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Contact: Wendy Norem Marketing Director Shorewest, Realtors(r) (262) 827-4111, ext. 232 wnorem@shorewest.com Brookfield, Wisconsin. We're pleased to welcome DeAndrae Woods to the Shorewest, Realtors(r) Racine Office, located at 1557 S. Green Bay Rd., in Racine. With his valuable real estate experience -- combined with the services and benefits of...

Contact Ann Whitney (cell) 815-742-9119 The largest gathering of Clydesdales from all over the United States, Canada, and Overseas will be exhibiting at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin on October 20-23, 2011. This is a great opportunity to bring the family to see these magnificent horses, and experience their power, size and incredible beauty up close. The general public...

Contact: Wendy Norem Marketing Director Shorewest, Realtors(r) (262) 827-4111, ext. 232 wnorem@shorewest.com Brookfield, Wisconsin. We're pleased to welcome Jill Dreist to the Shorewest, Realtors(r) New Berlin Office, located at 3580 S. Moorland Rd., in New Berlin. With her valuable real estate experience -- combined with the services and benefits of Shorewest, Realtors(r) -- she has...

Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that 14 of its attorneys have been named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year in their respective communities and areas of practice. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the Lawyer of the Year. The Foley attorneys named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year...

CONTACT: Howard Veregin, 608-262-6852, veregin@wisc.edu; Jaime Stoltenberg, 608-262-1471, jstoltenberg@wisc.edu MADISON - A popular website that draws from tens of thousands of rare aerial photographs of Wisconsin will receive the 2011 Governor's Award for Archival Innovation from the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board. The award was presented Oct. 7. WHAIFinder - the Wisconsin Historic Aerial Image Finder, pronounced "wayfinder" - incorporated nearly 40,000...

CONTACT: Lewis Friedland, 608-263-7853, lfriedla@wisc.edu MADISON - The Yale political scientist who authored a "public option" plan for national health care will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver a Hilldale Lecture in the Social Studies on American politics and the middle class. Jacob Hacker will speak at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the main floor forum at the...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison – Governor Scott Walker praised Congress for giving bipartisan approval to three free-trade deals last night. The free-trade agreements were passed for Columbia, Panama and South Korea. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, exports support over 65,000 jobs in Wisconsin. According to the Department of Commerce, over 6,800 companies export products from...

CONTACT: Stephen J.A. Ward, 608-263-2845, sjward2@wisc.edu MADISON - The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will co-host a roundtable of leading journalists and scholars to discuss editorial integrity for public media in a digital age. About 25 leading public broadcasting executives, journalism scholars and ethicists will convene on Oct. 24 and 25 at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon...

Media Contact: Christine Lindner Flavorful Insight, 920.296.9772 clindner@flavorfulinsight.com Free Tasting and Sampling of Wisconsin Foods, Fare and Flavor for the Family Theresa, Wis., October 13, 2011— Reap the bounty of fall harvest with a free tasting of local foods and flavors celebrating all things Wisconsin with Autumn Harvest Fest at Confections for Any Occasion in Theresa, Wis. From 11 a.m. to...

For More Information Contact: Dana Brueck 608/266-1221 MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that Susanne and Michael Michels, who own property on Upper Nashotah Lake in Delafield, Waukesha County, have been ordered to pay $99,000 in forfeitures, assessments, and costs, plus $5,000 in additional restoration, for violations of Wisconsin's water protection laws. The violations are related to construction on...

MILWAUKEE —The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s annual Open House on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29, in the UWM Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., showcases the academic majors available in UWM’s 14 schools and colleges, and the career choices associated with them. Open House hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. No advance registration is required. Check-in and...

CONTACT Aimee Thurner (608) 313-1367 info@slwta.org – On Thursday, November 17, 2011, the Stateline World Trade Association (SLWTA) will host a dinner meeting and speakers on Economic Development Opportunities and the Rejuvenation of the Port of Milwaukee Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) at the Butterfly Club in Beloit, WI. Speakers are Eric Reinelt, Port Director, Port of Milwaukee and Mary Regal, Director of...

Contact: Theresa Islo Director of Operations (Milwaukee, WI)— The Wellness Council of Wisconsin is pleased to announce the selection of several new board members. These new members were elected at the annual meeting of the Wellness Council, held on September 14th, 2011, in conjunction with the 21st Annual Worksite Wellness Conference at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin....

Contact: Theresa Islo Director of Operations (Milwaukee, WI)—The Wellness Council of Wisconsin held its 21st Annual Worksite Wellness Conference, The Economics of Healthy Behaviors, on September 14, 2011, at the KI Convention Center, Green Bay, with attendance of 500 business, health, and wellness professionals with 42 exhibitors and sponsors including presenting sponsor, Prevea Health. The program began with Dr. David...

Contact: Theresa Islo Director of Operations (Milwaukee, WI)—The Wellness Council of America, with its local affiliate, the Wellness Council of Wisconsin, recently presented several new Well Workplace Awards in Wisconsin, bringing the total awards to 14 for 2011. Affinity Health System, including Network Health Plan, Menasha, and PyraMax Bank, Greenfield, each received the Gold Well Workplace Award. Frett Barrington Ltd,...