Brandon Mackesey is attending the 17th Annual WPRA Leadership Academy in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this week! This year will cover a wide array of topics regarding leadership roles, including problem solving, work-life balance, tips for navigating difficult conversations, and more. We are excited to see what Brandon learns from his experience and hope he has fun […]
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Giving Tuesday is a global event supporting nonprofit organizations. We urge you select a charity you’d like to support and donate. Employees at KL love that KL matches donations to a charity of their choice up to a certain amount each year. Besides matching charitable donations from our employees, we are also collecting books for
Last month, our Parks, Trails, and Recreation team went on the road to check out some projects we’ve been involved in recently. This included Garver Path, Powerline Trail Phases 1 & 2, and Jefferson Interurban Trail Phases 2 & 3. While Jefferson Interurban Trail Phase 3 is still in progress, there is a bridge component
Many thanks to our team members, stakeholders, and community members for a year with so much to be thankful for. To observe Thanksgiving and give our team time with their families, our offices will be closed 11/28 and 11/29.
The KL Family celebrated Thanksgiving early last week at our Madison and Menomonie offices. We are always thankful for the time we can get together, but especially as we kicked off the holiday season with good food and even better company!
KL Team Members Brad Halvensleben, Graham Kothbauer, Samantha Herheim, and Katie Kirkendall attended the Dane County School Consortium’s Future Quest at the Exhibition Hall at Alliant Energy Center last week. They showed a microsimulation of traffic flow to the middle school students who attended the event. We are always happy to chat with future engineers!
Chad Halverson is now a licensed professional Engineer in Michigan. Congrats on this next step in your career!
We celebrate some of the people that help keep our offices running like a well-oiled machine! Ellen Christians has been at KL for 24 years. She knows the ins and outs of how we do business and helps us keep all the boxes checked. She is now a Senior Administrative Assistant IV on our Operations
Our HR team has been hard at work interviewing staff to help grow our KL Family! Karin Cretney is being promoted to Senior Project Leader for Human Resources. She has been instrumental in helping shape the face of KL for close to 7 years now. Her enthusiasm has been infectious and her guidance immeasurable. Shannon
Congratulations to Josh Wilber and Kevin Konyn on your 2025 promotions! Josh has been managing KL’s traffic data collection team for the past 6 years. He has also served on our survey and construction inspection teams during his 22 years at KL. He is now a Senior Technician IV in our Design Support Services team.
Two members of our Survey team are being promoted! Matt Lee joined KL 6 years ago after a decade in the industry. He is a professional with a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and a great team player. He is now a Surveyor V on our Design Support Services team. Justin Staudt has 7 years
KL’s Michael Ostendorf and Shelly Harris will be attending the APWA Minnesota Chapter Fall Conference 11/21 and 11/22. We are excited to hear about what they learn for their colleagues!