St. Croix EDC: St. Croix County’s May unemployment rate drops to 5.7%
Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383 or jacki@stcroixedc.com
On June 22nd, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Scott Baumbach announced the preliminary May unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties. St. Croix’s rate was estimated at 5.7% compared to the April rate of 6.6% and March’s rate of 7.5%. A year ago, the county’s unemployment rate was estimated...
TDS Hosted & Managed Services, LLC: Appoints Clint Harder VP of product strategy
Strategist joins newly assembled executive management team
For more information, contact:
DeAnne Boegli, National Public Relations Manager
TDS Telecommunications Corporation
608.664.4428 / deanne.boegli@tdstelecom.com
MADISON, Wis. (June 30, 2011) — TDS Hosted & Managed Services, LLC (TDS HMS) announces the addition of Clint Harder to its management team. Harder, a proven strategist in the hosted and managed services industry, joins TDS HMS as vice president...
PNC Bank: Invests more than $70 million in Westlawn neighborhood revitalization
Contact: Paul Williams Contact: Saul Boscan
(414) 559-5573 (cell) (312) 402-2575 cell
Tax Credit Purchase Is Largest In Wisconsin History
The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) and PNC Bank (NYSE: PNC) announced today that PNC Bank had purchased $76 million worth of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) awarded to HACM for the revitalization of Westlawn, Wisconsin’s...
Reform Swipe Fees NOW!: U.S. and Wisconsin small business owners disappointed by Fed’s weakened rule on swipe fee reform
Contact: akubacki@arenastrategy.com
Allison Kubacki at (920) 884-9296
WASHINGTON–Today, small businesses throughout Wisconsin and across the country with Reform Swipe Fees NOW! are expressing disappointment about the final regulations on swipe fee reform issued by the Federal Reserve (the Fed), that will limit debit card swipe fees from the current average of about 44 cents per transaction to 21 cents...
Summit Credit Union: Four local families to receive seven months of free financial coaching, guidance
For more information, contact:
Cheryl Van Tessier, Finesse Public Relations LLC
(608) 467-4408, ctessier@finessepr.net
Tania Widish, Summit Credit Union
(608) 243-5000X4701, Tania.Widish@summitcreditunion.com
Project Money helps individuals, community, learn how to take control of their finances
MADISON, Wis. — Four local families have been chosen to receive free, one-on-one financial coaching between now and December, courtesy of Summit Credit Union’s third-annual Project Money reality-based financial challenge....
DATCP: Hot weather threatens pets, livestock
Contact: Jane Larson (608) 224-5005 jane.larson@wisconsin.gov
MADISON ― Dangerously hot weather predicted for July 1 is prompting Wisconsin’s humane veterinarian to remind owners of pets and livestock to take a little extra care to protect their animals.
“Dogs and cats pant, they don’t perspire, and panting isn’t very effective in extreme hot weather,” says state humane officer Dr. Yvonne Bellay of...
PSC: Wisconsin electric providers continue progress on renewable energy
Contact: Matthew Pagel, (608) 266-9600
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) today announced that all 118 Wisconsin electric providers have met their renewable portfolio standards (RPS) for 2010. Wisconsin utilities are well on their way to meeting the increase in renewable energy that will be required by 2015, and five electric providers achieved their 2015 renewable energy percentage in...
