Supreme Graphics of Arcadia WI has been awarded the Best Workplace in the Americas (BWA) designation, Best Workplace, to recognize exemplary human resources practices that create an outstanding workplace. For 17 years, Printing Industries of America’s BWA program has acted as an acknowledgment of printing industry excellence in human resources practices. Being designated a Best Workplace company demonstrates the significant commitment that Supreme Graphics has made to its employees by investing in their work environment, their personal goals and ambitions and recognizing that an exceptional workplace also serves the needs of the company. A panel of respected human relations professionals from the print industry judged entrants against benchmarking categories that promote the most sought-after qualities of today's workforce, including: communication & culture, employee resources & benefits, and work environment & safety.
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Prevea Health announced it will soon be providing urgent care for minor illnesses and injuries in the community of Altoona. Prevea Altoona Urgent Care, located at 3085 Meadowlark Lane – Suite 20, will open for patient care in April 2018. Common urgent care conditions include cold or flu symptoms, earaches, sprains, minor fractures, cuts, infections and asthma. Lab and X-ray services will also be available at Prevea Altoona Urgent Care.

Fortune magazine named U.S. Bank a World’s Most Admired Company, recognizing several of U.S. Bank’s attributes as most admired among all companies and naming it the world’s most admired superregional bank for the eighth consecutive year. Across the 680 companies across all industries, Fortune ranked U.S. Bank as No. 1 in both Management Quality and Use of Corporate Assets, as well as No. 2 in Value as a Long-Term Investment, No. 5 in People Management and No. 6 in both Financial Soundness and Social Responsibility. Fortune also named U.S. Bank the most admired superregional bank for the eighth consecutive year. Among superregional banks, the bank ranked No. 1 in eight of Fortune’s nine key attributes of reputation: quality of management, social responsibility, innovation, quality of products/services, people management, use of corporate assets, financial soundness and long-term investment value. Overall, U.S. Bank’s reputation within its industry is the fifth-highest of any company in any industry on the World’s Most Admired Companies list.
 

About ManpowerGroup:
ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) is the world's largest workforce expert, creating innovative workforce solutions for nearly 70 years. As workforce experts, we connect more than 600,000 people to meaningful work across a wide range of skills and industries every day. We help more than 400,000 clients in 80 countries and territories address their critical talent needs, providing comprehensive solutions to resource, manage, and develop talent.

Our Local Journey
We are a dynamic and vibrant franchise organization that continuously seeks to improve our ability to deliver exceptional services. We keep our personal value of "treating people as we want to be treated" while we connect our associates to meaningful and rewarding work opportunities with some of the area's top companies. As a global company with a local presence, we have staffing locations in: Central Wisconsin/Eastern Minnesota, established in June 1978 by David Frederikson.  Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Medford, Menomonie, Rice Lake, Tomah, Wausau and Winona.

It's our Privilege
Our commitment to putting the right people in the right jobs and developing the talent and workforce of tomorrow has been acknowledged through numerous awards and media recognition over the years. We are honored by this local recognition and by the communities in which we live and work.

Our Vision
Our vision is to lead in the creation and delivery of innovative workforce solutions and services that enable our clients to win in the changing world of work.

Our Values
No matter where we are or what we do, there are fundamental beliefs and behaviors that guide our decisions, focus our actions, and unite us as a company. ManpowerGroup's vision and values serve to inspire how we interact, create, and deliver on our promise to clients, job seekers, and ourselves.
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People
We care about people and the role of work in their lives. We respect people as individuals, trusting them, supporting them, enabling them to achieve their aims in work and in life. We help people develop their careers through planning, work, coaching, and training. We recognize everyone's contribution to our success - our staff, our clients, and our candidates. We encourage and reward achievement.

Knowledge
We share our knowledge, our expertise, and our resources so that everyone understands what is important now and what is happening next in the world of work - and knows how to respond. We actively listen and act upon this information to improve our relationships, solutions, and services. Based on our understanding of the world of work, we actively pursue the development and adoption of the best practices worldwide.

Innovation
We lead in the world of work. We dare to innovate, to pioneer, and to evolve. We never accept the status quo. We constantly challenge the norm to find new and better ways of doing things. We thrive on our entrepreneurial spirit and speed of response - taking risks, knowing that we will not always succeed, but never exposing our clients to risk.

Hospital Sisters Health System announced that Andrew J. Bagnall, MHA, FACHE, has been appointed to serve as president and chief executive officer for HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital and HSHS Western Wisconsin Division. Bagnall currently serves as president and CEO of HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan. He will begin this new role on February 5. Since joining HSHS in 2010, Bagnall has helped transform the culture at St. Nicholas by leading initiatives that improved quality, safety, the patient experience and colleague and physician engagement. Furthermore, he has advanced the integration and alignment of Prevea Health and other physician groups. Bagnall also oversaw the financial turnaround of the hospital, the growth of patient services, and major capital projects including the renovation of the hospital’s surgical platform and the ICU.

