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Ad-libs: A key question: What’s next?

Gregory talked to me about a lesson he learned in his early days of selling advertising. “In one of my first presentations, the prospect rejected my ideas for a new campaign.

Threads of late summer

Summer is rushing by and to paraphrase the lyrics of my favorite male rock vocalist Bob Seger, autumn’s closing in.

Competitive Wisconsin to host broadband summit

Leaders from New North and Competitive Wisconsin Inc. are co-hosting a summit to explore developing a successful broadband expansion strategy.

RELATED: WNA joins Competitive Wisconsin coalition

The statewide in-person and virtual summit for local elected officials, business leaders, economic and community development professionals and members of the public will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at Fox Valley Technical College DJ Bordini Center.

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Correne Martin leaves Courier Press

Correne Martin, associate editor of the (Prairie du Chien) Courier Press is leaving the newspaper to teach special education English at Prairie du Chien High School. Her last day was Friday.

Martin earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 2004. After graduating, she was hired as editor of the Fennimore Times, where she spent eight years. She’s held her current role with the Courier Press for more than 10 years.

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Milwaukee area reporter Evan Casey joins WPR

Evan Casey, a reporter with roots in the Milwaukee area, has joined Wisconsin Public Radio, the network has announced.

A Racine native, Casey graduated from UW-Milwaukee. During the past five years, he has served as a reporter for the Kenosha News, The Racine Journal Times, Shepherd Express, The Milwaukee Courier and CBS 58.

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Navigating legal debt collection in Wisconsin

With the inflation rate soaring to a 40-year high, more Americans are falling behind on their debt payments because they cannot make the required payments on their credit cards, car loans, and/or home mortgage.

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