MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 7 -- The A.O. Smith, a manufacturer of residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, issued the following news on March 6, 2024: Water technology company A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS) announced today it acquired Impact Water Products, a California-based water treatment company, in an all-cash transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Impact Water Products joins other A. O. Smith acquisitions, Water Tec (2023), Atlantic Filter (2022), Mas  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: A new report (https://americanjournalnews.com/anti-china-republicans-pocket-thousands-from-chinese-owned-conglomerate/) is exposing Derrick Van Orden after his campaign pocketed thousands of dollars from Chinese-state-owned agriculture giant Syngenta despite Van Orden pretending to be concerned about China's influence. Three months after saying that China owning American f  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 8 -- Georgetown University's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Law Forward, Georgetown University Law Center's Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP), and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP announced another historic settlement in their litigation over the fraudulent electors scheme to overturn the 2020 Presidential election, Penebaker et al v. Hitt et al. The settlement agreements r  more

CLEVELAND, Wisconsin, March 7 -- Lakeshore Technical College issued the following news release: The American Association of Community Colleges has recognized Lakeshore Technical College math instructor Kelly Konrath among its 2024 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty. Konrath is the college's sixth faculty member to be recognized since the program began in 2018 and the only Wisconsin instructor recognized this year. Konrath joined Lakeshore's math faculty in 2015. She holds a master's degree  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 7 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: A search committee is being formed to identify candidates for the next secretary of the academic staff. The person selected will replace Jake Smith, who served since 2014 in the Office of the Secretary of the Academic Staff as deputy secretary and then as secretary. The secretary of the academic staff serves as a resource for the more than 12,000 academic staff members at UW-Madison, acting as  more

WHITEWATER, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Whitewater campus issued the following news release: Wisconsin's future educators will have a significantly upgraded home to earn their teaching licenses thanks to an upcoming renovation project at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Nearly $78.5 million is designated for the project as part of a capital budget bill, approved by the state legislature on Feb. 22 and signed into law by Governor Tony Evers on March 6. The project   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on March 7, 2024: The Universities of Wisconsin today announced The Wisconsin Guarantee, which automatically admits the state's top-performing students to the state's 13 public universities in accordance with a new law. Under The Wisconsin Guarantee, students who rank in the top 5 percent of their class at the end of 11th grade will be eligible for automatic admission to UW-Madison while students who rank in  more

KENOSHA, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Parkside campus issued the following news on March 7, 2024: The Universities of Wisconsin today announced The Wisconsin Guarantee, which automatically admits the state's top-performing students to the state's 13 public universities in accordance with a new law. Under The Wisconsin Guarantee, students who rank in the top 5 percent of their class at the end of 11th grade will be eligible for automatic admission to UW-Madison while studen  more

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Campus issued the following news: By Gary Johnson Nine high-achieving University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire faculty members in different stages of their careers are being celebrated for their excellence. The recipients of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation donor-supported University Fellows awards and Karlgaard Faculty Excellence Awards were recognized at a March 4 reception. Foundation donors realize that their support of UW-Ea  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is issuing a public health alert for a ready-to-eat snack stick product, Sweet Maple Bacon Sticks with Bacon, produced by Rackow Family Sausage in Juda. This alert is due to the product being misbranded and containing an undeclared allergen. The aforementioned product contains hydr  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting artwork entries for the Wild Turkey, Pheasant and Waterfowl Stamp design contests. The winning designs will appear on the 2025 collection of stamps. Each year, local artists from around Wisconsin compete for an opportunity to have their artwork commemorated in a historic way on the wild turkey, pheasant and waterfow  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Tammy Baldwin is morphing again. This time, she is cosplaying as a Trump-friendly Democrat to keep her political career intact. In her first television ad of the 2024 campaign, Baldwin went out of her way to brag about President Trump signing a bill into law that she proposed over half a decade ago. This is just the latest instance of Baldwin scrambling to recast herself as an ally to Trump voters. In tru  more