Plenty of job opportunities await students and other employment seekers this summer in the wake of a worker shortage in the hospitality industry.
âEvery hotel and restaurant is looking to hire people immediately,â Visit Beloit CEO Celestino Ruffini said. âIt seems like the demand for travel is there and has returned, but we have to have the staff to work front desks, in restaurants and serving, cleaning, and offering a positive customer service experience. . It could become a significant issue this summer if our local businesses are not able to fill all the positions.â
Wisconsinâs return to near pre-pandemic unemployment levels has brought with it a workforce shortage, spurring Republicans to demand the state end its participation in enhanced federal pandemic unemployment benefits. The most recent stimulus legislation, the American Rescue Plan Act, expanded benefits to provide qualifying Americans with $300 a week in addition to state unemployment benefits
SHINE Medical says it will produce 70% of global demand for medical isotope moly-99
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SHINE Medical Technologies proposed production facility in the Netherlands. Rendering courtesy of SHINE Medical Technologies.
SHINE Medical Technologies says it will produce 70% of the global patient need for molybdenum-99, a diagnostic isotope used in nuclear medicine. The Janesville-based company is building a production facility for molybdenum-99 or moly-99 in…
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SHINE Medical Technologies says it will produce 70% of the global patient need for molybdenum-99, a diagnostic isotope used in nuclear medicine.The Janesville-based company is building a production facility for molybdenum-99 or moly-99 in Wisconsin, but SHINE now plans to construct a second facility in Europe, the company recently announced.Between both facilities, SHINE will have the capacity to produce double the European patient need for moly-99, and 70% of the global patient need for this particular medica
Barn, home fire near Janesville causes $500K in damages
April 26, 2021 10:12 PM Brandon Arbuckle
JANESVILLE, Wis. A home and barn near Janesville are total losses following a fire Monday afternoon.
A news release said the Janesville Fire Department was sent to 4829 W County Trunk A west of the city for a report of a barn/shed fire.
The first units who arrived said the fire was “fully involved” and driven by the wind. The flames extended to a nearby house located on the property.
The National Weather Service said winds at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport were at 20 mph during the time of the fire, with gusts reaching as high as 40 mph.
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A fierce wind blew across a hilltop farmstead west of Janesville on Monday, feeding flames that destroyed a barn and a farmhouse at 4829 W. County A.
The Janesville Fire Department was dispatched to the scene at 2:43 p.m. Monday, Battalion Chief Ryan Murphy said. Responding units reported a fully involved, wind-driven fire in the barn and requested additional help fighting the fire.
The wind blew thick black smoke from south to north across County A and helped the fire jump to the house on the property.
Murphy said firefighters tried to get to the house early on during the incident, but the heat from the wind-whipped flames kept them away. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion, according to a fire department news release. Nobody else was injured.