Wisconsin’s child care industry continues to face a critical staffing crisis – one that is expected to get worse if federal COVID relief funds the state allocates to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that more than $255.7 million in congressionally directed spending for Wisconsin...
The COVID-19 pandemic brought an influx of funding to the nation’s child care centers. But those child care stabilization grants will soon be a thing...
Enrollment across the Wisconsin Technical College System grew by more than 10 percent during the 2021-22 academic year. The increase follows a double-digit enrollment decline...
Kristin Murphey’s 2-year-old daughter Emma has been home sick just about every other week since September. There have been colds, a full body rash, RSV...
When COVID-19 hit Wisconsin in March 2020, Amy Trimbo was operating a sewing services business doing garment repairs out of a storefront in Washburn. She...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) — Finding affordable childcare is an issue that many families in Northcentral Wisconsin deal with. This map from the Department of Children...
NEW BERLIN, Wis. — Teaching kids sign language from an early age is getting more popular. It often starts before kids can talk as a...
First, it was a surprise. Then, a wave of excitement rolled over officials with the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation a few weeks ago when...
As Wisconsin employers continue to struggle to recruit and retain workers, state officials hope a one-year grant program will show businesses that making child care...
MINNEAPOLIS — One incident at a daycare in Philadelphia last week sent more than two dozen kids to the hospital. Just Wednesday, a carbon monoxide...
Alesha Rodriguez is getting a year of free child care for her 3-year-old son, thanks to a partnership between the state government and her employer,...
