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Contact: Wendy Norem Marketing Director Shorewest, Realtors(r) (262) 827-4111, ext. 232 Brookfield, Wisconsin. We're pleased to welcome 10 sales associates who joined Shorewest, Realtors(r) in March 2011. Brookfield/Waukesha Office (2212 E. Moreland Blvd., Waukesha) Shara La Cross Kenosha Office (5708 75th St., Kenosha) Jennifer Ellsworth Joan Lunz Lake Country Office (1296 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc) David Zuege Menomonee Falls Office (N94 W17900 Appleton Ave., Menomonee Falls) Craig Balwat New...

Contact: Barbro McGinn, Department of Commerce, 608/261-7713 Why you should attend the National SBIR/STTR Conference, April 10-13, in Madison MADISON - Small businesses with technology-based products and services need to innovate to remain competitive in an ever increasing global environment. For many small businesses, access to capital is vital and necessary to research and develop new products and services for domestic...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 MADISON - Governor Scott Walker announced today that a Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant has been awarded to Marinette County. The $55,000 award provides the state’s contribution toward helping ISP Minerals, Incorporated expand its existing facility in the town of Pembine and create new jobs in the community. “Investing in quality transportation is vital for businesses...

CONTACT: Sara Howden, 608-890-4244, howden@wisc.edu; Jennifer Sereno, 608-770-8084, jsereno@warf.org MADISON - Scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of California and the WiCell Research Institute moved gene therapy one step closer to clinical reality by determining that the process of correcting a genetic defect does not substantially increase the number of potentially cancer-causing...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Project will create 25 jobs within five years MADISON—Governor Scott Walker today announced that Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, in Pierce County, has received $407,000 from the Community Development Block Grant-Economic Development Program administered by the Department of Commerce (Commerce). The grant will enable the city to build a long box culvert as well as make street improvements adjacent...

Contact: Michael Cline (608) 224-0377 xt 224 mcline@bjorksten.com Apr. 4, 2011, Madison, Wisc. – Bjorksten | bit 7 has been recognized as one of the 2011 “Wisconsin Companies to Watch,” an awards program presented by the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Network (WEN) with support from the Wisconsin SBDC Network and the Division of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (DEED) at the University...

Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (April 4, 2011) - This Thursday, April 7, nearly 400 Wisconsin students from Wisconsin’s 20 private nonprofit colleges and universities are expected in the Capitol to meet with their hometown legislators about the importance of the Wisconsin Tuition Grant (WTG) for their future and for Wisconsin’s future. The event is...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that the Wisconsin Department of Justice has settled an enforcement action against ACT Distributing, Inc., a Madison-based distributor of Kirby products. The state filed suit against ACT in June 2010, alleging that ACT had failed to register as a telemarketer under Wisconsin law, and had...

CONTACT: Jeanan Yasiri, 608-335-2980, yasiri@wisc.edu MADISON - Family foundations - from the small foundation down the street to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - have had a tremendous impact on local and global communities, programs and services. Especially in times of shrinking public budgets, family foundations directly impact the quality of life in health, education, employment, arts and culture,...