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The grocery, convenience, and outdoor sports store could accept credit cards and access its servers. But it’s not always like this. Coontail Market in Boulder Junction. Credit Ben Meyer/WXPR At least once a week, said owner Steve Coon, there is some sort of internet issue. “It happens way too frequently with DSL, which is the product, of course, that most rural areas have,” he said. Coon said internet service is not only slow, it’s unreliable. “Everything that we do is pretty much broadband-based. When the broadband goes out, it’s obviously a problem,” he said. Internet outages ...

(1) Prophix, a global leader in Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software, today announces an investment from Hg, a leading global software investor. Hg's investment is expected to accelerate and scale Prophix's growth and fund further development of its product capabilities. This deal will result in Prophix employees and management participating to acquire the company alongside Hg, who will hold the majority investment. This will allow staff to benefit more directly from the organization's ongoing growth. Founded in 1987 and based in Ontario, Canada, Prophix is a leading provider of CP...

5:03 Earlier this month, Isaiah Miller and Ryan Van Dyke made their very last home solar installation until the spring, just in time to avoid the harshest cold and snow. They climbed a slanted, shingled roof in Rib Mountain to install a few more solar panels. “We are currently setting down the last seven modules for this system,” Miller said as he braced himself against the roof’s slope. The system will be able to generate 4.3 kilowatts of solar power, which could be enough to provide electricity to the entire home. “You basically just need to turn it on and forget about it,” Miller...

2:07 People living on flowages in Wisconsin will have to keep waiting for the right to install piers to be protected by state law. A proposed bill to extend pier-placement rights to waterfront flowage owners died in the state legislature this year. In Wisconsin, the land underneath flowages is often privately owned. The Wisconsin Realtors Association fought for a so-called “Protect Our Piers” bill, which would reverse that decision, but it died in the state Senate when COVID-19 hit. “There was no reason to believe that it would not have passed. It was passed with bipartisan support in ...