Wis. Sustainable Business Council: Flambeau River Papers receives “Green Professional” recognition
Contact: WI Sustainable Business Council Tom Eggert Executive Director sustain@bus.wisc.edu (608) 267-2761
Contact: Flambeau River Papers Kristin Palecek kpalecek@flambeauriverpapers.com (715) 762-5375
Flambeau River Papers is one Wisconsin firm to earn Green Professional status under the WI Sustainable Business Council’s Green Masters Program. As a Green Professional, Flambeau River Papers has performed actions in each of nine “sustainability areas” and...
Public Service Commission: Launches Facebook and Twitter pages
Contact: Kristin Ruesch or Matthew Pagel, 608-266-9600 Kristin.Ruesch@Wisconsin.gov or Matt.Pagel@wisconsin.gov
Madison, WI...The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) launched Facebook and Twitter pages today. Online users can follow the PSC on Twitter @PSCWisconsin and "Like" the PSC on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PSCWisconsin.
The pages are intended to complement the PSC web site and provide easily-accessible information to the public about the...
Milwaukee/NARI Chapter, Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee: To make life-changing home modifications to 50 homes
Media Contact: Lynnea Katz-Petted Executive Director, RTGM 414-704-1581
Milwaukee - The Milwaukee/NARI Home Improvement Council Inc., the area’s leading home improvement and remodeling resource, will celebrate 50 years of service to the community by joining forces with Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee (RTGM) to make 50 homes safer and more accessible.
Recipients of services include the elderly, disabled, military veterans and families...
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger: Army remedy for groundwater falls short
The public will soon have the opportunity to comment on a proposal which will affect water resources near the Badger Army Ammunition Plant for decades to come.
The Army has set up a straw man in which the decision to continue active groundwater cleanup is connected to new drinking water supplies. In its December 2011 submittal to the Wisconsin...
Murphy Desmond S.C.: Remington joins Murphy Desmond S.C.
Contact: Amy Gores, Marketing Director Email: agores@murphydesmond.com Direct Dial: 608.268.5582
Madison, WI - James C. (Jake) Remington has joined the law firm of Murphy Desmond S.C. as an attorney in the firm’s litigation practice group.
Remington has worked as a criminal defense attorney with the State Public Defender’s Office in Janesville and, more recently,...
Linetec: Hires Jeff Fochs to serve customers in the east-central territory
Wausau, Wis. -- Linetec, the nation’s largest independent architectural finisher, named Jeffrey A. Fochs, Jr. as an associate. He will provide customers in the East-Central territory with paint and anodize finishing services for products such as aluminum windows wall systems, doors, hardware and other architectural metal components.
Based in Wausau, Wis., Fochs draws from more than two decades of experience...
Wisconsin Bankers Association: Statement on multistate settlement agreement
For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association, 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com
Statement from Rose Oswald Poels, president & CEO of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, on the recent multistate mortgage settlement agreement:
“This is an important agreement that will provide a measure of relief to some Wisconsin homeowners and communities. It creates a framework for these five servicers and their customers to...
WEDC: CEO says ‘Wisconsin is good for business’
Contact: Tom Thieding, 608-267-9661 tom.thieding@wedc.org
Link to Release: http://wedc.org/wisconsin-is-good-for-business-releas
MADISON, February 9, 2012 – The head of the state’s economic development organization today said that not only is Wisconsin “open” for business, but Wisconsin is “good” for business. Paul Jadin, CEO/Secretary of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), told economic development professionals...
Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway: Holding a series of public meetings to gather feedback on economic development opportunities in communities throughout the Parkway region
Contact:
Candice Mortara
President, Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway
(920) 209-7789
mortara@heritageparkway.org
http://www.heritageparkway.org
February 11-16, in Prairie du Chien, Arena, Merrimac, Montello, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh and Green Bay
WHAT:
The Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway (FWHP) will hold a series of public input meetings between Saturday, February 11 and Thursday, February 16 at seven communities located within the Parkway region at Prairie...
Wis. Sustainable Business Council: Union Cab earns Green Professional award
Contact: WI Sustainable Business Council Tom Eggert Executive Director sustain@bus.wisc.edu 608 267-2761
Contact: Union Cab of Madison Cooperative John McNamara General Manager john_macnamara@unioncab.coop 608-242-2018
Union Cab of Madison is one of the first Wisconsin transportation companies to earn Green Professional status under the WI...
Greater Milwaukee Association of REALTORS: Home sales up 15.5% in January
Contact: Mike Ruzicka
414.778.4929 or 414.870.1876
The New Year started out where the old one left off for residential housing sales, increasing 15.5% in January in the 4-county metropolitan area. January marked the 7th month in a row that sales increased by double-digits.
Brokers reported that web activity, open house attendance and showings were up in the latter part of...
UW-Madison: School of Nursing building to be named for Signe Skott Cooper
CONTACT: Katharyn A. May, 608-556-5773, kamay@wisc.edu
MADISON - Signe Skott Cooper's generosity and lifelong commitment to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be recognized when the university names the new School of Nursing building in her honor.
The UW System Board of Regents approved the naming today (Friday, Feb. 10).
In 2000, Cooper - a UW-Madison graduate - was inducted into the American...
