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Contact: Jim McNett, CEO (608) 268-2266 jmcnett@abrjobs.com February 23, 2012 --– Madison, WI -- ABR Employment Services (ABR) announced today that it has been named to Inavero's 2012 Best of Staffing™ Talent and Best of Staffing™ Client lists. Best of Staffing, presented in partnership with CareerBuilder, is the nation’s only award that recognizes staffing firms that receive remarkable reviews from...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/24/12 Contact: Michael Chaim, 608-320-9347, friends@library.wisc.edu MADISON - One of the best windows into a culture is through its music, and that is especially true when a culture has vanished, or was destroyed, as happened with the Jewish culture of Eastern Europe before World War II. Among the ways in which that culture survives, though, is in a great legacy...

Last night, Generac was awarded Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year in the “Mega” category (companies with 750 employees or more) at a gala event at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee (the full press release is available at http://www.wimoty.com/resources/pressrelease2011winnergrandgenerac.pdf). Generac president and CEO Aaron Jagdfeld had this to say regarding the award: "We are honored to have won the Wisconsin Manufacturer...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/24/12 Contact: Linda Ciofu Baumann, 608-263-5272, ljbaumann@wisc.edu MADISON - Linda Ciofu Baumann, professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, has been appointed to a four-year term on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. "We are confident that her extensive experience in global public health, chronic disease management, and behavioral health promotion will serve patients, health care professionals,...

Contact Katy Pettersen ( mailto:kpettersen@wmc.org ) , (608) 661-6916, (608) 516-6684 cell Milwaukee – Eight Wisconsin companies were awarded a prestigious Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award, competing against 52 total nominees. The winners were announced at a black tie banquet Thursday night at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. The winners are: Grand Awards Generac Holdings, Inc., Waukesha - Mega Category Bell...

Contact: Beth Kaplan, DHS, (608) 266-1683 John Vander Meer, Wisconsin Health Care Association, (608) 257-0125 MADISON – The Wisconsin Wound Care Prevention and Treatment Program, a collaborative effort to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers among long term care residents, today announced its 2012 clinician certification class schedule. The statewide initiative seeks to...

Press Contacts Rick Dreher 920.662.2850 rdreher@wipfli.com Liz Stabenow 701.239.8686 estabenow@eidebailly.com MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN and FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA (February 23, 2012) - Executives of Wipfli and Eide Bailly, two prominent accounting and consulting firms that rank among the largest in the country, today announced the firms would not complete a proposed merger. The firms decided not to proceed with the proposed merger and will continue to operate as...

Contact: Casey Slaughter Becker, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 843-8858 Award-Winning Guide to Dane County Land, Roads, Parks, Ready for Public The 2012 Dane County Plat Book, an award-winning guide to the county’s landscape, is complete and available for sale to the public, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced today. The annual guide provides detailed...

CONTACT: Judi Murphy, Sr. VP Murphy Associates, Your Marketing Department p: 262-786-7424 e: judi@marketingwithmurphy.com Plymouth, WI, February 24, 2012 – The Wreath Factory, Plymouth, WI, recently partnered with Groove Salon to present their sold out, first-ever Girls Night Out event. Over 170 women flocked to The Wreath Factory store to enjoy food, games and pampering for the evening. Festive shopping...

Contact: Katie Huebschen Marketing Manager First Weber Group 262-754-6430 Most Listings Sold Company-wide: The Jeff Lien Team and Cindy Fleming Most Sales Company-wide: Mary Deeken Most Listings Sold and Sales Company-wide: The Jeff Lien Team and Mary Deeken 2011 All Company Sales Leader (team) Kelly Seaman & Associates 2011 All Company Sales Associate (individual) Mary Deeken 2100 Rookie of the Year Jaclyn Zenoni 2011 Relocation Award...

(Madison, WI February 23, 2012) Marian Walluks, President of event producer, MCW Productions LLC, is proud to announce the recipient of the 7th Annual Professional Business Woman of the Year Award – Lori Heffernon, Owner of Oasis Day Spa, who will be receiving her award at the Business Women’s Expo Luncheon at the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall...

CONTACT: 1130 Davidson Road Brookfield, WI 53045 262-784-8219 gmswi@yahoo.com Mild winter creates conditions for accelerated growth Brookfield, Wis. – An exceedingly mild winter has set the stage for grass and other plantings to begin growing far earlier than usual, requiring homeowners to get an early start on caring for lawns and planting beds. The winter’s piecemeal frost barely penetrated the ground,...

Contact: Amalia Piehl Address: 13040 W. Lisbon Road Brookfield, WI 53005 Phone: (262) 781-4100 Fax: (262) 781-6300 E-mail: amalia.piehl@jpcullen.com Brookfield, Wis. — J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc.’s work at UW-Oshkosh Sage Hall is being honored as one of this year’s top projects. Thirty projects completed in 2011 in the state of Wisconsin have been chosen as Top Projects of 2011 by The Daily Reporter...