There’s a garage in Los Altos, California, where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak kickstarted Apple Computer Inc.
Eau Claire’s emBARK, on Fairfax Street, is one-stop shop for dogs.
Starting a new business is a risky proposition.
All entrepreneurs have challenges, of course, but when you’re a woman developing a career in a profession populated by mostly men, your challe…
Kim Nimsgern didn’t set out to be an inventor. She couldn’t find a product she was looking for, so she decided to make it.
The freedoms and opportunities Americans are afforded every day are owed to sacrifices made every day by military service members, and local a…
CVTC, the UW schools and the Chippewa Valley’s public and private K-12 schools all graduate students with skill sets ranging from nursing to w…
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After a period of sacrifice and service to the United States, re-entering civilian life can be daunting for many Chippewa Valley veterans. In …
When considering where the Chippewa Valley workforce acquired its skill sets, from stick welding to writing code, from tenacity to collaborati…
When people move to the Chippewa Valley, they bring their house-buying income, apartment-renting income, tax-paying income, and consumer goods…
Technology is redefining the landscape of K-12 education in the Chippewa Valley, but once students walk off of the graduation stage they will …
Less than a hundred years ago, millions of Americans pumped water by hand and read and cooked under kerosene lamps. Broad rural electrificatio…
“Retail Apocalypse” is an attention-seizing phrase, reliable clickbait on cyber-news sites, but it’s hyperbole. Sure, some brick and mortar st…
Technology is redefining almost every aspect of society. In particular, it is changing the way the next generation of citizens is being educated.
The Chippewa Valley doesn’t have any equivalent to Los Angeles’ 405, a commuting thoroughfare so brutally busy it can make even bumper-to-bump…
Industrial automation isn’t like buying a toaster, when you take it out of the box, plug it in, and you’re good to toast. Rather, automation r…
In the Chippewa Valley, businesses and their workers are seeing new training opportunities to meet changing safety challenges and requirements.
For entrepreneurs in the Chippewa Valley, the programs, organizations and other businesses in the area form a community to support them.
Whether they are an established brand in the Chippewa Valley or a new kid on the block, area sports entities know one of the keys to long-term…
Here’s the bad news: The U.S. startup rate has been falling for decades. Here’s the worse news: The Small Business Association says that 50% o…
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There’s an old song with the line: “And how ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paris?”
Perhaps when you were in middle or high school, you were more concerned about pimples than possible careers, but the world is much faster pace…
In times of both peace and crisis, the Chippewa Valley can be trusted to come together and make the best out of any situation.
The mental health of one’s workforce is key, as mental health challenges can throw a monkey wrench into the gears, whether it’s absenteeism, i…
Although Marshfield Clinic Health System first put down roots in the Chippewa Valley in 1992, the Wisconsin-based health care system is taking…
In the 19½ years America waged the Vietnam War, more than 58,000 Americans died. Last year alone, according to the Center for Disease Control,…
Pre-GPS, navigating sailing ships was enormously complex. A navigator used the sun, moon, stars, and a sextant to locate latitude and had to d…
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