconsin Green Tier Program Participant

Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI), a leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of filtration systems and parts, is pleased to announce that the Company’s Stevens Point, Wisconsin facility will raise the Green Tier flag today in recognition of participation in the State… Read More »

TMA+Peritus to Design and Develop New Security Health Plan Client Website

Security Health Plan — a medically driven health maintenance organization serving businesses, government entities and individuals in a 32-county area of northern, western and central Wisconsin — has selected TMA+Peritus to design and develop a website for its provider and… Read More »

Worzalla names new vice president, expands board

Worzalla Publishing Co. has added a new vice president and expanded its board of directors.

Kris Koch joined the company as vice president of operations in July. He will oversee the manufacturing and operations for the employee-owned printing and binding… Read More »

Economic Development Incentive Programs for Business

During the last six months of the 2011-2013 legislative session, the Governor and Legislature have worked together to create three significant economic development-related incentives, besides the new Wisconsin Economic Development Authority.

This information was provided by Deb Clements, Regional… Read More »

Senator Lassa’s Economic Development Bills

Recently, Senator Julie Lassa announced the following Economic Development Bills that will help to develop the economy in the state of Wisconsin. Please CLICK HERE for the document.

New Business Counselor Joins SBDC Network

A new small business counselor will serve Wisconsin’s northern region through the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, a group of twelve service centers and four specialty centers located at four-year University of Wisconsin campuses.

John Winkler will split… Read More »

Mayor Andrew Halverson retains seat

Mayor Andrew Halverson thanks supporters after he defeated challenger District 4 council member Mike Wiza for a second term in office.

CLICK HERE for more information.