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Media Contact: Robin Johnson, Operations Manager 262-798-7979 rljohnson@wfafinet.com Brookfield, Wisconsin, May 13, 2011, 2011 — Kurt Rozman, President of Rozman Wealth Management and local estate attorney and owner of Horizons Law Group, Michelle Fitzgerald, will discuss ways you can truly “Out Live Your Life” in a seminar on May 19, 2011 at 2:00 and 6:00 pm. The informative sessions will be held...

For more information Contact: Janice Stark – Rivers Edge Marketing, LLC 920-422-0583 Oshkosh, WI – May 2011. The Wisconsin Family Business Forum (WFBF) hosted its 15th Annual Dinner on Monday, May 2, 2011. Over 130 guests attended and reflected on the Forum’s previous 15 years, recognized distinguished members and sponsors, and awarded two student scholarships....

Media Contact: Take Back the Land-Madison Monica Adams (414) 430-132l tblmadison.wordpress.com takebackthelandmadison@gmail.com Take Back the Land-Madison condemns bank for pushing protester and evicting a homeless woman while M&I pursues more taxpayer bailout money Madison, WI- Take Back the Land- Madison and other community organizations are condemning the controversial M&I Bank for two separate attacks against protesters. The groups are conducting a press conference...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 MADISON—Governor Scott Walker today announced that Fusion Integrated Solutions, LLC, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, will receive a $95,365 Forward Innovation Fund loan from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) for new equipment and working capital. “My number-one priority is helping Wisconsin businesses create jobs,” Governor Walker said. “I am pleased we could help Fusion Integrated Solutions, LLC expand and...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 MADISON – Today Governor Scott Walker released the following statement regarding the action taken by JFC to control property taxes: “Over the years Wisconsin’s middle class has been hit hard by repeated property taxes increases,” said Governor Walker. “I am thrilled that 12 members of the Joint Finance Committee voted today to protect taxpayers across the...

APPLETON, Wisconsin — Integrity Insurance elected Tom Welch to the board of directors during its’ recent annual meeting in Appleton. Welch is the President & CEO of Grange Insurance, Integrity’s affiliate partner based in Columbus, Ohio. Welch joined the Grange organization in 2001 as President of Grange Life. In 2008, he was named Chief Financial Officer of Grange Insurance before taking...

Madison, Wis., May 12, 2011—Dane County's high-tech companies added approximately 500 jobs in 2010 over the prior year. Since 2006, the area's total number of companies in the high-tech sector increased from 510 to 610, or 4% per year. These findings, part of a recent survey conducted by Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), are found in the 2011 Greater...

Contact: Tom Liebe 800-242-0833, Ext. 6016 tliebe@theleague.coop Pewaukee, Wis. – The conversion of any financial institution from one type of charter to another is a complex matter that should require thoughtful consideration, appropriate information-sharing with stakeholders, and sufficient protections for the financial institution’s owners. A Wisconsin credit union whose management or board of directors wishes to convert to a bank already has...

Veteran executive officer and CFO to lead HMS business operations; long serving corporate finance leader to assume CFO role For more information contact: Andrew Petersen, vice president-External Affairs and Communications TDS Telecommunications Corp. 608-664-4155 / andrew.petersen@tdstelecom.com MADISON, Wis. (May 12, 2011)—TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) today announces two high-profile executive leadership changes aimed at accelerating growth. William Megan, executive vice president-Finance and chief financial officer for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2011 Contact: Katie Nekola, 608.251.7020 ext. 14, 608.212.8751 (cell) MADISON – A 186-page bill released yesterday seeks to fast-track iron mine projects in Wisconsin by making the expansion of mining a state policy, slashing opportunities for public input and eliminating environmental protections. “This bill was written by the mining industry to gut the environmental review and public...

MADISON, Wis. (May 12, 2011) ― Madison Children’s Museum took home an In Business magazine 2011 Commercial Design Award in the Best New Development or Renovation-Education category at its Commercial Design Awards Dinner on May 3 at the Sheraton Hotel. The award was one of nine issued at the fourth annual event by the magazine, whose May edition features a...

For more information, contact: Jane Carrola, WisDOT Scenic Byways coordinator (608) 266-0649, jane.carrola@dot.wi.gov Dennis Leong, WisDOT Bureau of Planning and Economic Development (608) 266-9910 dennis.leong@dot.wi.gov Wisconsin is receiving over $2.4 million in federal awards that will fund two projects along the Great River Road National Scenic Byway (WIS 35) in western Wisconsin and a project along the state-designated Door County Coastal Byway (WIS...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383 Expenditures also Up in the St. Croix Valley and 10-County Region 2010 traveler spending in St. Croix County increased 2.18% to an estimated $103.96 million according to an annual study released May 6th by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Statewide, travelers spent $12.303 billion in 2010 for a 1-year increase of 1.75%. Increases...

CONTACTS: Chris McCloud (IDNR) 217-299-7128 chris.mccloud@illinois.gov Taryn Tuss (CEQ) 202-456-6998 Taryn_L._Tuss@ceq.eop.gov CHICAGO- The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC) will hold a media event in downtown Chicago on Monday May 23, 2011 at 1 P.M.CST. The purpose of the event is to announce the ACRCC’s 2011 Sampling and Monitoring Plan and demonstrate actions underway to track and remove Asian carp in the...

By Kay Nolan For WisBusiness.com Wisconsin employers may be used to deer hunting season with its absenteeism and work slowdowns, but nothing prepared Sheboygan businessman Dan Gray for the disruption caused by the Chinese New Year, after his office furniture company, Mayline Group, began doing business in China. "Business all but shuts down for three weeks," said Gray. ...