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By Kevin King For WisBusiness.com What do you do when you pull a muscle? Do you ice it? Do you just stay off of it for a while? How do you even know that you strained it? It might hurt, but it's tough to use a sore muscle as an excuse to get you out of gym...

Contact: Alex Rosenthal, alex.rosenthal@madisonfund.org, (800) 294-7517 MADISON - After learning about how microfinance can increase small business revenue and uplift individuals out of poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Alex Rosenthal knew that something had to be done locally. "As a freshman, I joined a club that focused on microfinance," he says. "But after proposing the creation of our own fund,...

Experts gave their insight into the future of the construction industry in the region NOV. 28, 2011 | NEW RICHMOND, WI | The second in a series of breakfast seminars presented by Bakke Norman Law Firm explored the future of the construction industry in the St. Croix Valley of western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota. A panel of representatives from the Wisconsin...

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CONTACT: Shanan Peters, (608) 262-5987, peters@geology.wisc.edu MADISON - Much of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record - but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth? "It's a question that goes back a long way to the time of Darwin, who looked at the fossil record and tried to...

For more information, please contact: The Milwaukee Press Club Joette Richards, (262) 894-2224 milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com http://www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE - Kevin Kennedy, director and general counsel of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB), will be the featured guest at the Milwaukee Press Club’s next Newsmaker Luncheon on Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 11:45 to 1:30 p.m. at the Newsroom Pub in downtown Milwaukee at 137 E. Wells St. Kennedy...

Join Josh Jeffers, owner of the Historic Mitchell Building, and Mitch Winter, the Executive Vice President of the building's longtime major tenant, Laughlin Constable, in welcoming Historic Milwaukee, Inc. to the Historic Mitchell Building. Josh and Mitch will take guests on behind-the-scenes tours from the basement to the roof. You'll learn about and explore everything from the historic wooden...

For More Information Contact: Dana Brueck 608/266-1221 MADISON — Circuit Court Judge Richard Nuss has ordered Rolling Meadows Development, LLC, and Brian Fuchs to pay $50,000 in forfeitures and costs for violations of state laws regulating the proper handling of asbestos. According to the complaint, filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) at the request of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR),...

A large majority of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students reported enjoying positive interactions with faculty members, according to recently released survey findings. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) found that 81 percent of first-year students and 86 percent of seniors at UW-Stevens Point positively rated their relationships with faculty. That compares to 77 percent of first-year students and 83...

For More Information Contact: Dana Brueck 608/266-1221 MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that a Milwaukee county woman has been sentenced for a conviction of filing fraudulent insurance claims, a misdemeanor. Doreen Hernandez, of 3101 East Adams Street in Cudahy, appeared in Waukesha County Circuit Court on October 28, and entered a guilty plea to three counts of fraudulent...