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Contact: Kristen Schremp Kristen@kaspublicity.com, 703.928.5527 OmSanA® Supplement Now Available in Rite Aid Stores Across America Neenah, WI— The Wisconsin-based dietary supplement company, Santal Solutions LLC, has announced that its flagship product—OmSanA®—has secured retail distribution at Rite Aid Corporation—one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. Rite Aid operates more than 4,700 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. OmSanA® is an all-natural,...

Community Relations Drive Benefits Lions Recycle for Sight and Hunger Task Force New Berlin, WI, October 1, 2010 -- Wisconsin Vision announced today a community relations drive to collect used eye glasses for the Lions Recycle for Sight program and non-perishable food items for the Hunger Task Force. Visitors who bring the items to any of Wisconsin Vision's 22...

MADISON, Wis. ― Madison Children’s Museum is pleased to host a variety of new events in the Jim & Susan Bakke Art Studio during the month of October. Kids will enjoy fun, interactive activities showcasing the variety of ways that art allows them to express themselves. Each month, the museum will pay tribute to a different artistic medium with work...

Contact: Lisa Kay Peters Development Director Bay Area Humane Society 920-469-3110 x112 fundraising@bayareahumanesociety.com Over 100 beers to sample … Beer in everything from cake to soup, Jello® to chicken… Over 5,000 lost and abandoned pets depending on us each year. Need any more reasons to attend BrewFest? How about wine, soda, ciders, and maple-flavored rum? There are far more great drinks and food to sample than...

Columbia St. Mary’s New Hospital on Milwaukee’s East Side officially opens its doors to patients and their families Oct. 12. To give the community a sneak peak at the $417 million, state-of-the art facility, the hospital will be hosting an open house this Saturday, Oct. 2 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visitors are invited to tour patient rooms,...

Waterloo, WI - Beginning November 1st, 2010 Van Holten’s will begin shipping their #6 Jumbo Chipotle pickle-in-a-pouch to wholesalers and retailers nationwide. Like all of Van Holten’s pickles the chipotle flavor will be packaged individually in a stand up pouch and have a two year shelf life, with no refrigeration required. The new flavor combines the bold spice and smokiness...

Contact: Gina Sinisi, Communications Coordinator Midwest Renewable Energy Association 715-592-6595 ext: 113 gina@the-mrea.org Wisconsin – The National Solar Tour is the world’s largest grassroots solar event. Now in its 15th year, it is a coalition of over 5,000 home and business owners, volunteers, solar installers, public officials and grassroots organizations who conduct open house tours of their energy efficient and solar-powered homes, businesses,...

ELKO SPEEDWAY "THUNDER CAR NATIONAL 40L" THIS SATURDAY NIGHT October 1, 2010 - The American Speed Association® Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment and http://www.grandstay.net is heading into its final races of the 2010 season. This Saturday, the ASA Midwest Sportsman Tour will crown its first ever ASAMST Champion. Chris Marek and Jay Kalbus have been on...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 2 Million State Residents Could Purchase Affordable Health Insurance through the Exchange MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced the state is receiving a $1 million grant from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department to begin work on an online health insurance exchange. The grant will help Wisconsin build on its...

New Grandfathering Tool Helps Businesses Determine Best Health Plan Solution H&R Block Tax Calculator Tool Helps Companies Determine Tax Credits and Financial Impacts MILWAUKEE -- In an effort to help minimize confusion regarding implementation of health care reform provisions among business owners, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin (Anthem) has created two new tools to help businesses navigate...

For More Information Contact Joshua Morby, joshua.morby@miron-construction.com 414.791.9120 Madison, Wis. – Theresa Lehman, Director of Sustainable Services, and Corey Brumbaugh, Vice President for Business Development for Miron Construction Co., Inc., are on Capitol Hill this week as part of a congressional advocacy visit. Lehman and Brumbaugh are meeting with U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and congressional and Senate leaders, to advocate...

For further information, please contact: J. Scott Mathie, MBA Vice President of Government Affairs 262-522-3624 jsmathie@mbaonline.org WAUKESHA, WI (October 1, 2010) – In a presentation hosted by the Metropolitan Builders Association (MBA), Elliot F. Eisenberg, Ph.D., Senior Economist for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), told an audience of local business leaders interested in the economics of housing and its impact on...

MADISON – Attorney Christine Rew Barden, a Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. shareholder, was unanimously appointed by the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors to be a Governor representing District 9 (Dane County). State Bar President Jim Boll asked her to be his nominee. Barden, a Trusts and Estates attorney, said that she intends to use the...

NEW RICHMOND, WI | The Bakke Norman law firm, with offices in New Richmond, Baldwin, and Menomonie, Wis., will participate in Money Smart Wisconsin Week with free seminars on estate planning, bankruptcy and foreclosure in Menomonie Oct. 5 - 6. Money Smart Wisconsin Week financial education seminars are held in communities throughout western Wisconsin Oct. 2 - 9. To...

Contact: Jane Larson (608) 224-5005 MADISON—The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is holding public hearings on a proposal to expand areas in Columbia and Sauk counties where atrazine cannot be used. Currently, the herbicide is banned on 1.2 million acres in Wisconsin due to groundwater concerns. The state agriculture department proposes adding 8,140 restricted acres in northern Columbia...