DATCP: Include “Something Special from Wisconsin” in your store
Grocers Buy Local Wholesale Catalog Available
Contact: Lois Federman, 608-224-5124
Ashley Huibregtse, 608-224-5002
MADISON – Including Something Special from Wisconsin™ products on store shelves has never been easier. Retailers can use the new Grocers Buy Local Wholesale Catalog to identify over 100 Wisconsin suppliers who sell products wholesale.
“This catalog is the first of its kind to assist retailers in bringing Wisconsin...
AG Van Hollen: Lac du Flambeau company ordered to pay $15,000 for failing to comply with emergency planning and community right-to-know reporting requirements
For More Information Contact:
Bill Cosh 608/266-1221
LAC DU FLAMBEAU – Lac du Flambeau company Petroleum Heat & Power, Inc., has been ordered to pay $15,000 in forfeitures, assessments, fees and costs for failing to comply with emergency planning and community right-to-know reporting requirements that apply to hazardous chemicals at its Thorofare Road facility...
WISPIRG: New report — Health care repeal would have costly consequences for Wisconsin consumers and small businesses
CONTACT: Shannon Nelson
WISPIRG Program Associate
(608) 268-1656
snelson@wispirg.org
MADISON, WI - Consumers and small businesses in Wisconsin will face significantly higher insurance premiums and could see costly coverage denials and price discrimination if efforts to repeal the federal health care law prevail in Congress or in the courts, according to The Cost of Repeal: Examining the Impact on Wisconsin of Repealing...
Baird Venture Partners: Sells Interlace Medical to Hologic
CHICAGO, January 10, 2011 - Baird Venture Partners (BVP), the U.S.-based venture fund of Baird Private Equity, announced today that Interlace Medical (Interlace), a Baird Venture Partners III portfolio company, has been sold to Hologic for $125 million with additional earn-out payments over the next two years. This acquisition will allow Interlace to accelerate the adoption of its...
DATCP: Pesticide notification registry deadline nears
Contact: Jane Larson Office: (608) 224-5005 Cell: (608) 212-3094
MADISON—February 1 is the deadline to join the Landscape Pesticide Advance Notice Registry so don’t delay, advises the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
This no-charge service, coordinated by the state agriculture department, is a way for homeowners and renters to receive...
Bank Mutual: Gregory Larson named Bank Mutual senior VP/director of commercial banking
Contact: Jeremy Artz Marketing Specialist
414.371.8261
Milwaukee, WI January 7, 2011 – Bank Mutual is pleased to announce the appointment of Gregory Larson to the newly created position of Senior Vice President and Director of Commercial Banking. Mr. Larson is responsible for all aspects of Middle Market Banking, Business Banking, Treasury Management, International Banking, and Merchant Services. These services are delivered to...
Greater Milwaukee Association of REALTORS: Milwaukee area home sales up 3.5% in December, down 13.4% for 2010
Contact: Mike Ruzicka
414.870.1876 or 414.778.4929
January 10, 2011 – The roller coaster ride for the real estate market in Metropolitan Milwaukee ended 2010 on a high note, with December sales increasing 3.5% over December 2009, according to housing statistics released today by Metro MLS, Inc.
The monthly increase was due to an improvement in market conditions locally compared to the...
Miron Construction: Sponsors banquet to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters
For More Information Contact:
Joshua Morby, josh.morby@miron-construction.com
414.791.9120 ...
The Willow Store: Attending the 2011 pre-Golden Globes gift giveaway
Contact:
Scott Becher
Scott@thewillowstore.com
(608) 838-9115
Cell: (608) 513-0213
A Celebrity Parents Tradition for Finding Hot Products
The Willow Store, a Verona based natural parenting produces company has accepted an invitation from fashion guru & well renowned designer, Jayneoni Moore, to participate in 2011 Pre-Golden Globes Celebrity Gifting event in Beverly Hills, CA. This exclusive event will host products for babies & young...
Thilly: Outgoing head of WPPI Energy sees bright future for clean energy
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
High unemployment may have bumped concern about the environment and worries about climate change off the front pages.
But Roy Thilly, president of Sun Prairie-based WPPI Energy and former co-chair of the Governor’s Global Warming Task Force, says he believes interest in clean energy remains strong and will rebound with the economy.
“And as that happens, the...
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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...
