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Mayo Clinic Health System hospital blends advanced technology with personalized care

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Entrepreneurial Training Program

FREE introduction session
September 25, 2024

ETP Dates: October 16, 23, November 6, 13, and 20  (all virtual sessions), and December 6, 2024 (in-person or virtual).

The Entrepreneurial Training Program (ETP) offered by the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-La Crosse provides the tools you need for business idea testing and business model improvement. Through instruction, guest speakers, and coaching, the course serves those who are considering starting a business, owners of existing businesses struggling to get a handle on all the details, and those with successful companies that they want to grow.

ETP is a 6-session program that is offered using a hybrid format (both virtually and in person). 

To learn more and register for the FREE introduction session on 
September 25, 2024, at 5 PM (CLICK HERE) or email sbdc@uwlax.edu..

 

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DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (DUNN COUNTY PRESS RELEASE) - Dunn and Pepin counties are working with a conservation organization to acquire a 6.5-mile section of the Chippewa River State Trail currently owned by Xcel Energy.

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Buffalo County venue has waterfront views, grain bin bridal suite and hobby farm

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Ken Notes: Great read, Great Venue, and itty bitty cows perfect...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - On Monday, Mayo Clinic Health System opens the first floor of its new La Crosse Hospital to patients.

According to a press release from Mayo Clinic Health System, services and departments located on the first floor include radiology, registration and the café.?

The six-level, 96-bed, $215 million facility was completed on schedule and on budget, the press release says.

Below are the anticipated features of the new hospital:

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When a group of people in the Village of De Soto, WI were trying to come up with a phrase that described the area in succinct and compelling terms, it was because they wanted to capture the attention of folks looking for a break in their increasingly complex and information-glutted lives - a  place to sojourn in peace and quiet, without it involving a remote mountaintop or a deserted island … a place with plenty of trees and water and starlit nights, but also wi-fi access and a world-class pizza.

Enter the founding members of the De Soto Area Tourism Commission - who nailed it, with the tagline “Near everything, away from it all.” The website for the Village of De Soto elaborates: “… the De Soto area is packed full of opportunities for enjoying outdoor sports, relaxing at a campsite, exploring natural wonders, experiencing history, finding great food and drink, and making new friends” (desotowi.com).

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Winghaven Pizza Farm in Galesville open three days a week

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In a region that has deep roots in the agriculture industry, apple picking is a tried and true fall experience in Wisconsin.  The Driftless, and MRRPC Region has an abundance of locally owned and operated apple orchards that are worth a visit this autumn season. A great place to visit with family, and friends, and for people of all ages...

Cain`s Orchard

Sacia Orchards

Ecker`s Apple Farm

Ferguson`s Orchard

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Sarah Notes: It`s apple picking time!

LA CROSSE, Wis.—Dairyland Power Cooperative has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) award under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program for two solar and energy storage projects in western Wisconsin. Dairyland successfully applied for the grant, which supports two 2-megawatt (MW) solar energy and 4 megawatt-hours (MWh) battery storage sites serving member cooperatives and tribal nations in rural Wisconsin communities.

“Dairyland is pleased to be at the forefront of energy storage deployment in rural areas,” said Dairyland President & CEO Brent Ridge. “We are grateful for the PACE award, which supports the development of local solar resources and the emerging technologies that will be key to the energy transition.”

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RIVER FALLS – When Eagle Eye Farm first materialized, Kerri Harting said it was the realization of a lifelong dream for her late partner Dawn Stewart.

But after Stewart passed away, Harting said she discovered ways to sustain it and make it her own – to the delight of the farm’s furry friends’ fans.

Harting said it’s been quite a journey, and though Eagle Eye Farm in River Falls is not the first iteration of the farm (formerly a horse farm) – what it is today, fits the property and her the best.

Eagle Eye Farm is primarily an alpaca farm, home to about 65 alpacas.

Harting said she also raises high-quality llamas, mini highland cattle, Valais Blacknose sheep, Kune Kune pigs, English angora bunnies, chickens and the latest additions, goats and porcupines.

The 100-some animals, she said, are the stars of the farm, and unlike other farms, guests can go right into the animals’ pens or areas, which are cleaned multiple times a day...

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VIROQUA, Wis. – Sheldon Auto Wrecking is a local institution in southwestern Wisconsin’s Vernon County. It’s tucked in a lush valley just downstream of a 50-foot earthen Yttri-Primer Dam, locally known as “Maple Dale.” 

The salvage yard, which buys used vehicles and farm machinery in this rural area to sell for parts, has been in business for nearly 70 years. For most of those years, the dam — less than a half-mile up the road — has protected its yard of hundreds of old cars and broken-down equipment from frequent and sometimes severe flooding in the area.

