MADISON, Wisconsin, June 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will award up to $559,680 to cities, villages, towns, counties, tribes and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations through its competitive Urban Forestry Grant program. Regular Urban Forestry grants are competitive cost-share grants ranging from $1,000 to $25,000, and grant recipients must match each gran  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Katie Scott, Air Force Institute of Technology Air Force Institute of Technology faculty member Scott Nykl received the 2023 Harold Brown Award for his groundbreaking research on computer vision-based relative navigation for autonomous aerial refueling. He is the second AFIT faculty member to win this award, following Dr. Peter Collins' selection in 2013. The Harold Brown Aw  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 8 -- Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly issued the following statement on June 7, 2024: * * * State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today released the following statement on having a collaborative approach to prioritizing Milwaukee Public Schools' kids. "My goal as the elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction is to always do what is best for kids. That is why we at the Department of Public Instruction are working so intensively at this moment with M  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 8 -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on June 7, 2024: The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Friday elected Regent Amy Bogost to a one-year term as President. Bogost, a graduate of UW-Madison and previously Regent Vice President, succeeds Karen Walsh, who has served as President since June 2022. Regents also elected Regent Kyle Weatherly as Vice President. Each June, the Board elects a President and Vice President. Bogost has ser  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 8 (TNSres) -- The Wisconsin Department of Administration issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Energy, Housing and Community Resources (DEHCR) will hold several public input sessions to solicit public feedback and input for the Wisconsin 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, which guides the distribution of federal and state funds for a variety of housing, community, and economic development programs. The listening sessions w  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 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) will be setting over 9,000 traps for spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) in 2024. The traps will be placed in 44 counties in western and central Wisconsin. Traps began being placed in mid-May and will continue to be placed through early July. DATCP requests that property owners allow trap  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paul Williams Anti, 61, a citizen of Ghana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 6 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder proceeds of wire fraud. Williams Anti pleaded guilty to the charge on March 14, 2024. Money  more