Dept. of Commerce: Governor Walker announces funding for Ashwaubenon project
Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661
MADISON—Governor Scott Walker today announced that Brown County, on behalf of Ashland Avenue, LLC, has received a $1.5 million Recovery Zone Facility Bond allocation from the Department of Commerce to remodel and improve an existing facility in Ashwaubenon so that it can be used by WESCO Distribution, Inc., a national distribution company with...
St. Croix EDC: St. Croix County’s unemployment rate remains at 6.1% for December
Contact:
Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham
St. Croix EDC
715-381-4383
On January 26th, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) released the December unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties. St. Croix’s rate was estimated at 6.1% which is the same as the November rate, but higher than the October rate of 5.7%. A year ago, the county’s unemployment rate was estimated at 7.3%.
“We would still...
Bank Mutual: Adds senior vice president and chief risk officer
Contact: Jeremy Artz
Marketing Specialist
414.371.8261
Milwaukee, WI January 28, 2011 – Bank Mutual is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Mayne to the newly created position of Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Mayne is responsible for ensuring the overall quality of Bank Mutual’s lending portfolio and is based at Bank Mutual’s Corporate Headquarters at 4949 W. Brown...
Quarles & Brady: Two Quarles & Brady attorneys named “2011 Leaders in the Law”
CONTACT: Caroline Letiecq, Communications Manager
caroline.letiecq@quarles.com
(602) 229-5377
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that partner Walter J. Skipper and retired partner Bruce C. Davidson were named "2011 Leaders in the Law" by the Wisconsin Law Journal. Mr. Davidson has also been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement award for his career and its lasting imprint...
Madison Children’s Museum: Punch Buggy exhibit dedication Monday, Jan. 31
MADISON, Wis. — What do you get when you give Madison Children’s Museum Exhibits Designer Jon Edwards a 1957 Heinkel Trojan automobile, a couple of charcoal grills, a handful of discarded window sash weights, and a boxing glove from Ford’s Gym?
The answer is the Punch Buggy, of course. The museum’s newest exhibit—part of the second-floor Possible-opolis exhibit area,...
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