The dam “was put in place for a reason,” said owner Greg Sheldon.

But it might soon go away...

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MAP		Discover Wisconsin Great River Road Video

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Superior Sweets will soon open at 1401 Superior Ave.

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LA CROSSE – Gundersen La Crosse Hospital added four inpatient mental health beds to its high acuity unit – serving those who need the highest level of mental health care – to help address critical local and statewide mental health needs that have become more pronounced with the recent hospital and clinic closures in Western Wisconsin.

According to Josh Court, behavioral health clinical operations director, Gundersen La Crosse Hospital now can serve an additional 200 patients annually who experience acute mental health crises, bringing the total number of adult patients who can be served in Inpatient Behavioral Health to roughly 1,200 per year.

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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Over the years, Gundersen Medical Foundation’s Steppin’ Out in Pink fundraiser has raised over $7 million for breast cancer research.

So, how and where is this money being spent?

Any the money raised at Steppin` Out in Pink stays in the community according to Gundersen Health System which ensures that the donations directly benefit the people who live and work in the area.

One of the things the funds pay for is upkeeping the local cancer biobank which has over 114,000 biological samples from cancer patients stored and ready for research.  By utilizing this resource, researchers are able to expand their impact to an international scale...

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LA CROSSE – The Pearl Ice Cream Parlor & Confectionery – a La Crosse staple – has been scooping up old-fashioned ice cream in an atmosphere reminiscent of a slower time for the last three-plus decades.

And its appeal, Co-managers Azia Thelemann and Dani Peterslie said, has only grown since the business’s inception in 1993.

Though it has always made and offered homemade and nostalgic candies, Thelemann said its dedicated confectionery space and coffee house came later.

All three business arms reside under one roof, Thelemann said, and flow into one another in the historic Vincent Schwarz Building.

A bit of history

According to the company’s website (pearlicecream.com), the building was built in 1874 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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VIROQUA, Wis. – The Viroqua Chamber announced earlier this month that they hired Lorena Reichert as the Chamber’s new Executive Director to take over for Chris Clemens who stepped down earlier this year. We had a chance to talk to Lorena briefly at the Viroqua Farmers Market over the weekend.

Prior to her arrival in our area, Reichert was a business project manager at the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, where she managed the Site and Building Development Fund grant program. She also led various business recruitment projects for the State of Nebraska. She also previously served as a utility analyst at the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, where she worked on dockets related to telecommunications, electricity and natural gas...
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Are you interested in implementing an effective digital marketing strategy? 

Do you need a website or to optimize an existing website?  

Develop or expand your social media efforts? 

Plan to attend one session of the Digital Marketing Strategies (offered on October 10 at 5 p.m. and November 4 at noon). 

Selected applicants will have the opportunity to have a student provide support on a digital marketing project.  

Most projects are expected to take about 8-10 hours of student support time. 

There is NO COST to the applicant to obtain this student support. APPLY for support from the UWL Digital Marketing Lab (HERE).

Register for Digital Marketing Strategies: 

October 10, 2024 at 5 p.m. (online) - Register for this online program Here

November 4, 2024 at noon (online) - Register for this online program Here

 

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ONALASKA, Wis. (WXOW) - If you have been driving near Dash Park in Onalaska recently you may have noticed a brand new mural has popped up.

Area local Cody Sanderson teamed up with the Onalaska Art Keepers to help produce this project that takes place directly above the Coulee Bicycle Company Building. The new mural is inspired by the landscape of the Coulee Region as it has multiple bluffs in it as well as a river. It`s a process that has been a fun one but also offered some challenges along the way.

"Yeah about half of that`s a happy mistake. That`s how it works for me I make a lot of mistakes then I get the end process," Cody Sanderson said. "It`s just kind of a play with different things until it looks cool."...

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Students’ work to be used to improve Kinnickinnic River conditions

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Ken and Sarah Notes: Sorry if you cannot read the entire article there may be a paywall at the link...

HOLMEN – Rod Holum – CEO and founder of Coulee Tech – said helping grow and guide the tech knowledge of younger generations, in turn, “improves the tech IQ of everyone in the community.”

“I am very passionate about the AI revolution, in general,” he said. “I don’t think there will be a profession in the next year or two that isn’t heavily dependent on AI. In the next five years, I expect 90% or more of jobs will be drastically impacted by AI. Businesses need to know how to use it because it’s dominating and changing the world.”

Holum said Coulee Tech works with several small- to medium-sized companies that don’t have large IT departments...

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Working together to make the Mississippi River Region a great place to live and work.

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