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Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison – Governor Scott Walker will address the Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment today at Bucyrus International, Inc. today. This event is open to credentialed members of the press. When: Today, June 9 3:30PM Where: Bucyrus International 1100 Milwaukee Avenue South Milwaukee, WI...

CONTACT: Jiming Jiang, jjiang1@wisc.edu, 608-262-1878, 608-262-9796 MADISON - What do Americans love more than French fries and potato chips? Not much-but perhaps we love them more than we ought to. Fat and calories aside, both foods contain high levels of a compound called acrylamide, a potential carcinogen. First discovered in foods in 2002, acrylamide is produced whenever starchy foods are fried,...

CONTACT: Michael Sussman, 608-262-8608, msussman@wisc.edu (prefers email for first contact) MADISON - For a century, Wisconsin's traditional metal-working industries spawned a broad and profitable series of tool-and-diemaking firms that marketed nationwide. Now, the immense variety of biological research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has spawned a range of companies that produce the complex supplies, materials and expertise needed by food,...

Media Contact: Scott Reigstad (608) 458-3145 Company sponsoring “Big Green Bus” & supporting Focus on Energy at 2011 Energy Fair MADISON, Wis. – June 9, 2011 – The “Big Green Bus” will be rolling across rural central Wisconsin thanks to Alliant Energy’s sponsorship of the 22nd Annual Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) Energy Fair in Custer, Wis. that will take...

Contact: Cullen Werwie (608) 266-2169 Survey of Wisconsin Business Leaders Yields Similar Results to National Survey Last Month Madison–Today, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce released its 2011 Economic Outlook Survey. The results of the survey show a marked turnaround of how Wisconsin’s business community views the direction the state is going in. Last year, 10 percent of WMC members said...

Media Contacts: Jennifer Neighbors (414) 476-5781 jennifer@neighborspr.com or Nancy Deptolla (262) 236-4175 nbdeptolla@sbcglobal.net BELOIT, Wis. – For the fifth consecutive year, ABC Supply Co. Inc. has been honored with the Gallup Great Workplace Award, which recognizes the best-performing workforces worldwide. The company is one of only 29 in the world to receive the 2011 award. ABC Supply also is one of only four five-time winners,...

For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association, 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com (MADISON) - The Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) and the Minnesota Bankers Association (MBA) are pleased to announce the creation of a new insurance partnership. The two associations are forming an insurance agency that will market bank insurance products to their member banks. “The WBA and the MBA have been leaders in...

YANGZHONG, JIANGSU PROVINCE, June 8, 2011 – Baird Capital Partners Asia (BCPA), the China-focused growth equity investment group of Baird Private Equity, announced today it invested in Jiangsu Xinghe Valve Co., an instrumentation valves and fittings company located in Jiangsu Province, China. Investor Growth Capital Asia was a co-investor on the transaction. Xinghe Valve designs, produces and markets a...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 DOT Secretary Gottlieb also writes to LaHood Madison – Governor Scott Walker sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressing support for the St. Croix River Crossing project. The St. Croix River Crossing project concerns the replacement of the Stillwater Lift Bridge. Constructed in 1931, the bridge crosses the St. Croix River between Stillwater,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Judy Frankel PR and Communications Manager frankel@visitmadison.com or 608.441.3958 Cast Your Vote For Madison, WI Outside’s ‘Best Town Ever” Contest Starting June 8 MADISON – Madison, Wisconsin has been selected by Outside magazine, America’s leading active-lifestyle publication, as a finalist in its search to determine the best Outside town in America. The three week competition, held exclusively on...

Contacts: FFD Board Member, Rebecca Goodman #608-489-2291 FFD Board Member, Hiroshi Kanno #608-253-7266 FFD Executive Director, John Peck #608-260-0900 - Deadline for Nominations is Fri. June 24th - Family Farm Defenders, a national farmer and consumer advocacy group based in Madison, WI and internationally known for espousing the principles of food sovereignty is seeking nominations of beginning farmers who...

Contact: Robin Reid, Communications Director Madison Community Foundation 608-232-1763 or rreid@madisoncommunityfoundation.org The Madison Community Foundation is now accepting Letters of Inquiry for its July 15, 2011 grant deadline for two grant cycles:...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON - Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen issued the following statement regarding the legislature’s passage of Senate Bill 54: I applaud the Senate and Assembly on the passage of SB 54. K2, Spice, Ivory Wave, Pure Ivory, and others, are the common names of several products that contain hallucinogenic and stimulant substances, but are...

CONTACT: Bruce Maas, 414-491-7295, bmaas@uwm.edu; Paul M. DeLuca Jr., 608-262-1304, provost@provost.wisc.edu MADISON - Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been selected as the next information technology leader at UW-Madison, Provost Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. announced today (June 8). Maas brings a wide-ranging background in financial and budget management, academic administrative experience, IT project management and CIO...