FORT CARSON, Colorado, May 17 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan Spencer Woods couldn't pull his opponents or gain leverage without a sharp pain shooting through his arm. As a sophomore on his high school's varsity in 2013, the ailment hindered his movements. After getting examined by a doctor, X-rays returned negative. He continued to wrestle with injury and tried compartmentalizing the pain. "It was the hardest thing I've ever done," said Woods, now a S  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 17 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: * * * Federal Agency Charged Cleaning Service Provider Routinely Subjected Female Employees to Sexual Harassment * * * The Cleaning Authority-Fox Valley, a cleaning service provider in eastern Wisconsin, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agen  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, Vice President Kamala Harris and HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is awarding nearly $40 million to expand comprehensive housing counseling services for homebuyers, homeowners, and renters throughout America. These awards - through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Housing Counselin  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: On Thursday, May 16, 2024, Adrianne Todman, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, joined Vice President Kamala Harris' nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour in Milwaukee, WI, to announce HUD's new $40 million in funding to expand housing counseling for underserved communities and help bridge the racial homeownership gap. At the event, V  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 (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