MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 18 -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news release: Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that the firm received the Corporate Philanthropy Award from Boys & Girls Clubs of America in recognition of the firm's support for the youth-development organization and efforts to create great futures for America's kids and teens. "We are truly honored to receive this prestigious award and proud to join an exclusive group of award recipients, including   more

DALLAS, Texas, May 18 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Northern States Power Company (a Wisconsin corporation) (the "Company") of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.65% First Mortgage Bonds, Series due June 15, 2054 The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc., and was incorporated in 1901 in Wisconsin. It generates, transmits, distributes and sells el  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 17 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Two Mississippi State students will study abroad this summer through the prestigious Fulbright UK Summer Institute, one of the most selective summer scholarship programs in the world. The MSU scholars are Payton Kelly-Van Domelen, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and Kaleb Love, a junior computer engineering major from Madison. Kelly-Van Domelen will spend th  more

CLEVELAND, Wisconsin, May 17 -- Lakeshore Technical College issued the following news release: Lakeshore Technical College is receiving over $1.2 million of the $20 million unanimously approved May 7 by the state's Joint Finance Committee for Wisconsin's technical colleges to expand the state's oral healthcare workforce. The funds will support the college's recently announced plans to add an accredited dental hygiene associate degree program. "We especially thank Senator Duey Strobel and Repr  more

STURGEON BAY, Wisconsin, May 18 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Dr. Joseph and Olivia Soper House in the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2024. Constructed in 1881, the single-family residence is located in Sturgeon Bay, Door County. The Dr. Joseph and Olivia Soper House was designed in the Italianate style using locally produced artificial stone. This is an early form of concrete  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 18 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Hotel Schroeder in the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2024. Constructed in 1928, the hotel is located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. Known today as the Hilton Hotel in downtown Milwaukee, the Hotel Schroeder was originally built as the flagship of Walter Schroeder's hotel chain. A Milwaukee native, he owned and operat  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 17 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting applications for the Shooting Range Grant Program now through July 15, 2024. The program has $800,000 available for range improvement projects. The grant program provides financial assistance for creating safe and accessible firearm and archery shooting opportunities for the public. Shooting ranges that offer public ho  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 17 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue an authorization for the incidental taking of a rare lizard and turtle, which may result from the I-90/94 at County Highway CS Restoration Project in Columbia County. Incidental take refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants that does not put the species' overall popul  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 17 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: If you are covering Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, please consider the following statement from WisGOP Chairman Brian Schimming: "Every time Kamala Harris visits Wisconsin, voters are reminded of the failed agenda of the Biden Administration. From higher inflation to lower wages, voters know they cannot afford another four years of Biden and Harris in the White House." --WisGOP  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 17 (TNSres) -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release: The Department of Workforce Development today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary job totals for April 2024, which showed a decrease in the state's unemployment rate. Preliminary employment estimates for April 2024 showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked down to 2.9%, a full percentage point below the national rate. Wisco  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 18 -- The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued the following news release: Building on a collaboration that dates to 2018, a weeklong visit by leaders from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to the German cities of Bonn, Koblenz, and Berlin is sparking new strategies to boost apprenticeship on both sides of the Atlantic. "Wisconsin passed the country's first appre  more