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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Horicon Bank to merge with Grafton-based Cornerstone
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS
HORICON—Horicon Bank and the Grafton-based Cornerstone Community Bank have announced plans to merge.
Horicon Bank is a full-service community bank with twenty locations in fifteen communities, including in the New North region. Cornerstone Community Bank is in three communities and has $250 million in assets.
Horicon Bank Chief Executive Officer Frederick F. Schwertfeger says the merger offers a strong partnership for both Cornerstone customers and the bank’s local communities. It also will enhance the future regional flagship bank branch at The Mayfair Collection in Wauwatosa, which is expected to open in 2023, he said.
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Encourage Educational Attainment
College of Menominee Nation signs articulation agreement with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
COLLEGE OF MENOMINEE NATION (CMN)
The College of Menominee Nation (CMN) and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) signed an articulation agreement this past month. The purpose of this agreement is to provide an easy transfer process for students from NWTC who wish to further their education to enter CMN’s Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary/Middle School Education.
Students from NWTC must successfully complete their associate degree in Early Childhood Education, meet the admission requirements from CMN, declare their major for the B.S. degree, and meet any other requirements outlined by the Teacher Education department. This agreement will take effect on August 1, 2022, just before the beginning of the academic year...
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Green Bay businesses create 50+ scholarships, with free tuition, housing, for NWTC manufacturing students
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY - Two Rivers resident Salvador Galaviz first turned to Northeast Wisconsin Technical College for help learning English.
He graduated with a bilingual welding certificate in June, when NWTC asked if he'd be interested in a scholarship that would qualify him for an even better-paying, in-demand manufacturing job. The scholarship in industrial maintenance covers tuition, supplies and housing, and he's already thinking about how the support will help him and his wife get by until he completes his courses...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
New Oshkosh homeless shelter to provide services year-round
WLUK
OSHKOSH -- The "Day By Day Warming Shelter" will provide services to between 50 and 65 people every night of the year.
Residents got a look at some renderings this evening during a "meet your new neighbors" event.
The shelter will be located at the corner of Broad Street and Ceape Avenue.
Day By Day's executive director Molly Yatso-Butz says homelessness is growing in Oshkosh, but programs added in the last two years have helped.
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