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Wendy Norem Marketing Director Shorewest, Realtors® (262) 827-4111, ext. 232 wnorem@shorewest.com Shorewest, REALTORS: Named one of southeastern Wisconsin’s top workplaces Brookfield, Wisconsin. Shorewest, REALTORS® has been named one of Southeastern Wisconsin’s Top Workplaces for 2012, published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Our people and teamwork are the reasons for our success,” said Joseph A. Horning, president of Shorewest, REALTORS®. “They make...

CONTACT: Shannon Stahl (608) 265-6288, stahl@chem.wisc.edu; James Gerken (608) 265-8192, jbgerken@chem.wisc.edu UW-Madison: High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts MADISON - Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis. Plants convert sunlight to chemical energy in the form of biomass, while releasing oxygen as an environmentally benign byproduct. Devising...

Heidi Fendos, PR Counsel, (414) 403.0744 or heidi@fendospr.com Wilderness Territory: Wisconsin Dells opens two new extreme thrill slides for summer 2012 WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. —The Lunar Loop and Cosmic Drop EXTREME “stomach dropping” adventures are now open at the Wilderness Territory, America’s Largest Waterpark Resort located in Wisconsin Dells. According to Joe Eck, general manager for the Wilderness Hotel &...

DeAnne Boegli, National Public Relations Manager TDS Telecommunications Corp. 608-664-4428 deanne.boegli@tdstelecom.com TDS: Forbes names parent company of Wisconsin data center services provider a “Most Trustworthy Company” MADISON, Wis.,(May 25, 2012) — TEAM Companies, one of the Midwest’s leading Tier III data center and cloud computing services providers, today announced that its parent company, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. made Forbes’ list of the...

State Patrol Major Sandra Huxtable, WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety (608) 266-3048, sandra.huxtable@dot.wi.gov WisDOT secretary announces ‘Summer of Safety’ initiatives to reduce traffic crashes Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Mark Gottlieb announced today (May 25) an array of initiatives to make the upcoming months a “Summer of Safety” for motorists. In his remarks at a news conference in Milwaukee,...

CONTACT: Charles Cohen, 608-263-1956, clcohen@wisc.edu; Mel Charbonneau, charbonneau@wisc.edu, 608-890-3074 UW-Madison: Interfaith, community service challenge lays groundwork for religious dialogue MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison's participation in a White House initiative to foster interfaith dialogue and service has built a solid foundation for an ongoing discussion on campus, organizers say. The university this year was one of more than 250 schools...

Emily Friedrich 414-287-9485 efriedrich@gklaw.com Godfrey & Kahn named to the 2012 top 100 law firms for women by MultiCultural Law Magazine MILWAUKEE (May 25, 2012)-- Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is pleased to announce that it has been ranked 74th nationally in the official rankings of the 2012 “Top 100 Law Firms for Women” by MultiCultural Law Magazine. Annually, MultiCultural Law...

By Connie Eibergen For WisBusiness.com Fishermen have historically relied heavily on luck, word-of-mouth and experience to decide on the best place to catch a fish. Maybe it's time to put the fishing rod in the hands of new technology. Contour Elite proposes to revolutionize the way recreational fisherman search for and catch fish. The patent-pending software uses state-of-the-art mapping...