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School’s in session and so still are laptop deals, but summer fashion makes way for fall clothing and holiday travel pricing is best this month. September Shopping Trends 2012 Forecast: Labor Day: The back to school hangover trends for laptops, bicycles and lunchbox foods. Ex[etc summer clearance to start showing during this holiday sale for lawnmowers, summer fabrics, summer clothing and...

Contact Judy Frankel PR and Communications Manager Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau Email: frankel@visitmadison.com Phone: 608 441.3958 See Jason Britton and Eric Hoenshell of Team No Limit perform (Madison) Prepare to be amazed as Jason Britton and Eric Hoenshell of Team No Limit will perform motorcycle stunts as an exciting part of the LeMans Corporation Parts Unlimited National Dealer Showcase occurring in Madison this...

Media Contact: Debi Miller, Marketing Communications Administrator (414) 277-5628 / (262) 716-7868 debra.miller@quarles.com MILWAUKEE, Wis. (August 20, 2012) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Valerie P. Vidal, an associate in the firm's Milwaukee office, has received a 2012 Philanthropic Five Award from the United Way of Greater Milwaukee. The Philanthropic Five Award, created by United Way's Emerging...

Contact: Janet L. Kelly, 608-890-1491 or 608-772-2868, jkelly@warf.org MADISON - Winslow Sargeant, chief counsel for advocacy at the Small Business Administration and a UW-Madison engineering graduate, will discuss the most pressing issues confronting technology ventures in Wisconsin and beyond at a free roundtable discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 22. The event will be held from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Wisconsin Institutes...

For more information contact: Tom Doney, President, Cypress Benefit Administrators, (920) 968-4613 or tomd@cypressbenefit.com; or Lori Van Handel at 920-750-5020 Portland, Ore. (August 20, 2012) -- Cypress Benefit Administrators, a national third party administrator (TPA) based in Appleton, Wis. and with locations in Portland, Ore., Omaha, Neb. and Pueblo, Col., has announced a strategic partnership with PH Tech,...

For more information: Kristin Schmidt 608-443-0971 kschmidt@kennedyc.com Madison, Wis: Ad 2 Madison is proud to announce plans to develop a pro-bono advertising campaign for local organization Mentoring Positives as part of its 2012 public service campaign. Each year, members of Ad 2 Madison, a collective of young communications professionals, choose a local organization in need of assistance in the areas of advertising and...

Media Contact: Debi Miller, Marketing Communications Administrator (414) 277-5628 / (262) 716-7868 debra.miller@quarles.com MILWAUKEE, Wis. (August 20, 2012) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Jonathan Stone is now an associate attorney in its Intellectual Property Group, having recently received his law degree from Marquette University. He had been a patent agent in the firm's Milwaukee office for...

Contact: Erin Johnson Phone: (800) 447-4094 Email: erin@bayfield.org Despite the difficulties of an atypical Northern Wisconsin growing season, many of Bayfield's apple orchards are poised to have a "great" crop of delicious fruit this fall. Jim Hauser Jr. of Hauser's Superior View Farm explains how his apple harvest dodged the damaging weather. "Downstate, trees were in bloom when the frosts hit,"...

Financial services industry veteran Ron Slater joins the firm Press Contact Jennifer Hacker Olsen 952.548.3389 jolsen@wipfli.com http://www.wipfli.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 20, 2012) — Wipfli LLP, a leading CPA and consulting firm, announced today that it has expanded its strategic advisory services practice for financial institutions with the recent addition of Ron Slater as a senior manager. Slater brings 40 years of banking leadership experience...

Press Contact Jennifer Hacker Olsen 952.548.3389 jolsen@wipfli.com http://www.wipfli.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (August 20, 2012) — Wipfli has been named to the Bob Scott’s Insights Top 100 VARs for 2012. The Top 100 are chosen from organizations specializing in the sale and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting software. “We want to congratulate this year's class of Bob Scott's Top 100 VARs,” said Bob Scott,...

UW-Oshkosh: Wisconsin Family Business forum honors new Forum Fellows (Oshkosh, WI – Aug. 22) The owners of New North outdoor advertising and bus companies are the latest family-owned business leaders to be honored as Forum Fellows within the Wisconsin Family Business Forum (WFBF). Jane Sweasy, of JAG Outdoor Advertising, Inc., and Joe Kobussen, of Kobussen Buses...

Media Contact: Linda Funk Flavorful Insight, (866) 430-2590 lfunk@flavorfulinsight.com An exciting season of competition awards for Crave Brothers Farmstead classics cheese Waterloo, Wisconsin, August 22, 2012—Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics have been honored with a half dozen new awards in several cheese competitions this summer. At the Dodge County Fair in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics added...

Media Contact: Linda Funk Flavorful Insight, (866) 430-2590 lfunk@flavorfulinsight.com Crave Brothers Farmstead Classic: Celebrating a decade of milestones and awards Waterloo, Wisconsin, August 22, 2012—During the past decade, Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics have been setting the standard for sustainably produced, award-winning artisan cheese. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics has released its new Petit Frère® with Truffles....