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Mark your calendars for the 2012 WVMA Annual Convention - A Treasure Awaits You - being held October 11-14. The convention will be held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis. As in the past, the convention will be held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Veterinary Technician Association and Wisconsin Practice Managers Association conventions. There will be an immense...

Pewaukee, Wis. - Investor Education in Your Workplace®—a program developed with the help of Wisconsin credit unions—positively impacts investing behavior, new research shows. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that employees improved their financial behavior after taking part in the program’s ten-part online education series, covering topics such as "Basics of Investing," "Investing in Mutual Funds" and...

PRESS CONTACT: Gretchen Halpin The Halpin Group, Inc gretchen@thehalpingroup.com 773-209-6746 Minneapolis, MN (May 29, 2012) – Hewins Financial Advisors, LLC (“Hewins”) proudly announces that David Hutchinson has joined their Midwest Team, based in the Minneapolis, MN office of Wipfli, LLP. David will serve as a Senior Vice President of the RIA Partners Group. RIA Partners is a unique offering, focused on...

For more information, please contact Schinika Fitch at (414) 266-5420 or (866) 416-1511 MILWAUKEE (5/30/12) – Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is the only pediatric hospital in Wisconsin using robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery,...

(Denmark, WI) A federal lawsuit has been brought forward by Morrison residents against Town Chairman Todd Christensen, Code Enforcer Mark Roberts, and the Town of Morrison. This follows an over two-year battle by residents to preserve their first amendment freedom of speech rights protected by the Constitution of the United States. Morrison residents seek to display religious and informational...

Dane County’s 34rd Annual “Breakfast on the Farm” Saturday, June 9, 2012 Media Contact: Jennifer Kuhn, Dane County Dairy Promotion Committee “Breakfast on the Farm” Event Coordinator, 608-577-8990; jenkuhn@tds.net; http://www.danecountydairy.com/breakfast-on-the-farm/ What: “Breakfast on the Farm,” organized by the Dane County Dairy Promotion Committee and sponsored by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, is a major June Dairy Month event. ...

Contact: Laura E. Strong, Quintessence Biosciences, Inc. 608-441-2950 MADISON, WI – Quintessence today announced that the ongoing Phase I trial for their lead EVade™ Ribonuclease, called QBI-139, will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. QBI-139 represents an innovative therapeutic approach by targeting the RNA in cancer cells. The Trials in Progress abstract (TPS3113) is scheduled...

Contact: Jennifer Reed, (608) 262-0188, reed@engr.wisc.edu; Garret Suen, (608) 890-3971, gsuen@wisc.edu MADISON - A young generation of researchers are seeking biofuels in some unlikely-sounding places: toxic algae blooms and cow stomachs. Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors are drawing on these robust yet simple natural systems in search of new, sustainable sources for alternative fuels to satisfy U.S. transportation demands and reduce...

APPLETON, WIS. — Germany and Taiwan soon will become the new home addresses for three Lawrence University seniors awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships. Amanda Barrow, a double major in music and Chinese language and literature from Savannah, Ga., and Elise Mozena, an English major from Iowa City, Iowa, will travel to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and the German state of Schleswig-Holstein,...

State Patrol Major Sandra Huxtable, WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety (608) 266-3048, sandra.huxtable@dot.wi.gov Potential for deer crashes will be high in June Deer are increasingly active and will dart onto roadways Motorists and deer are both plentiful this time of year, and all too often they meet on Wisconsin roadways with damaging consequences. Deer activity increases this time...

Brittany Dorfner 414.270.3518 (direct) American Pasteurization Company and The National Food Lab Announce Partnership: Provide complete HPP solution Food and beverage industry leaders collaborate to deliver full suite of HPP services MILWAUKEE and LIVERMORE, Calif. (May 31, 2012) – American Pasteurization Company (APC), a leading high-pressure toll processor, and The National Food Lab (The NFL), a food and beverage consulting and...

CONTACT: Ashley Cobert, Primum 414.765.2311, Ashley@primumagency.com MRPC: Honored as top workplace by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel BUTLER, Wis. (May 31, 2012) – Wisconsin-based MRPC, a single-source provider of medical device components and assemblies, has been recognized by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a 2012 Top Workplace in Southeastern Wisconsin. The award acknowledges the best places to work in the area and is...

Phone: 800.728.8326 Email: sales@teamnet.net Web: www.team-companies.com TDS – A 2012 most trustworthy company TEAM Companies’ parent company, Telephone and Data Systems is one of only 100 companies to be named Most Trustworthy for 2012 by Forbes and Governance Metrics International (GMI), formerly Audit Integrity. GMI analyzed more than 8,000 companies before selecting the top 100. TDS also made...

Contact: Connie Graden, Marketing Coordinator 218-725-3049, cgraden@maurices.com Maurices: Names new store manager in Middleton maurices, a leading national specialty store for savvy, fashion-conscious customers with a 20-something attitude, has named Theresa Strub as Store Manager. Strub is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the store, including sales performance, visual presentation, and personnel recruitment and training.