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UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to the weather forecast, it will be rescheduled for later this summer. CONTACT: Jim Greer 608-237-6296 greer@wpcommunications.com Saturday Event Part of Organization's Centennial 'Sparking a Change in Community Parks' Project Who: The AT&T Pioneers in Wisconsin will celebrate its 100th anniversary by installing an Eco-Box at Aztalan State Park as part of its "Sparking a...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383 or jacki@stcroixedc.com Work continues on an important 21st century infrastructure project in the Town of Troy, Wisconsin, (St. Croix County). Last summer, Baldwin Telecom, Inc. (BTI) learned it was a successful applicant for a $4,533,949 matching grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Services (USDA RUS) for a broadband deployment project...

Contact: Bob Klein 414-760-5804, BKlein@directsupply.com MILWAUKEE – The employee-owners of Direct Supply and their families today welcomed Sarah Fisher, owner of Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR), and IZOD IndyCar® Series driver Ed Carpenter of the SFR #67 car to a company picnic at Direct Supply’s headquarters in the northwest corner of Milwaukee. Fisher was the first woman racing team owner, and a...

MADISON – Laboratory test results show that the Campylobactor jejuni bacteria that caused diarrheal illness among 16 individuals who drank unpasteurized (raw) milk at a school event early this month in Raymond was the same bacteria strain found in unpasteurized milk produced at a local farm, according to officials from the Department of Health Services (DHS) and Western Racine...

Contact: Ashley Huibregtse, 608-224-5002 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has released the 2009-2010 Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Annual Impact Report. The 24-page report is available online at datcp.wisconsin.gov, under Business, Buy Local Buy Wisconsin. Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin (BLBW) is a comprehensive economic development program designed to increase the local sales of agricultural food...

CONTACT: Louise Bentley (715-874-4673 Momentum West, in partnership with the UW- River Falls Center for Economic Research (CER), has released the inaugural edition of the Momentum West Economic Dashboard. The dashboard is a snapshot of the economic condition of the labor, consumer and housing markets in the 10 county Momentum West Economic Development Region. It presents the latest available...

On Monday, June 20, Department of Commerce Secretary Paul Jadin will join officials from ADVOCAP of Fond du Lac in a tour of new housing made available in part by the Fresh Start and Neighborhood Stabilization programs. The tour will begin at 11:00 a.m. at 204 Park Ave in Fond du Lac. At 11:30 a.m., the tour will...

Contact: Erika Monroe-Kane or Stephanie Hayden, 608.266.9000 In celebration of World Refugee Day, Department of Children and Families Secretary Eloise Anderson will recognize the achievements of twenty refugees by awarding them the 2011 Refugee Awards. World Refugee Day celebrates the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homeland under threat of...

Waukesha, Wis. (June 17, 2011) - The Fisher-Barton Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Zenith Cutter Co. Operating as an independent division of the Fisher-Barton Group of companies, Zenith Cutter is positioned as one of the leading providers of industrial knives and accessories to the converting and recycling markets. With manufacturing and distribution facilities located...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison–Next week Governor Walker will host CNBC’s morning business show, Squawk Box, where he will talk with both Wisconsin and national business leaders, discuss news of the day and promote Wisconsin as Open for Business. CNBC describes the show as: the ultimate "pre-market" morning news and talk program, where the biggest names in business and politics...

By Gregg Hoffmann For WisBusiness.com American Transmission Company (ATC) has scheduled a second round of public information meetings on the Badger Coulee Transmission Line Project, a proposed 150-mile, 345-kilivolt line from north of La Crosse to northern Dane County. The meetings, which start June 20, already are drawing a lot of interest from groups concerned about the environmental impact, rates and other...