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Contact: Lee Sensenbrenner (608) 266-9600 MADISON – Chairperson Phil Montgomery today announced that R.J. Pirlot will serve as his Executive Assistant, the top-ranking aide at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Pirlot, an attorney, is leaving as the Director of Legislative Relations at Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and will begin his new role on Monday. “R.J. will be a great...

(MADISON, WI. – April 7, 2011) – NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC (NorthStar) announced it has received an investment from Hendricks Holdings of Beloit, WI. The investment will allow NorthStar to rapidly pursue introduction of new technologies and production methodologies in the nuclear medicine market for molybdenum-99 and other medically significant radioisotopes. Molybdenum-99 is used to support...

(April 8, 2011)— Robert W. Baird & Co. employee Sandy Gehler recently earned the Qualified Plan Financial Consultant (QPFC) credential from the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA). Gehler completed a rigorous education and examination program, covering a broad range of financial planning issues. Gehler joins an elite group of financial professionals across the United States that...

CONTACT: David Musolf, 608-262-3956, musolf@secfac.wisc.edu MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced three finalists for the position of vice provost for lifelong learning and dean of the Division of Continuing Studies. The finalists are: - James A. Campbell, who now serves as interim vice provost for lifelong learning and dean of the division; - Thomas F. Kowalik, director of continuing education and...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 8, 2011) - Stellar, a fully-integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, has hired three employees at its Stevens Point, Wisconsin office. Vicky Chojnacki joins the company as an administrative assistant brings and more than 20 years of experience in the administrative field working with high level executives. In Vicky's new role...

MADISON - One of the nation's leading investigative reporters and a writer who has chronicled innovation in Chicago business will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this month as writers in residence. Both are UW-Madison alumni. Lowell Bergman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning producer and correspondent for the PBS documentary series "Frontline," will speak to journalism and political science classes during...

Contact: Lori Devine, (608) 262-4268, devine@recsports.wisc.edu MADISON - Need a little inspiration to get outside and move? If the longer days and warmer weather aren't enough, UW-Madison's Division of Recreational Sports can help get you started at its wellness expo, scheduled for Saturday, April 9, from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. at the Southeast Recreational Facility, commonly known as SERF. "The expo...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today announced that the Wisconsin Department of Justice has obtained a default judgment against Thomas L. Ghelf (Ghelf) and Mississippi Sports and Recreation, Inc. (Mississippi Sports) for a total of $15,000 in forfeitures, surcharges and costs. The State of Wisconsin brought this case against Ghelf and Mississippi...

Contact: Joshua Wescott, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606 Dane County First in State to Fill up County Vehicles with Landfill Gas While prices at the pump continue to climb, Dane County is using new technology to fill-up some of its vehicles for around 20-cents a gallon. County Executive Kathleen Falk announced today the county...

CONTACT: Katy Huff, hacker.within.admin@gmail.com MADISON - For many University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Python is a snake and C++ is just gibberish. But for undergraduate and graduate students working with scientific computation, it's a part of daily life. And The Hacker Within is one student organization that works to educate students and staff on the ins and outs of scientific computing. President Katy...

Media Contact: Monica Adams (414) 430-1321 takebackthelandmadison@gmail.com Formerly homeless community members are renting one side of a duplex that is being foreclosed on by M&I Bank. In an effort to stop the foreclosure process which is set to be finalized on April 26th,, 2011, Take Back the Land-Madison, and community partners held a rally today at the house to demand that M&I Bank...

Innovation and technology officials to lead workshops on research and commercialization strategies MADISON, Wis. — More than 600 entrepreneurs and innovation leaders from around the nation are expected at the Spring 2011 National Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Conference, to be held April 11-13 at Monona Terrace in Madison. The event connects university researchers, private sector...

By Brian Clark For WisBusiness.com Federal officials from as many as 10 agencies are set to attend an April conference in Madison that one entrepreneur says is a good indicator for the Midwest economy. This spring’s national Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) conference is set for April 10-13 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison....