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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...

Media Contact: Susie Falk, 414.232.2562 sfalk@thefalkgrouppr.com Elfenworks Foundation Celebrates U.S. Change-Makers Working Toward Alleviating Domestic Poverty BURLINGAME, CA. – Sept. 30, 2010 – Today the Elfenworks Foundation presented Will Allen with one of three 2010 In Harmony with Hope Awards, an honor that celebrates change-makers across the country working towards alleviating domestic poverty. The award is sponsored by The Elfenworks Foundation, an organization supported...

By Gregg Hoffmann For WisBusiness.com American Transmission Co. has started a series of public informational meetings on the Badger Coulee Project, a 150-mile, 345 kilowatt transmission line that would run through western Wisconsin. ATC held sessions in Onalaska in La Crosse County on Monday and in Westby in Vernon County on Tuesday. A list of upcoming sessions can be found at the...