For a ninth consecutive year Mercury Marine has presented Zacho Sports Center of Chippewa Falls its prestigious Service Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Award for 2017. Mercury Marine’s Service CSI Program measures the satisfaction of consumers after having service work done on their Mercury outboard or MerCruiser Sterndrive or inboard.  A total of 206 out of 5,000 North American dealers qualified for the Service CSI Award for 2017.  Zacho Sports Center was the only dealer in northwest Wisconsin to receive the award and with a score of 97/100 ranks in the top one percent of all Mercury dealers. In addition, Zacho Sports Center is one of only 24 dealerships in the United States that has received this award 9 or more consecutive years.
Dale Strobach has joined the marine division of Zacho Sports Center as a sales representative. Strobach previously worked in the automotive industry in sales. In addition, David Ellious has joined the powersports division as a sales representative.  Ellious previously worked in the automotive industry in sales and service. Zacho Sports Center operates a marine and powersports dealership in Chippewa Falls and is locally owned and operated by Damin Zacho and Mike Emberson.

Applications are being accepted for three positions on the Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) Board of Trustees. The open positions include one member who is an employer, one who is an employee and one school district administrator. Successful candidates will serve three-year terms beginning July 1, 2018. Applications are due by 4 p.m. Monday, February 26. Send applications to Lauren Sullivan, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 620 W. Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701. There are a number of requirements all candidates must meet in order to be eligible for Wisconsin Technical College System district board membership. Candidates must be residents of the technical college district, must submit an application/affidavit with a completed questionnaire and at least two written references, and must attend a district board appointment committee public hearing in person to be interviewed. The hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 19, at 1 p.m. at the CVTC Business Education Center. For more information or to request an application, contact Sullivan at 715-833-6500, lsullivan9@cvtc.edu, or go to www.cvtc.edu/boardappointment.

Prevea Health is now offering midwifery care in three locations throughout western Wisconsin: Prevea Women’s Care at HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls, the Prevea Hamilton Health Center in Eau Claire and the Prevea Mondovi Health Center. Prevea Health’s midwifery services are part of Prevea Women’s Care and provided by Annie Bailey, CNM. As a certified nurse-midwife (CNM), Bailey provides pregnancy care as well as routine care for women of all ages and stages of life. She earned a master of science in Nnrsing from the University of Minnesota and is certified as a nurse-midwife by the American Midwifery Certification Board.

EO Johnson Business Technologies has been recognized as a Toshiba ProMasters Elite Certified Dealer. The award recognizes dealers that provide their customers with superior service and ensure the highest service performance standards for all technicians. It is issued by Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS). Only 11 percent of TABS dealers achieve the Toshiba ProMasters Elite status.

Danny Pohnl has joined the growing team at Merchants Bank in Eau Claire as a Commercial Banker, according to Larry Accola, President for Merchants Bank in Eau Claire. Pohnl has been in banking since 2011, working in mortgage loans, as a credit analyst and most recently as a commercial banker, all in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro market. He is an experienced SBA (Small Business Administration) Lender, comfortable working with SBA 7(a) and 504 loans. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he had a double major in Accounting and Finance. He is originally from Rhinelander. 
 

​HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals recently earned “A” grades from the Leapfrog Group for the hospitals’ commitment to keeping patients safe and meeting the highest safety standards in the U.S. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit health care ratings organization that assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals nationwide based on performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms.  The grades are considered the “gold standard” when it comes to safety comparisons among hospitals.  The ratings demonstrate a hospitals’ commitment to transparency and quality improvement. 

​HeatherWood Assisted Living & Memory Care has been selected as one of the 2018 Best of Assisted Living Award Winners on SeniorAdvisor.com, the largest ratings and reviews site for senior care and services in North America and Canada. The annual SeniorAdvisor. com Best of Awards tabulates over 150,000 family created reviews to find the highest quality care providers for this honor. Of the nearly 45,000 communities currently listed on SeniorAdvisor.com, just over 1,600 were recognized with this prestigious award. HeatherWood Assisted Living & Memory Care is the only winner in Eau Claire.

The Alliance has added three major health organizations in the Chippewa Valley to its provider network. HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital and 12 Prevea Health clinic locations became part of The Alliance provider network effective Jan. 1, 2018. The Prevea Health clinics are in their Western Division and are located in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Menomonie, Mondovi, Augusta, Arcadia, Cornell and Ladysmith. The Alliance expanded its network in the Chippewa Valley in response to employer requests. The expansion enables employers with headquarters or facilities in the Chippewa Valley to join The Alliance, a not-for-profit cooperative of employers who self-fund their health benefits. The Alliance already has contracts with many other major health care providers in the Chippewa Valley, including Marshfield Clinic and OakLeaf Surgical Hospital.