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Dive into profiles of the entrepreneurs who make central Wisconsin such a great place to live and do business. Join Mid-State Technical College Stevens Point Campus Dean Ben Nusz and Portage County Business Council Executive Director Michael Witte as they take a deep dive into the origin stories of our local innovators and find out what the future holds for this vibrant community we're proud to call home. www.mstc.edu/podcast
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For this episode, we will be joined by Craig Cook, owner of Fall Line Outfitters. After many years serving in the military, Craig took on the entrepreneurial task of starting his own business. With big ambitions, Craig has modeled Fall Line after iconic outdoor brands, and he is looking to build upon the history of Stevens Point to create his very own. www.mstc.edu/programs www.portagecountybiz.com www.createyourcommunity.org/startup-sprint www.falllineoutfitters.com www.mstc.edu/pod...
For this episode, we will be learning more about United Way of Portage County with the new CEO, Fred Hebblewhite. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience on the Stevens Point Campus. If you want to be there for the next episode, you can join us on April 11th at 5:30PM in the Community Engagement room. It was great to have an audience for this one, so I hope to see you in the crowd for our next one. Fred is actually a Mid-State alum, graduating from an A...
For this episode, we will be profiling the local and beloved coffee shop, Mission Coffee House, and our guests will be Russ Ehlinger and Craig Shuler. Russ will share the origin story of the Mission Coffee House, and Craig will talk about the newest Mission Coffee House to open up, right here on the Stevens Point Campus. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience on the Stevens Point Campus. If you want to be there for the next episode, you can join us on March 7th at...
On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit a pair of lawyers from the Anderson O’Brien Law Firm, retired trial attorney Maury Rice and current attorney Amy Eddy. Anderson O’Brien is one of the oldest institutions in our community. Founded in 1886 by attorneys Byron B. and Gilbert L. Park right here in downtown Stevens Point, the firm has a long tradition of providing legal services. While the firm is still downtown, it has grown considerably and offers a diverse array of serv...
Welcome back to Profile: Central Wisconsin SEASON 3! On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit with Sherri Galle-Teske, Executive director of the Humane Society of Portage County. When I first asked Sherri to be on the show, she only wanted to talk about the animals, so that is just what we did. However, when telling the stories of the animals of the Humane Society we were really telling the stories of how they touched our lives in significant and impactful ways. You’...
On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit with Lori Schlueter, Plant Manager of Donaldson Company’s Stevens Point location. Lori has a lifetime of experience in manufacturing. She started off doing assembly work while still a teenager, working alongside her parents and siblings in a plant in southern Minnesota. She kept working in the factory through college on nights, weekends and summers and after graduating, she took a position in the office rather than the assembly...
On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit with Jenny Riggenbach, CEO of the Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin. Jenny spent most of her youth right here in central Wisconsin, but left for college to earn a degree in Community Education and Engagement. While such studies may seem commonplace now, this was a novel field of study. But what she learned about this new approach to civic engagement and enriching communities through action, shaped her and has allowed her to share t...
On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit with Kelly Guay, owner of the Sunset Point Winery and her mother, Kathy Johnson, who is also the Tasting Room Manager and Vice President of the Stevens Point Alliance. Now, we all have hobbies, but what happens when your hobby becomes a passion, and that passion starts to consume more than just your free time? This is exactly what happened to Kelly Guay and her husband, Don. They started making wine at home for fun, which led to more...
On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit with Dr. Shelly Mondeik, president of Mid-State Technical College. Right out of high school, Shelly went to technical college, got her degree and took a job as a medical secretary. But through hard work and an eagerness to take every opportunity, she advanced in the organization learning new skills and taking on leadership roles. Fueled by a passion to teach others, she took a position as a technical college instructor. I...
On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit with Ashley Schroeder, owner and wellness guide for the Garden, a wellness club that just opened in Plover. Ashley accrued years of experience working in sales, marketing, hospitality, fitness and event planning. She has wrapped all of this together to now venture out to start a new business here in central Wisconsin. We’ll learn from Ashley how the Garden is more than just a place to work out. It’s a place for community to gro...
