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Fluffy bunnies and fuzzy chicks might seem like a wonderful addition to the Easter holiday, but remember these quaint, cute and cuddly creatures grow up, and grow up fast. Many Easter pets are abandoned, taken to a shelter or released into the wild because the "novelty" feeling faded or they required more care than anticipated. The Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383 The UW-River Falls Center for Economic Research (CER) in partnership with St. Croix Economic Development Corporation (SCEDC) has released the April edition of the St. Croix Valley Economic Dashboard. The dashboard presents a snapshot of the economic condition of the labor, consumer and housing markets in the three county area. The dashboard...

Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director Martha Glowacki, gallery director Unruly Territories: Amy Chaloupka MADISON—Amy Chaloupka has a longstanding fascination with the visual language of maps. In her work as an artist, she alters existing maps, cutting and stretching them into transformed landscapes, and creates maps of imaginary terrains in response to the architecture of a particular space. Her current work is...

For more information contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing & Events Coordinator First Business Financial Services, Inc. 608-232-5774 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MADISON, WI, April 15, 2011 - Chuck Batson, President and CEO, announced today that First Business Capital Corp. recently funded the following deals: $9.5 million revolving line of credit to an Ohio manufacturer...

For More Information: Susan Shimshak, 414-256-1221 shimshas@mtmary.edu Program features speaker Marie O’Brien and panelists of women leaders MILWAUKEE (April 15, 2011) – Mount Mary College Women’s Leadership Institute will present its Spring Forum, “The Face of Success – One Woman’s Leadership Journey” on Thursday, May 12, 201 from 4-7 p.m. The forum will explore challenges women face on the road to success, as...

Below is an excerpt from the most recent edition of WisBusiness Thursday Trends. The full version of this weekly look at the state of Wisconsin business is now available for free to anyone who signs up for the Thursday Trends mailing list. The full product includes several items in each of the rising, mixed and falling categories plus a...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Nascent, high-risk companies are in danger of being squeezed out of federal funding under proposed changes to the Small Business Innovation Research program, a Racine start-up executive charged Wednesday. Speaking at the closing luncheon of the national SBIR conference in Madison, Jonathan Pearl, president and chief scientist for Perceptral, said he was dismayed by some of...