BROOKVILLE – Brookville historian and author David Taylor has completed a new book, A Gift to the Community: The Pinecrest Country Club, 1920-1970. It tells the story of the local golf course and country club first laid out by Brookville lumberman and business leader Samuel S. Henderson, who lived on the east end of Main … Read more
Madeline Marr, Miami Herald MIAMI – Think back a long time ago, to a time when you literally couldn’t order anything popping into your head at 4am from your phone. The year was 1994, and Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, was a nine-to-five year old, hard worker with a forward-thinker’s dream—an insanely lofty dream that had … Read more
Robert Chanick, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — The soundtrack to the inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which is set to turn Grant Park into a pop-up racetrack over the Fourth of July weekend, will have more than screeching tires and roaring engines. In addition to 200-mile-per-hour racing cars, the two-day event will feature full-fledged concerts ranging … Read more
This screenshot shows rancher Don Gittleson speaking to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. After more than a year of dealing with the threat of wolves killing his livestock, Walden-area farmer Don Gittleson has gained some hard-won perspective on where to turn for insights into wolf behavior and how to protect his livestock from them. … Read more
Emma Patch Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Brenna Williams, 28, of Fresno, Calif., has universal healthcare coverage, but when she started looking into fertility treatments to start a family, she was flattered by the out-of-pocket cost. So while some friends in her shoes began looking for a job at an American company that would offer to offset … Read more
RACINE – Gov. Tony Evers was in town Wednesday for a hearing with community leaders about programs in place to help those with mental health issues. The message from the community has been that the programs are there, but the needs are great and growing, and they could use additional funding to expand. Evers said … Read more
Knowing if you get paid fairly for the work you do is a puzzle shrouded in lack of information. However, that may change, and pay transparency could be the catalyst. It’s a growing trend for companies to disclose what drives an existing job or job opening – whether it’s voluntarily or because governments mandate it. … Read more
Knowing if you get paid fairly for the work you do is a puzzle shrouded in lack of information. However, that may change, and pay transparency could be the catalyst. It’s a growing trend for companies to disclose what drives an existing job or job opening – whether it’s voluntarily or because governments mandate it. … Read more
