UW Colleges and UW-Extension: Mark O’Connell of the Wisconsin Counties Association receives the 2010 UW Colleges and UW-Extension Wisconsin Idea Award
Contact: Peg Davis, (608) 262-3253
peg.davis@uwex.uwc.edu
MADISON, Wis.—Mark D. O’Connell, executive director of the Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA), is the recipient of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension 2010 Wisconsin Idea Award.
UW Colleges and UW-Extension Interim Chancellor Marv Van Kekerix bestowed the award at the institutions’ annual Chancellor’s Awards Banquet Sept. 23 in Madison. The annual Chancellor’s Awards...
American Speed Association: Driver shows support of Kwik Trip store grand opening
UTPHALL PUTS CAR ON DISPLAY
September 23, 2010 - On Friday, August 20th, the Kwik Trip Store on 13th and Ryan Rd. in Oak Creek, WI celebrated its grand opening. ASA Midwest Sportsman Tour driver, Shawn Utphall ("ut-paul") had the honor of displaying his ASA Midwest Sportsman Tour car for the event. Utphall's race shop is right down the street,...
UW-Madison: Google executive to address Wisconsin industry at e-business conference
CONTACT: Kyle Henderson, 608-890-2449, khenderson2@wisc.edu; Raj Veeramani, 608-262-0861, raj@cae.wisc.edu
MADISON - Record attendance is expected at the 12th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, which will be hosted Thursday, Sept. 30, by the University of Wisconsin-Madison E-Business Consortium.
Members of the media are invited to join attendees to hear a talk by a Google executive who is the...
New North: Fond du Lac, Green Bay among most affordable communities in the country
Contact: Joshua Morby
Mobile: 920.968.4197
Email: media@thenewnorth.com
NEW NORTH, September 24, 2010 – A new report from Coldwell Banker on average home prices shows that Fond du Lac and Green Bay are among the...
Columbia St. Mary’s: New Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital hosts dedication featuring an ‘unveiling of nature’ in place of traditional ribbon cutting
Physicians, patients, nurses and executives from Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital will be joined by civic and faith leaders including Milwaukee Bishop Richard Sklba in a special dedication ceremony in the glass atrium of the new hospital this Saturday.
Woven throughout the event will be stories of patients whose experiences reflect Columbia St. Mary’s Passion for Patient Care.
A dramatic “Unveiling of...
National Federation of Independent Business: Wisconsin members of U.S. House honored as Guardians of Small Business by NFIB
CONTACT: Stephanie Cathcart, 202-314-2056
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 23, 2010 – The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, yesterday named three U.S. Reps. from Wisconsin as Guardians of Small Business for their outstanding voting record on behalf of America’s small business owners in the 111th Congress.
NFIB President and CEO Dan Danner praised Wisconsin’s representatives for “standing...
UW-Madison: Receives grant for superconducting electron gun
CONTACT: Joe Bisognano, jbisognano@src.wisc.edu, 608-877-2163
MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $4.5 million grant from the United States Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences office. The award will fund a research and development project focusing on the fabrication and testing of what is called an electron gun for a free electron laser (FEL) - a several-football-fields-long light...
FEMA: More than $9 million approved in disaster assistance grants
FEMA News Desk:
262-780-3271
NEW BERLIN, Wis. - Nearly 11,700 Wisconsin residents have applied for assistance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and more than $9 million has been approved in grants since President Obama declared a federal disaster in Grant and Milwaukee counties Sept. 18.
Residents in the two declared counties may be eligible for federal disaster help as they...
Weidert Group: Selected as finalist for 2010 New North Workplace Excellence Award
APPLETON, Wis., -- Weidert Group, Inc., a full-service marketing and communications agency in Appleton, has been selected as a finalist for the annual New North Workplace Excellence Award.
The New North Workplace Excellence Award is presented by New North, Inc. and Right Management Inc. to organizations located within the 18-county New North region. The award recognizes organizations that improve their...
Gov. Doyle: To travel to China to promote Wisconsin industry
Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162
MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced he is traveling to China from September 24 through October 1, 2010 to promote Wisconsin industry and trade. Governor Doyle will promote Wisconsin businesses and hold high-level meetings with government and businesses leaders from Wisconsin and China in Beijing, Nanchang, Xi’an and Shanghai.
“Over the...
