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Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director, 608-261-4504 MADISON – Wisconsin credit unions earned $225.7 million in 2012, an increase of 81% over 2011, according to data released today by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI). Return on average assets (ROAA) was 1.0%, the highest since 2003. “State credit unions performed very well throughout 2012,” DFI Secretary Peter Bildsten said. “Key...

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Media Contact: Amanda DelPrete Fish Consulting 954-893-9150 adelprete@fish-consulting.com - Local Husband and Wife Team to Open First Dogtopia Franchise Location in Madison, Wis. - TYSONS CORNER, Va., (February 19, 2013) – Dogtopia, a leading national dog daycare and spa franchise, announced today that it has signed a franchise agreement with Betsy and Jeff Jaeckle to open Wisconsin's first Dogtopia that will be located at 3231...

For more information, contact: Lori Van Handel, Willems Marketing, 920-831-6580 ext. 20; lori@willemsmarketing.com APPLETON, WIS. (Feb. 19, 2013) – The Radisson Paper Valley Hotel has hired Linda M. Garvey as its new Area Director of Sales and Marketing. In her new role, Garvey is responsible for catering and group event sales, corporate travel program sales and...

For more information, please contact: Joette Richards, (262)894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org http://www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) will be the featured guest of the Milwaukee Press Club’s Newsmaker Luncheon, which will take place Monday, March 4, from 11:45 to 1:30 p.m. at the Newsroom Pub in downtown Milwaukee at 137 E. Wells St. Vos will discuss the status of the Republican majority’s agenda...

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MADISON, Wis., Feb. 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The officers, directors, and staff of Thompson IM Funds, Inc. and of Thompson Investment Management, Inc., have been deeply saddened by the death of Donald Nichols on February 15, 2013. Don had been a director of the Funds since the 1987 founding, and his contribution will be greatly missed. We join...

Contact: Ashley Andre (Huibregtse), 608-224-5002, ashley.andre@wisconsin.gov Jim Dick, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, jim.dick@wi.gov MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced that three producers were re-elected to the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board, Inc. this year. These board members will now serve another three year term, which will expire on January 31, 2016. Cal Dalton of Endeavor will represent...

CONTACT: Dave Nelson, 608 263-6879, nelson@biochem.wisc.edu MADISON - An unusual exhibit focusing on cancer recovery through the lens of art and science will open Feb. 22 in the Biochemistry Department on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. One goal of "Bioimaging: Domains and Dimensions: Healing through Art and Science: Cancer" is "to do a better job of showing the public what kind...

Contact: Jennifer R. Rupkey Director, Client Development Direct Dial: 414.225.8262 E-Mail: jrrupkey@michaelbest.com Milwaukee, WI (February 20, 2013) – Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is proud to announce that partners Gayle A. Bush and Thomas A. Miller have been listed as BTI Client Service All-Stars for 2013. BTI conducted over 240 individual interviews with corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 and...

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Patty Johnson · Ron Sonntag Public Relations, Inc. 414-354-0200 x103 · Patty@rspr.com MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. – Russ Darrow Group has opened its new Russ Darrow Mazda dealership, located at 5234 High Crossing Blvd. in Madison. The facility features a Mazda-approved design, an expansive showroom, and seven bays to service all makes and models. It also offers a wide selection...