WisBusiness

CONTACT: Kelly Edwards – 715.340.1264 – kelly.edwards@wi.usda.gov Recovery Act Funds Improve Service for Community PORT WING, WI – NOVEMBER 9, 2011 - - More than 420 residents and businesses in Bayfield County will soon enjoy improved public water service thanks to a partnership between the Town of Port Wing, the US Army Corp. of Engineers, and U.S. Department of...

Madison, WI – November 9, 2011 – Citing broadband’s ability to spur economic growth and improve the quality of life for Wisconsin residents, a diverse group of organizations and leaders have formed a new state chapter of the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) to promote broadband availability throughout the state. IIA is a national coalition of business and non-profit...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org Veterans Day is one where we take time to...

CONTACT: Daniel Kleinman, (608) 469-6111, dlkleinman@wisc.edu; Lyn Macgregor, (608) 263-2927, lmacgreg@ssc.wisc.edu MADISON - Not all of the fallout from last March's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was radioactive. There was also considerable policy fallout, as the crisis caused many to rethink the safety of nuclear power. German Chancellor Angele Merkel abruptly closed several aging plants and removed nuclear...

CONTACT: Amy Friese, Owner Fitness for EveryBODY, LLC P: 414-840-7276 E: Fit4eBODY@gmail.com http://www.Fit4eBODY.com "Help Yourself to a Healthy Serving of Generosity" November 9, 2011 – Fitness for EveryBODY is excited to offer their 3rd Annual Guilt-Busters Thanksgiving Day workout on Thursday, November 24th, 2011, at 7:00am, to benefit Feeding America of Wisconsin. This boot camp-like class is intended to kick start your metabolism on a...

Small Business and Health Care Reform Small Business Majority and Know Your Care Wisconsin are co-sponsoring a free webinar on Tuesday, November 15, from 12 to 1 p.m. CST to explain what the Affordable Care Act means to small and medium-size businesses. The webinar will discuss federal and state provisions of the law to help Wisconsin business owners better understand how...

For more information contact: Laura Olah, CSWAB (608) 643-3124 Today, 58 organizations and individuals from Wisconsin and 11 other states submitted a joint letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of public comment on a proposed federal ban on atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States. Atrazine is highly persistent in the...

Valicom, a twenty year veteran of telecom auditing, today published a new telecom expense management white paper entitled "Seven Strong Tactics to Contain Telecom Costs" outlining seven best practices in managing telecom and wireless costs. The white paper is a good primer for setting up a good telecom expense management program. The paper also showcases how modern web-based telecom...

Menasha, Wis. (Nov. 8, 2011) – Faith Technologies, a full-service electrical and technology systems contractor, has earned the 17th spot in Electrical Construction & Maintenance (EC&M) magazine’s annual Top Electrical Contractors list. The EC&M annual listing ranks leading U.S. contractors according to their revenue from the previous year. Faith Technologies' revenues of $219 million in 2010 raised its ranking one...

Menasha, Wis. (Nov. 8, 2011) – Faith Technologies, a full-service electrical and technology systems contractor, recently ranked in two national and two regional top contractor listings. Growth in revenues and project backlogs raised the company’s rankings from last year. In Electrical Construction & Maintenance (EC&M) magazine’s Top Electrical Contractors listing, Faith Technologies earned the 17th spot, up one place from...

Menasha, Wis. (Nov. 8, 2011) – Faith Technologies, a full-service electrical and technology systems contractor, has ranked 51st place in Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine’s annual listing of the Top 600 Specialty Contractors in the United States. First compiled in 1989, the well-known ENR annual listing ranks leading U.S. contractors according to construction revenues from specialty, prime or subcontracting work....

Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (Nov. 8, 2011) – The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recently honored a collaborative initiative between Edgewood College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Award for Innovative Clinical Rotation in a Nursing Home. Dr. Colleen Gullickson of Edgewood College and...