Platteville News

After conducting a nationwide executive search led by healthcare leadership solutions firm B. E. Smith, Southwest Health Center in Platteville, Wis., has hired Matthew Streeter as chief financial officer.

Wisconsin is the home of eight new E15 pumps. The 15 percent ethanol 85 percent gasoline blend is now offered at SmartStation, 1290 Business Highway 151, Platteville, Wisconsin.

There is a tree that stands alone among the cornfields- about 5 miles south of Platteville, Wisconsin in the southwest corner of the state.

The other 41 counties had low wildfire risks. Sunday, a 76-year-old man collapsed while burning garbage that got away and started a grass fire near Tomahawk.

Offerings include College for Kids for children entering grades 5-8 offered July 22-25 and LEAPS! for children entering grades 2-4 offered July 29-Aug. 1. The week-long programs expose kids to new interest areas, allows them to interact with like-minded students and fosters independent learning.

When Heartland Financial USA Inc. rebranded its banks in metro Madison, Monroe, Green Bay and Sheboygan under one name last year, it was just another step in its growth strategy for Wisconsin.

PLATTEVILLE - The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has announced Chris Kusiak of Fenwood, a student at University of Wisconsin-Platteville, recently was initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, a collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Sterling High School and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a Bachelor of Science degree in animal science.

GRAEF, a Wisconsin-based engineering and consulting firm, has elected three new Principals: Uriah Wolfe, structural engineer and project manager; Joseph Pepitone, Jr., landscape architect and project manager; and James Hansen, civil engineer and project manager.

The Parks and Recreation Department is seeking $10 million to fund the project. A finance committee has raised $3.3 million on top of a $3 million city bond.

In the wake of campus shootings the past five years, police throughout the nation are using text alerts to deliver warnings and advice to students in emergency situations.

The memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. honoring all fallen law enforcement officers, followed by a luncheon.

Officers say a delivery person noticed the bomb in a mailbox near the intersection of Union Street and Perry Drive.

Madison College Associate Vice President for Learner Success Turina Bakken holds a Willie Warhawk and UW-Whitewater Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Beverly Kopper holds Wolfie in a school mascot exchange.