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TWO RIVERS – According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American agricultural landscape changed forever during the 1980s. Crushing debt, collapsing land values and unstable markets – per the federation – forced hundreds of thousands of family farms to shut down. Dave Wilfert said his family’s farm, located near Two Rivers – Wilfert Farms...
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WISCONSIN – Ed Bieber – also known as “Ed the Diver” – said he has turned his love of underwater diving into a full-time business. Bieber, along with his fiancée, Christie Barlament, operates Bieber’s Underwater Recovery based in Northeast Wisconsin. Bieber – who was born in Marinette and grew up on a farm in Lena...
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GREEN BAY – Though many schools took advantage of summer to complete renovations and major repairs, Bryan Ballegeer – KI’s vice president of education markets – said one critical aspect often remains neglected: the classroom environment itself and its lasting effects on students and educators. That’s why KI, a Wisconsin-based contract furniture company, Ballegeer said,...
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Legal
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APPLETON – When Sarah Knutson joined McCarty Law LLP in 2019, she said she didn’t expect she’d one day make firm history. Now, six years later, she’s doing just that. Knutson has been named managing partner – the first woman to assume that role in the firm’s 75-year history – and will lead alongside Scott...