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Contact: Joshua Morby Phone: 920.791.9120 Email: media@thenewnorth.com NEW NORTH – As the need for renewable energy continues to grow, the New North has embraced this opportunity by leading the charge of collaborative growth focused on the wind industry as a cluster for the region. New North, Inc. helped identify more than 100 resident regional industries (vendor-suppliers) that possess the production capacity to meet...

WASHINGTON- On Monday, September 6, 2010, President Obama will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to discuss the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest. More details will be available in the coming days.

Contact: Teresa Weidemann-Smith, (608) 266-9600 Uniform Standards Head to the Legislature MADISON - The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (Commission) today finished its work on administrative rules governing the siting of wind turbines in Wisconsin. The rules were drafted in response to 2009 Wisconsin Act 40, recently-enacted legislation directing the Commission to promulgate rules that specify the restrictions local...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 State Cheesemakers Take Home Top Honors in 2010 American Cheese Society Competition MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today congratulated Wisconsin cheese makers for winning top honors and nearly one third of all the awards at the 2010 American Cheese Society competition, one of the most prestigious cheese competitions in North America. Uplands Cheese...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Lee Sensenbrenner, DATCP, 608-224-5020 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that he is appointing Randy Romanski as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). He replaces Rod Nilsestuen, whose leadership brought...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 Milwaukee, Wis. – Robert Sather, President of the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, issued this statement following Governor Doyle’s appointment of Randy Romanski as Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection: “On behalf of the members of the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, I wish to extend our congratulations to Randy Romanski on his appointment...

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...