ATC: Releases 2011 Transmission planning assessment
10-Year Assessment calls for $3.8 to $4.4 billion in improvements
PEWAUKEE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mandatory reliability standards, economics and public policy initiatives are playing an increasing role in planning improvements to the electric transmission grid. American Transmission Co. today released its 10-Year Transmission System Assessment, calling for $3.8 to $4.4 billion in new and upgraded lines and facilities through 2020.
“Local...
Growing Power: Growing Power’s Will Allen receives the key to Kansas City
Kansas City, MO - Kansas City Mayor Sly James recently presented Growing Power’s Will Allen with the Key to the City in a special ceremony, thanking Allen for his leadership role in the Good Food Revolution and his participation in the Green Acres Urban Farm and Research Project.
Lincoln University’s first aquaponics graduate and Councilwoman, Brook Hollingsworth, and the woman...
Edgewood College: Distinguished alumni to be honored
Madison, Wis. (Oct. 3, 2011) –The School of Business at Edgewood College is pleased to announce its 5th Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards for Ethical Leadership and Community Service. The 2011 Honorees are Enzo Ciarletta, MBA ‘97, and Kay Jensen, MBA ’00.
A celebration beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, in the Washburn Heritage Room on...
AG Van Hollen: Announces Monroe Co. cranberry operation to restore wetland, restore flow to trout stream, and pay $50,000 for violations
MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that Richard L. Ducklow, Richard L. Ducklow...
Wis. Farm Bureau Federation®: Wis. grocery prices rise for 4th straight quarter
Farm Bureau’s Survey Shows 2 Percent Increase Since June
MADISON – Retail food prices grew just over two percent during the third quarter of 2011 according to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare one or more meals was $50.55. It marked...
The Hoyt Org.: Lee & Associates Madison finalizes 24,000-SF of retail leases
MADISON, Wis. — Oct. 3, 2011 — The Madison, Wis., office of Lee & Associates, one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate firms, has completed $2.8 million of leases at The Shoppes at Hartford; a 24,000-square-foot retail center in Hartford, Wis. Steve Doran and Todd Waller represented the ownership group on all transactions.
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WMC: Better business climate spurs job growth
Led by high-wage manufacturing job creation, the Milwaukee metropolitan area ranked third in the nation for job creation, according to U.S. Labor Department data.
The job growth started in late 2010, and is continuing through 2011.
In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reports that more than half of jobs created in the last year were in...
Wis. Dept. of Transportation: Local govs. recieve share of fuel tax, registration fees
Governor Scott Walker has announced that checks totaling $111.5 million for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids, and Expressway Policing Aids have been conveyed to Wisconsin units of local government.
The October payments from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) include $108,231,046 in General Transportation Aids to 1,921 local units of government; $3,015,876 million to 122 municipalities for...
UW-Madison: Universities join on microgrid research
MILWAUKEE - Partner universities in the new Center for Renewable Energy Systems (CRES) are developing complementary facilities in Milwaukee and Madison to help corporate partners explore applications in the fast-growing microgrid industry, CRES leaders announced today (Oct. 3).
Officially opening this fall, CRES is the sister organization to the Wisconsin Energy Research Consortium (WERC) that will direct sponsored research with...
