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Media Contacts: Wisconsin: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Iowa/Minnesota: Ryan Stensland (319) 786-4171 MADISON, WI and CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – December 14, 2012 – Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) announced strategic adjustments to the company’s executive team. Patricia Kampling, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, announced the promotion of Thomas Hanson to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the appointments of...

CONTACT: Peter McIntyre (608) 890-3416, pmcintyre@wisc.edu MADISON - As the federal government builds on its $1 billion investment to clean up and restore the Great Lakes, an international research consortium has developed innovative new maps of both environmental threats and benefits to help guide cost-effective approaches to environmental remediation of the world's largest fresh water resource. Writing this week (Dec. 17,...

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Media Hotline: (608) 458-4040 Heavy snow and ice can affect natural gas meters and power lines and poles Madison, Wis. -- As heavy snowfall and high winds hit the area, Alliant Energy reminds customers not to forget about clearing snow and ice from their gas meter as well as their furnace vents and other vents around their home. It’s important to remember...

Glendale, WI – Regardless of how good or bad a year you’ve had, New Year’s Eve demands a celebration if not exclusively for what’s been then for what is and what will be -- a celebration of appreciation and new adventures. Sprecher Brewing Company invites the public to take a multi-sensory adventure on Thursday, December 31, 2012, when it...

Press Release Langlade County Culver's Trailblazer Challenge Sled Dog Races Saturday & Sunday, January 12 & 13, 2013 Races start Saturday at 10 am, and Sunday at 9 am The event is hosted by the Antigo/Langlade County Chamber of Commerce and is sanctioned by the International Sled Dog Racing Association. The races will be managed by the Wisconsin Trailblazers Dog...

For more information, please contact: Mary Jo Garinger T 414-319-5700 E MaryJoGaringer@zizzogroup.com MILWAUKEE -- Nearly 70 percent of chief financial officers of US companies believe the US economy will either improve or remain stable during the next six months, according to the 2012 Fall CFO Survey from Grant Thornton LLP. The survey findings reveal that 39 percent of respondents believe the state of...

For more information, contact: Emily Friedrich 414.287.9485 efriedrich@gklaw.com MILWAUKEE (Dec. 20, 2012) -- Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is proud to announce the addition of 10 new attorney associates to the firm’s Business Finance & Restructuring, Corporate, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Real Estate and Securities Practice Groups. Thomas A. Bausch has joined the firm’s Securities Practice Group in the Milwaukee office. Bausch earned his J.D.,...

Contact: Allison Abney Media Relations Manager Small Business Majority (202) 289-0957 aabney@smallbusinessmajority.org With holiday shopping season in high gear, small employers very concerned that the uncertainty around the fiscal cliff could impact consumer spending Washington, DC— Small employers in Wisconsin and across the country are becoming increasingly concerned about how going over the fiscal cliff could affect the spending power of...

Media Outage Hotline: (608) 458-4040 Major winter storm leaves over 10,000 without power in southern Wisconsin Madison, Wis. -- Crews from Wisconsin Power and Light Co. (WPL), an Alliant Energy Company, have been deployed across southern Wisconsin in response to today’s major winter storm. Heavy, wet snow and high winds, with gusts exceeding 50-miles-per-hour, are passing through the heart of WPL’s...

For more information, contact: Peg Schmitt, WisDOT Office of Public Affairs (608) 266-7744, peg.schmitt@dot.wi.gov At its December 5 meeting, the Wisconsin Transportation Finance and Policy Commission gave preliminary approval to a set of recommendations on how to pay for new transportation investments (details attached). The 10-member citizen commission was created in the 2011-13 state biennial budget to advise the Governor and Legislature on...