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CONTACT: James Tye, Director of Development, Clean Lakes Alliance Cell: (608) 628-6655; james@cleanlakesalliance.com MADISON—The Clean Lakes Alliance announced today that it is considering bids for the development of a plan to reduce phosphorous in Dane County lakes by 50 percent or more. “Many studies have shown that phosphorous plays the largest role in feeding the growth of algae in our lakes, which in...

For more information, contact: Captain Charles Lorentz, Wisconsin State Patrol (608) 266-0305, charles.lorentz@dot.wi.gov Lieutenant Patricia Hansen (608) 266-0094, patricia.hansen@dot.wi.gov Intensified commercial motor vehicle enforcement on June 7-9 To prevent large-truck crashes, the Wisconsin State Patrol will participate in the annual Roadcheck program from June 7 to 9, sponsored by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. During the Roadcheck period, the State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 Madison – Governor Scott Walker will serve breakfast at the Iowa County and Rock County Dairy Breakfasts tomorrow to kick-off June Dairy Month. “Dairy breakfasts are a great way to come together to celebrate Wisconsin’s famous agriculture industry,” Governor Walker said. “I look forward to serving some great breakfast and visiting with hard-working Wisconsin families all across...

Contact: Amber Meyer Smith, 608.251.7020 ext. 16, 608.347.6026 (cell) Clean water rules back on track MADISON – Joint Finance Committee leaders announced today that they plan to remove a provision from the state budget that would have delayed the implementation of Wisconsin’s phosphorus rule by two years. “The delay of the phosphorus rule is a non-fiscal measure that has no business...

Contacts: Rhea Stangel-Maier, 608-224-3601 Sue Jones, 608-224-3764 Long-time Take a Stake in the Lakes participant, Four Lakes Scuba Club has scheduled their final clean up dive for Saturday, June 4, 2011, with a Dive for DAN event (Diver Area Network, a diver safety association) at Mendota County Park, Shelter #1 from10 a.m.–4 p.m. Madison Scuba will also be hosting a dive at...

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By David A. Wise For WisBusiness.com Small breweries in Wisconsin say they'll be harmed by a legislative move aimed at prohibiting large breweries such as Anheuser-Busch from establishing brewery branch distribution centers in Wisconsin. Deb Carey, founder and president of New Glarus Brewing Co., says budget language approved by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday takes away important business options...

By Kyle Nachreiner For WisBusiness.com Greg Dockter believes he should be able to help anyone who walks up to the counter at the pharmacy where he works. So Dockter was disappointed when one day a man, who had been using the blood thinner Warfarin, walked in with a nosebleed and all he could do was offer him a tissue. “It seemed...