On this episode of Profile, Michael and I visit with Sarah Jo More, owner of The Main Grain Bakery. Sarah Jo first started baking with a couple of friends out of second story apartment, delivering a weekly supply of sourdough bread to an email list of friends and family. Eventually, they took the leap and opened a commercial bakery to success that surprised even Sarah Jo. The Main Grain has now become a Stevens Point staple and synonymous with delicious and innovative baked ...
Welcome to Profile: Central Wisconsin, a podcast about the origins of the organizations that make our community thrive. In early November, co-host Todd Kuckkahn resigned from the Portage County Business Council to embark on a new adventure. On this episode of Profile, we have something special: two co-hosts and two guests. First, Todd and I will interview the new Executive Director of the Portage County Business Council, Michael Witte. We learn, of Michael broa...
On this episode of Profile, Todd and I visit with Bill Fonti, CEO of Furniture and ApplianceMart. Hold on, because Bill is a whirlwind. He has a relentless commitment to work and life. He started learning at an early age, first by watching his father operate an appliance store in Madison and later by picking up whatever work he could find as a teenager. This work ethic has carried him through life and helped to propel Furniture and ApplianceMart to its current successful pea...
Todd and I had the great pleasure to interview Joe Kinsella, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Pointe Precision, a local machine shop with a global reach. They make precision components to the tightest tolerances imaginable for the aerospace and medical industries. Mission critical and life critical. While they are now well established, the origin story of Pointe Precision is really one of hope and rebirth. Joe was a manager a local manufacturing facility at a time ...
On this episode of Profile, Todd and I visit with Scott Groholski, president and owner of Point of Beginning, a civil engineering, land surveying and landscape architectural firm. They’re the team you call when you want to find out where and how to locate your project. You’ve seen them out in open fields and roadways with their bright yellow vests and equipment mounted on tripods. They have worked on everything from Heartland Farms Field in Amherst to Lambeau Field in Green ...
Welcome to Season 2 of Profile: Central Wisconsin! We kick off this season with an interview with Les Dobbe, Director of Business Development at Lineage Logistics, a cold storage and distribution center. Les is an entrepreneur and dealmaker, but really, he’s a solutions guy. He figures out what you want, how much you need, where to get it from, when you need it, how to get it to you and where to put it. This is the model of traditional logistics. You have someone who knows ...
Todd and I have the opportunity to visit with Jason Blenker, President of Off-Site Construction Solutions for Drexel Building Supply and former co-owner and president of Blenker Building Systems. Just after college, Jason was recruited to work for one of the country’s largest home builders. After several years, he decided to return to rural Wisconsin to join the family business. Along with his parents and two brothers, they grew a traditional construction contractor into a family of 5 s...
On this episode of Profile, Todd and I visit with Gautam Malik, Chief Operating Officer of local innovative manufacturer Gamber-Johnson. Gautam is not your typical COO. Not because he was born in India and immigrated to the United States to live the American dream and not because he manages an organization that managed to shift from making wooden furniture to rugged mounting systems for high tech equipment, but because he has a unique and fresh take on how operations should be managed. ...
On this episode of Profile, Todd and I are have the pleasure to be joined by two members of the Wysocki family; enterprising founder, Louis, and his business savvy son and the current CEO, Russell. As always, this episode starts with some history, but given the privileged opportunity to interview Louie, we take a deeper dive into some history of our community. He shares how the Wysocki family went from plowing a 50 acre field with a car to now tending over to 25,000 acres wi...
On this episode of Profile, Todd and I are joined by Jay Anderson, President of the stalwart local manufacturer, Steel King Industries. Landlocked in the old industrial park of Stevens Point, Steel King is one of the community’s best-kept secrets. For over 50 years, they have manufactured racks and related products for the material handling and storage industries. Steel King has since expanded to three different facilities and they provide storage solutions throughout the co...
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