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For more information contact: Rachel McCormick, 414-224-0210 rmccormick@n-s.com MILWAUKEE – Oct. 12, 2011 – Nelson Schmidt Inc., a leading full-service marketing communications firm, announced today that it has hired Corey Wernlund as direct marketing manager and Evan Berns as an assistant account executive. Both will be working in the firm’s Milwaukee office. Wernlund will be responsible for overseeing the agency’s direct marketing services...

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle M. Friedman (262) 754-2877 MADISON — The law firm of DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., today announced three of its most seasoned attorneys have been recognized by the national publication, Best Lawyers in America, as 2012 Madison Lawyers of the Year. Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only...

For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association, 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com (MADISON) The Wisconsin Credit Union League’s Brett Thompson may claim that banks are playing a “shell game,” but in reality that is the game WCUL is playing as they ignore the fact that Wisconsin credit unions have not been denied when asking to exceed their member business lending cap;...

Madison, Wis. (October 11, 2011)—The Downtown Madison Family Halloween will offer a day of fun on State Street and the Capitol Square on Friday, October 28, 2011, with even more activities just added! Fun for families and kids 12 and under will include Halloween magic shows; hayrides around the Capitol Square; helping to make monsters, skeletons, mummies...

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zurex PharmAgra, LLC (PharmAgra) launched its first product offering, the ZuraLac™ family of teat treatments, at the 2011 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. The Zurex technology platform consists of a proprietary and novel antimicrobial formulation originally designed to prevent healthcare acquired infections in hospitals and healthcare settings. PharmAgra applies the same technology platform to the agricultural animal...

OSCAR RENNEBOHM FOUNDATION MADE $1 MILLION GIFT TO SCHOOL OF NURSING NEAR SPRING GAME MADISON - The secret is out. The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made its second $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing in advance of the Badgers' spring football game. The gift was announced this spring, but it was anonymous. The Rennebohm Foundation wanted to...

LADSON-BILLINGS HONORED AS AERA'S 2011 BROWN LECTURER MADISON - Leaders of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) have honored Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, by selecting her to give the eighth annual Brown Lecture in Education. The American Educational Research Association is the nation's preeminent educational research organization. Her lecture, "Through a...

MOYNIHAN ELECTED FELLOW OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison public affairs professor Donald Moynihan has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, one of the youngest members to be elected since Congress chartered the academy in 1967. Moynihan is associate director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs. He focuses...

MADISON – Wisconsin Women in Government (WWIG) today announced nine new members to the 2011 Board of Directors and its 2011 leadership team. The new board members are: •Theola Carter, Department of Workforce Development; •Jennifer Gebert, Office of State Employment Relations; •Kimberly Hoffman, Stone Bank School, 132nd Army Band, WEAC, NEA; •Representative Amy Loudenbeck, 45th Assembly District;...

Voces de la Frontera In Solidarity with "Occupy Wall Street" On behalf of thousands of members across Wisconsin, Voces de la Frontera stands in solidarity with the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations on both the national and local levels. Today we are experiencing devastating economic inequality, at a level which is no longer sustainable for the vast majority of the country....

NORTHFIELD, Ill., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) will release its third quarter financial results on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, at 4 p.m. EDT and will host a conference call at 5 p.m. EDT that day. Investors and analysts may participate via phone by calling 1-800-322-9079 from the United States and 1-973-582-2717 from other...

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....

Milwaukee, WI (October 12, 2011) – Jason M. Schleicher, Ph.D. and Albert Bianchi, Jr. have joined Michael Best as a members of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. James M. Schleicher, Ph.D. is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group and Life Sciences team. While in law school, Schleicher worked for the Washtenaw County Office of the Public Defender...