Business development
Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $29.9 million contract modification from the Marine Corps Systems Command to integrate next-generation autonomous technology into the Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires with deliveries beginning in 2025.
Cruisers Yachts announced that the 57 FLY model is now available to view at select dealerships or by contacting the company.
Acuity Insurance, Sheboygan, announced that in 2024 the company surpassed $3 billion in annual revenue for the first time in its 99-year history. The insurer’s growth rate of nearly 20% generated more than a half-billion-dollar increase in topline revenue — an all-time record.
Unity Resale Shoppe-East, 1302 S. Broadway in De Pere, opened recently. Unity opened its first Resale Shoppe at 1641 Commanche Ave. in Green Bay in 2017.
DuFrane Moving rebranded as DuFrane Logistics, LLC.
The Foundation for Ripon Community Hospital has become a part of the Agnesian HealthCare Foundation following approval by both boards of directors.
Mastercraft Ventures launched a Wisconsin venture capital fund, Mastercraft Ventures Fund I. The fund seeks to invest in Wisconsin-based startup companies. Mastercraft has received a $2.4 million investment from the Badger Fund.
The Green Bay Packers Mentor-Protégé board of directors has selected its 15th session participants, matching 19 emerging Wisconsin businesses with established mentor companies. Throughout the year-long program, mentors will provide technical, managerial, financial or other guidance to protégés seeking to take their businesses to the next level.
Alicia Hans LCSW, LLC opened a new downtown Fond du Lac location. Alicia Hans LCSW, LLC is a private practice mental health agency specializing in pediatric mental health and community mental health consultation.
The YMCA of the Fox Cities announced that the Ogden YMCA and Valley Tennis Center in Fox Crossing is the organization’s fourth 24/7 location.
Former Winnebago County Family Court Commissioner Lisa Krueger has launched a mediation center in Neenah. Krueger Mediation & Family Law Center opened its doors at 48 Jewelers Park Drive, Suite 110.
HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center and Prevea Health are now offering leading-edge technology for lung cancer biopsies with the Ion endoluminal system. The robotic-assisted procedure can reduce or even eliminate the need for more invasive lung cancer biopsies or even surgery to determine a cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
The Manitowoc Company has completed the acquisition of certain crane assets of Ring Power Corporation, Georgia, expanding its direct-to-customer footprint in the territories with new and used crane sales, aftermarket parts, service and remanufacturing support.
Flourish ABA Learning Center opened a center at 2331 Velp Ave., Suite H, Green Bay. Flourish ABA provides applied behavior analysis therapy to children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities in a supportive and engaging environment. The business is owned by Jenna Ryczek, a board-certified behavior analyst, and Alex Ryczek, who serves as business manager.
Construction
Keller, Inc. is the architect and general contractor/builder on a project for U-Haul Moving & Storage of De Pere, located at 1180 Mid Valley Drive.
Awards
Waupaca Foundry Plant 4 in Marinette County, Qualheim’s True Value of Shawano, Biehl Bridges to Recovery, Anthony House in Marinette and the Marinette campus of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College earned recognition as Recovery Friendly Workplaces. The Recovery Friendly Workplace initiative was developed through a partnership between Biehl Bridges to Recovery and the University of Wisconsin Extension’s Health and Well-Being Institute.
ALG Vacations honored Fox World Travel, Oshkosh, as a 2025 ALGV Elite Crown Jewel travel agency. Crown Jewel is the highest status a retail travel agency can achieve and is only awarded to the top 20 agencies in the U.S. ALG also named Fox World Travel a 2025 Wavemaker travel advising company.
Faith Technologies Incorporated was honored with two 2024 Projects of Distinction Awards: a gold-level award for a 72,500-square-foot design-assist project that expanded a lab for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Middleton, and a silver-level award for a 105,000-square-foot Johnson Controls Engineering Center in Glendale. In addition, FTI was honored with a 2024 BUILD Wisconsin Award from the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin in the Specialty Contractor – Electrical category for the Johnson Controls project.
Waupaca Foundry achieved Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange Level 2 certification, comprehensively evaluating a supplier’s data security protection.
The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region has earned re-accreditation from the Council on Foundations.
Capital Credit Union has been certified as a Platinum Employee Friendly Workplace by the Fox Cities Chamber.
Grants
Wolf River Community Bank launched the Wolfpack Give Back Program, allowing employees to donate to charities of their choice using bank funds. The program donated $5,200 to 38 local organizations and achieved 100% employee participation. Wolf River Community Bank also recently donated $10,000 to the New London Public Library building project and $10,000 to the Randy Marsh Strength & Conditioning Center renovation project at New London High School.
Hy-Vee, Inc. donated $69,107 to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin. The check presentation was the culmination of a 20-month campaign in partnership with Feeding America. The donation to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin represents funds collected through the register round up campaign at the Ashwaubenon Hy-Vee.
The Stephenson National Bank & Trust distributed $7,820 equally among five local youth programs: the Greater Marinette-Menominee YMCA, Crivitz Youth, Inc., Pembine Area Christians Youth Center, the DAR Boys & Girls Club of Marinette and Menominee, and De Pere Hockey.
Education
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and Fox Valley Technical College have unveiled temperature controlled food lockers that allow students to use the OrderAhead program to select items that are then provided through a locker.
All the rest
World’s Greatest! television show visited the C.A. Lawton Co. in De Pere to film a segment highlighting the Lawton Standard Co.’s nearly 150-year legacy. The episode aired on Bloomberg in February and can be viewed online.
KI was featured on the HGTV renovation series Home Town in an episode which aired in January. It showcased KI furniture in the transformation of a Victorian home into a K-12 learning center: Unlimited Dreams Christian Learning Center in Laurel, Mississippi.
ORBIS Corporation announced it will consolidate its operations in a new Greenville, Texas facility, resulting in the layoff of 109 employees at its plant in Menasha.
Air Wisconsin Airlines LLC filed a notice with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that it could lay off up to 513 people following a strategic shift in the business.
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