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Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 MADISON—Governor Scott Walker announced today that Racine County has received a $1.5 million loan from the Community Development Block Grant–Economic Development program of the Department of Commerce (Commerce). Racine County will lend the funds to American Metal Technologies, LLC, Pulaski, for the purchase of new equipment. “We’re pleased with the decision by American Metal Technologies, LLC,...

CONTACT: John Zumbrunnen, zumbrunnen@wisc.edu MADISON - Popular sovereignty - the idea that ultimate political authority rests with the people - is today widely accepted as the basis for legitimate democratic government. Still, key questions remain, say political scientists. What does popular sovereignty look like - free elections? Protests in the streets? A conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will...

Pewaukee, Wis. - One way to tell a piece of proposed legislation is suspect is when it’s introduced at the last minute, under cover of darkness, and without notice to any of the people who will be affected by it. That is exactly what happened with the legislation supported by the Coalition for Credit Union Charter Options (CCUCO), an...

Contact: Donna Gilson, 608-224-5130, donna.gilson@wi.gov MADISON – A new outbreak of an often fatal disease in horses has prompted State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt to warn horse owners of the need for good biosecurity, and that includes always isolating horses when they return from shows or competitions. Horses from at least 29 states, including two in Wisconsin, may have...

CONTACT: Ankit Agarwal, 515-708-1330, agarwal5@wisc.edu MADISON - Having been selected from 78 competitors from around the world, two University of Wisconsin-Madison students will travel to London for the finals of the LES (Licensing Executives Society) Foundation international business plan competition, held June 4. The UW-Madison business plan concerns an advanced wound dressing, containing ultra-fine silver particles, that is intended...

Contacts: Heidi Keuler, 608-783-8417 Ashley Spratt, 612-713-5314 In a report released this month under the National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP), large regions of the Upper Mississippi River Basin are shown to be at high-risk for loss of key fish habitat if current patterns of land use...

Suttle-Straus, Inc. of Waunakee has named Ted Straus as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In this position he is responsible for the overall operations of the organization and enhancing the company's culture of continuous improvement. Ted has been with the company since 1993 and has worked in a number of increasingly important positions from pre-media supervision through departmental...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Caroline Letiecq, Communications Manager caroline.letiecq@quarles.com (602)...

Media Contact: Tammy Gilpin-Ripp, Senior Account Director 414.226.4900, ext. 13 tammyr@make-noise.com MILWAUKEE, WI (May 17, 2011) – A national Certified Medical Educators (CME) Group has selected NOISE, a multi-media brand marketing agency, to position, promote and publicize through social media its educational smoking cessation healthcare initiative called Cease Smoking Today (CS2day). The national CS2day initiative, comprised of nine healthcare partners committed...

For more information contact: Cindy Tomlinson, Associate Manager-Public Relations TDS Telecommunications Corp. 608-664-4471 / cindy.tomlinson@tdstelecom.com MADISON, Wis. (May 17, 2011) — Earlier today, TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) hosted a ground breaking ceremony in Chatham, Mich. The event marks the beginning of construction on TDS’ first broadband stimulus project. More than 900 residents will gain access to a high-speed broadband connection as a result....

Contact: Julie Pedretti, (414) 266-5420 or (866) 416-1511 MILWAUKEE (May 17, 2011) – Ten pediatric specialties at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin have been ranked in the 2011-12 edition of U.S. News Media Group’s Best Children’s Hospitals list, now available online at usnews.com/childrenshospitals. The rankings include: Cardiology and Heart Surgery, 8; Gastroenterology, 16; Pulmonology, 19; Orthopedics, 28; Neonatology, 28; Urology, 30; Nephrology,...

CONTACT: Tia Nelson, Executive Secretary (608) 266-8369 MADISON – The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands today approved six State Trust Fund Loans totaling slightly more than $12.5 million to benefit two school districts and four municipalities across Wisconsin to fund their public purpose projects. Loans approved include: * Town of Calumet – Fond du Lac County / Finance...

For More Information Contact: Monica Baer, 262-522-9687 mbaer@baercarlson.com Pewaukee (May 17, 2011) – CC&N has enhanced its technical and trouble-shooting support for Avaya’s line of business voice systems. Avaya is the world’s leading supplier of business voice systems and the majority of CC&N’s voice communications clients...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison—The WEDC will hold its first board meeting tomorrow to begin the transformation of the current Department of Commerce into the new authority. Governor Walker will be chairing the first board meeting. When: Tomorrow, May 18 2:30PM Where:...

Contact Katy Pettersen ( mailto:kpettersen@wmc.org ) , Director of Communications, (608) 516-6684 Janie Ritter ( mailto:jritter@wisafetycouncil.org ) , Director of Wisconsin Safety Council, (608) 843-4066 Two GE Healthcare locations honored at Wisconsin Corporate Safety Awards Dinner Wisconsin Dells – The Wisconsin Safety Council, the state’s leading provider of safety training and programming, and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development honored GE Healthcare’s...