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Contact: Jack Steinbrecker, Vice President of Sales & Marketing Bank Mutual – Corporate Headquarters 4949 W. Brown Deer Road Milwaukee, WI 53224 414.371.8262 Bank Mutual is pleased to announce the appointment of Terri M. Pfarr as Vice President/ Director of Human Resources. She will be located at the Corporate office—4949 W. Brown Deer Road in Brown Deer Wis. Pfarr is responsible for leading...

Vice President of Strategic Business Development Retires Germantown, Wisconsin (May 7, 2013) — Faustel (http://www.faustel.com) announced today that Richard Greer, Vice President of Strategic Business Development is retiring. Greer is a 35-year veteran in the converting industry and will continue as a part-time consultant for Faustel. Greer has held a wide-range of positions during his career. He started in 1978 as...

Contact: Marilyn Burke 608-836-5559 Middleton, WI, May 5th, 2013---This week is the opening of the weekly Farmers Market in Downtown Middleton on Tuesday, May 7th. The market is held every Tuesday, rain or shine, from 3:00-6:30PM and runs through October 15th. It will be located off of Terrace Avenue in the City’s Parking lot, behind the Hubbard Avenue Diner and the...

Contact: Kelley Schwersinske Marketing & Events Coordinator First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 920-734-1800 kschwersinske@firstbusiness.com (APPLETON, WI) -- The winners of the 2013 Family Business First Awards of Northeast Wisconsin were announced Monday evening at a Wisconsin Family Business Forum of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh event. Mickey Noone, President & CEO of First Business Bank - Northeast, recognized each...

CONTACT: Matt Ruark, mdruark@wisc.edu, 608-263-2889; Molly Jahn, mjahn@cals.wisc.edu, 608-663-5173 MADISON, Wis. - Agricultural scientists from across the nation are embarking on a new five-year, $10 million, USDA-funded effort to identify dairy production practices that minimize the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG) and will be more resilient to the effects of a changing climate. The project is led by the University of...

Partnership Highlights Technology Innovations that Provide End-to-End Digital Security WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. and MADISON, Wis. – May 7, 2013 – CRAM Worldwide and TASCET today announced a partnership that makes available the first all-digital, end-to-end data security solution requiring a digital identity for access. This partnership allows CRAM to provide businesses in any market with the most secure...

MADISON, Wis. – Shine United, a full-service advertising, design and digital agency, has been named agency of record for entwine, a California wine brand developed by Wente Family Estates and Food Network – one of America’s oldest wineries and one of the most trusted names in food. Distributed nationwide, entwine was crafted to fill a notable niche – wine...

Media Contact: Randy Christensen Ph. 608-326-5646 Randy.Christensen@cabelas.com Competition begins May 5; grand prize could reach $2 million SIDNEY, Neb. (April 9, 2012) – Cabela’s Incorporated, the World’s Foremost Outfitter® of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, announced today Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?, a contest giving anglers a shot at up to $2 million in cash and more than $225,000 in prizes by catching tagged...

Contact: John Ewert Communications Director O: (920) 893-4206 jewert@roadamerica.com - Active, Reserve and Retired Military Receive Free Admission on Saturday, May 18 - ELKHART LAKE, Wis., (May 7, 2013) - You know that spring has arrived when the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) starts...

Contact Gayla Daugherty, Monsanto, 314-276-9017 Nancy Hallahan, Osborn & Barr, 314/591-2876 Visit AmericasFarmers.com to cast a vote for Tina Hinchley to be 2013 national winner ST. LOUIS – Tina Hinchley, Cambridge, Wis., has been named Monsanto’s 2013 America’s Farmers Mom of the Year regional winner for the Midwest. One of five regional winners, Hinchley was selected by judges from American Agri-Women and Monsanto...

Media Contact: Maggie Baum 608-438-2814 maggiebcomm@gmail.com Addition of Phoenix-based Magill Weber enhances conservation-specific services for nationally-recognized non-profit consulting agency MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Mayes Wilson & Associates, LLC, (MWA) a leading provider of non-profit organizational development and conservation consulting services, today announced the addition of Magill Weber to its team. Weber will be based in Phoenix and will work on...

CONTACT: Joan Hall, 608-263-2744, 608-263-3810, jdhall@wisc.edu MADISON - Last month, the financial picture looked bleak for the Dictionary of American Regional English. But the picture has improved with a $100,000 gift from an anonymous donor, announced last week following the dictionary's Board of Visitors meeting in Chicago, and a $30,000 gift from the American Dialect Society - the group that in...

Contact: Kathy Brown, info@wispecialtycheese.org, 1-866-740-2180 DELAVAN, Wis. – The Wisconsin Specialty Cheese Institute has named new officers and elected a new member to its board of directors. Elected to a one-year term as president is Kay Schmitz, of Henning Cheese. Elected secretary/treasurer for a one-year term is Shirley Knox of Maple Leaf Cheese. Beth Crave, of Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, was...

Contact: Al Bekkum, 608-634-3199, abekkum@mwt.net WESTBY, Wis. – Bekkum Family Farms, a dairy, beef and pork producer in southwest Wisconsin, announced today it earned a $232,051 Value-Added Producer Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to market its farmstead products. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last week announced the award, one of 110 grants to agricultural producers and rural businesses...

CONTACT: Nadia Alber, 608-265-643, nalber@wisc.edu MADISON - The Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers is recruiting cyclists and pledges for its 10th annual Ride to Farm fundraiser on Saturday, June 1 to support the next generation of Wisconsin farmers. Cyclists will begin in Birch Lake Park in Barneveld, ride through the Driftless Region to Spring Green for lunch at...