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From: Batzner Pest Management 16948 W. Victor Rd. New Berlin, WI 53151 Contact: Jerry Batzner or Chris Venuti, 262-797-4160, or Jordan Fox, 414-352-2645 ...

Contact: Robin Reid, Communications Director Madison Community Foundation 608-232-1763 rreid@madisoncommunityfoundation.org http://www.madisoncommuintyfoundation.org After more than thirty years in the planning stages, the Lake Belle View restoration project recently received a big boost with a $150,000 gift from the Francois Family Foundation. The Lake Belle View restoration project is a $4 million initiative to restore the ecology and recreational elements of the waterway in Belleville, Wisconsin. Madison...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news Five Wisconsin teachers and Carrie Ziolkowski, program coordinator for the Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, recently returned from a professional exchange in Taiwan where they led portions of energy education workshops in three different Taiwanese counties. At each of the workshops Ziolkowski presented on the philosophy...

We are pleased to announce that Roberta F. (Bobbi) Howell, partner in the Madison office of Foley & Lardner LLP, has been elected president of the Western Wisconsin Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). JDRF is the worldwide leader for research to cure type 1 diabetes and is the largest charitable funder and advocate of diabetes science...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON - A federal court in Virginia has ruled in favor of the State of Wisconsin in a dispute with the federal government over who has the right to certain funds of a defunct tobacco company. Federal Judge James P. Jones ruled that it was improper...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today issued the following statement after employees at Harley Davidson voted to accept a new contract that will keep hundreds of the company’s jobs in Wisconsin. “Today’s vote by Harley employees is good news, but this was a tough decision...

For further information, please contact: J. Scott Mathie, MBA Vice President of Government Affairs 262-522-3624 jsmathie@mbaonline.org Angela Cooper, MBA Events & Marketing Director 262-436-1127 acooper@mbaonline.org Highest attendance since 2006 WAUKESHA, WI (September 13, 2010) – The 2010 MBA Parade of Homes finished its 23-day run yesterday and earned its rightful place in the event’s 65-year history by drawing 36,957...

Contact: Jodie Tabak (414) 286-8504 Mayor Barrett released the following statement regarding Harley-Davidson: "I'm pleased by today's vote. Throughout the process it was clear to me both parties negotiated in good faith and in the end difficult decisions were made by both sides. I applaud the company and the workers for making the hard choices that needed to be...

Contact: Steve Breitlow, President Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin (414) 359-1310 cell 414 530 8404 MADISON, WISCONSIN (SEPTEMBER 13, 2010): The Building Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin (“Building Trades”) and Hammes Company (“Hammes”) announce the creation of a Community Development Program that will be implemented as part of the Edgewater Hotel Redevelopment. On Monday, September...