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Contact: Tom Thieding, 608-267-9661 tom.thieding@wedc.org Shauna Breneman, 608-267-9661 shauna.breneman@wedc.org Link to Release: http://wedc.org/wedc-web-site MADISON - The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has launched its new web site – http://www.wedc.org. The WEDC was created by the Legislature to take over the economic and community development functions of the...

CONTACT: JOE SHANSKY (414) 281-3331 Get On the Bridge" joins global actions to demand jobs-- not cuts MILWAUKEE- Against the backdrop of an increasingly unsustainable economic crisis, and braving freezing temperatures, hundreds of Wisconsinites demonstrated on the North Avenue Bridge overlooking I-43 early Thursday evening. The event followed in the...

MILWAUKEE – 41 Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart) attorneys have been selected for inclusion in "Super Lawyers” and 13 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in "Super Lawyers – Rising Stars." Bruce T. Block and Scott W. Hansen are among the Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers. Jesse S. Ishikawa is among the Top 25 Madison Super...

CONTACT: Kurt Thiede, Land Division administrator,(608) 266-5833 http://dnr.wi.gov/news/BreakingNews_Lookup.asp?id=2235 MADISON -- Sixteen birds, plants and other animals are proposed to be removed from the state's list of endangered or threatened species as the result of a comprehensive scientific review of rare species in Wisconsin, according to state endangered species officials. They are now starting on the administrative rule-making steps required to make...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org November 17, 2011, Milwaukee, Wis. - In honor of Small Business Saturday,...

Media Contact: Sada Kempf, Senior PR Associate (920) 232-2230 Sada.Kempf@cliftoncpa.com MILWAUKEE, Wis. (November 17, 2011) – An audit notice from the Department of Labor (DOL) or Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for your retirement or welfare plan should not be cause for panic. With a proactive approach and the right team of professionals, you can reduce the impact to your organization. “Audit Notice? A...

CONTACT: Brian Mattmiller, 608-890-3004, bsmattmi@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering has announced a new program that will provide a two-to-one match of any gift made by a student or recent graduate of the college. During a Union South reception attended by more than 120 students, alumni and faculty, engineering Dean Paul S. Peercy announced that the...

CONTACT: Terry Shelton, (608) 262-3038, shelton@lafollette.wisc.edu MADISON - Two former Wisconsin U.S. House representatives will discuss the "Challenges for Public Leadership in Today's World" at the annual Paul Offner Memorial Lecture in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 30. The lecture is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. The 2011...

Media Contact: Emily Michalak, Marketing Coordinator Phone: (608) 222-5100 mailto:emichalak@stevensconstruction.com Stevens Donates Time, Food and Money This Holiday season MADISON, WIS. (Nov 17, 2011) –One of Wisconsin’s largest General Contractors and leading concrete contractor, Stevens Construction Corp., will be making a sizeable donation to the, Madison-based, Goodman Community Center’s Thanksgiving Basket food drive. Just a few weeks ago the community center announced that they...

CONTACT: Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin 608 255 8316 | akatz@artswisconsin.org | http://www.artswisconsin.org Grant part of NEA announcement of 863 grants and $22.543 million in funding nationwide Madison, WI—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman today announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. Arts Wisconsin is one of the grantees...

Contact: Mike Wilhelmi 651-214-8075 mikewilhelmi@comcast.net We are very encouraged and appreciative of the attention that two cabinet secretaries have given to the St. Croix River Crossing. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s commitment to focus on the bridge legislation introduced by Senator Amy Klobuchar and Representative Michele Bachmann is very favorable. We want to emphasize to Washington the importance of...

Contact: Alex Hummel Associate Director, News and Public Information hummela@uwosh.edu (920) 424-1398 The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Integrated Marketing and Communications team was recently awarded the American Marketing Association’s inaugural higher education team award UW Oshkosh, Nov. 17 -- The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Integrated Marketing and Communications team was recently awarded the inaugural American Marketing Association Higher Education Team Award for its...

Elm Grove, Wis. – Nextage Progressive Realty has opened in Elm Grove as the first Wisconsin office of Nextage Realty International, one of the nation’s fastest-growing real estate companies. The Nextage Progressive Realty office is at 850 Elm Grove Road. The new agency promises unmatched customer service through its unique team-oriented structure and parent company’s professional development program for agents. Though...