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Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Gov. Walker: Suspends October deer hunt Madison—Today, Governor Scott Walker suspended the October 4-day deer gun hunt in Wisconsin’s south central Chronic Wasting Disease zone. “On the heels of the Kroll report, legislators and hunters have made it clear they want Wisconsin to return to a more traditional season, which includes the 9-day November gun...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Gov. Walker: Wisconsin Homeland Security strategy established Guidance provides a vision of preparedness and to improve recovery efforts following emergencies Madison—Today, Governor Scott Walker approved the updated Wisconsin Homeland Security Strategy, which is a collaborative interagency effort to guide Wisconsin's emergency response and recovery efforts to major disasters and emergencies. "When a disaster hits the state...

Mike Town, Save Our Environment Action Fund mtown@saveourenvironment.org New standards will create 10k WI jobs, save WI consumers $670 million Multi-platform campaign highlights EPA and DOT’s pending fuel efficiency standards Save Our Environment Action Fund launched a multi-platform campaign in Wisconsin today highlighting the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation’s pending fuel efficiency and carbon pollution standards for cars and...

Contact: Judi Murphy Public Relations & Marketing The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (262) 853-8934 Judi.Murphy@lls.org Tenth Annual Multiple Myeloma Conference held September 8, 2012 at Blue Harbor Conference Center, Sheboygan, Wis. Brookfield, Wis. – August 27, 2012 – The Wisconsin Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is hosting its 10th Annual Multiple Myeloma Conference in Sheboygan, Wis. At the Blue Harbor Conference...

Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333 Edgewood College: School of Nursing “joining forces” to support veterans Madison, Wis. (August 24, 2012) – Edgewood College today announced it is joining institutions across the country in a special effort to educate nursing students on the healthcare issues facing today’s service members, veterans and their families including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),...

Jessica Burda, Vogel Bros. 608-663-8974, jburda@vogelbldg.com Vogel Bros.: Helps local schools, community “grow together” General Contractor Donates Staff, Equipment to Build New Playground for Madison’s Gompers Elementary School, Blackhawk Middle School, and North Side Neighborhood MADISON, WIS. — When Pete Vogel received a phone call last week that a local school playground needed to be built, but had lost its...

From: Mike Counter, St. Norbert College, www.snc.edu, 920-403-3089, mike.counter@snc.edu St. Norbert College: Boyer donates Lloyd Alexander collection to St. Norbert College will speak at Mulva library DE PERE: WIS.: Robert Boyer, emeritus professor of English at St. Norbert College, has donated his Lloyd Alexander collection to the Miriam B. and James J. Mulva Library archives at...

Weldon Freeman (202) 690-1384 USDA: Seeks applications for grants to help agricultural producers bring increased value to their products WASHINGTON, August 16 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today invited agricultural producers to apply for grants to increase the value of their products. “Producers can greatly enhance the bottom line of their businesses...

Andy Larsen, Boelter + Lincoln PR Phone: 414/271-0101 Ext. 119 Cell: 414/840-0891 E-mail: alarsen@boelterlincoln.com Boelter + Lincoln: Digital marketing summit slated for September 26 Speakers include Digital Ad Execs from Pandora, Weather Channel, Vizu MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee’s first Digital Marketing Summit, an interactive advertising conference focusing on the tools and techniques marketers need to compete in a changing digital world,...