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(Oconomowoc, Wis.) Rogers Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that Lynette Marshall, RN, MSN, has recently joined its management team as Director of Nursing at Rogers’ Oconomowoc location. In this role, Marshall is responsible for successfully planning, coordinating and administering the activities of nursing services at the Oconomowoc campus. In addition, she serves as a liaison to other departments...

Contacts: Emily Cain (202) 205-6420 Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news Highlights effort between SBA and AARP to promote entrepreneurship among individuals ages 50 and older WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP are teaming up to host National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Month targeted at entrepreneurs over the age of 50. Building on the success of a joint SBA and AARP Mentor...

Contact: Lorin Toepper (608) 333-2929 (mobile) LToepper@madisoncollege.edu Goal is to form new startup companies (MADISON, Wis.) April 2, 2013—If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own company, then Madison College is the place to be this weekend. Startup Weekend Madison, a 54-hour workshop that brings together entrepreneurial minds from southern Wisconsin to encourage collaboration on innovative projects and form new startup companies, runs...

Contact: Jeanne Carpenter, 608-358-7837 MADISON, Wis. – A Wisconsin dairy farmer interested in developing artisan goat cheeses in southwest Wisconsin is the recipient of the 2013 Beginning Cheesemaker Scholarship from Wisconsin Cheese Originals. Jennifer Digman, owner of Krayola Sky Dairy in Cuba City, was selected by a committee of industry leaders for the $2,500 annual award. Digman is mid-way through the...

Contact: Cathy Christensen, 608.256.6445, ext. 539 cchristensen@madisonchildrensmuseum.org MADISON, Wis. ― Madison Children’s Museum welcomes five new members to a three-year term with the Board of Directors. The MCM Board of Directors serves as a connection between the museum and the community it serves, and provides stewardship, particularly as the museum expands to support the mission of creating opportunities for children...

Media Contact Cari Phillips cari@arcamidwesttour.com Wallace to bring fan excitement and momentum to Milwaukee Mile in July (West Allis, Wis.) - Joining a growing list of all-star drivers competing in the Swiss Colony Howie Lettow Memorial 150 presented by RaceTeamGear.com event July 8-9 at The Milwaukee Mile is one of the most affable characters in all of NASCAR, accomplished racer and TV personality...

CONTACT: Terry Devitt, trdevitt@wisc.edu, 608-262-8282 MADISON - Drawn from a record number of entries, 10 pictures at the intersection of art and science have been chosen as winners of the 2013 UW-Madison Cool Science Image contest. The images can be seen at http://whyfiles.org/2013/2013-cool-science-image-contest-slideshow/. The winning entries - chosen from a pool of 105 photos, micrographs, drawings and videos - represent a cross-section...

Contact: Tom Thieding, 608-210-6767 tom.thieding@wedc.org Link to Release: http://inwisconsin.com/blog/2013/04/02/april-2-early-stage/ MADISON, Wis. April 2, 2013 – Three emerging Wisconsin companies have been certified for Early Stage Investment tax credits by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). WEDC certified BadgerMax, Inc., Waunakee, Winstruments, Inc., Madison, and SOLOMO Technology, Inc., Madison, as Qualified News Business Ventures, eligible for investment tax credits. In addition, SOLOMO Technology...

Media Contact: Justin Foss 319-786-4788 April is national Call Before You Dig month MADISON, WI – April 2, 2012 – With spring weather here, Wisconsin Power and Light Company, an Alliant Energy company, is reminding customers about the importance of calling 811 before they start home improvements. Whether you’re landscaping, installing a fence, or building a deck, Alliant Energy urges you...

INDEX SAYS: U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES ADDED 10,000 JOBS IN MARCH, A 0.06% INCREASE WHAT: Intuit Payroll’s March Small Business Indexes, a monthly report providing unique and almost real-time insight into employment and now revenue trends of the nation’s small businesses with fewer than 20 employees, shows that small businesses created 10,000 jobs in March. The data is based on approximately...

Legislative Republicans are proposing an overhaul of the state’s unemployment insurance program to shore up the UI fund, crack down on fraud and cut the number of weeks laid-off workers could receive benefits unless the jobless rate is at historic highs. But the plan also includes the first bump in weekly payments in four years. Lawmakers outlined the package in...