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Contact: Christine Duncan Marketing Specialist P: (262) 544-8405 x8233 E: christine.duncan@dueco.com Bry Adler joins DUECO, Inc. as Materials Coordinator after internship ends. Adler will help coordinate materials purchasing activities (August 31, 2010) – DUECO, Inc. the largest privately owned provider of Terex Utilities and Hi-Ranger bucket trucks, digger derricks, cranes, stringing and tension equipment and utility trailers in the country has recently named...

Wisconsin People & Ideas regularly publishes some of the best poetry and fiction from around the state, and now it's your chance to become a part of Wisconsin's new literary canon. Enter your poems and short stories in our annual contests, which run from this September 15 to December 15, and receive up to $500 and other prizes along...

CONTACT: Chuck Strawser, 608-263-2969, cstrawser@fpm.wisc.edu; Troy Ruland, 608-262-9798, truland@fpm.wisc.edu MADISON - Transportation Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is putting a suggestion into action this month by downsizing at least one of its vehicles from four wheels to two. Transportation Services staff from the Commuter Solutions and Field Services teams have been working together to add a bicycle to the Field...

CONTACT: CHRIS SLINKER -414-745-8540 ELM GROVE, WI (August 31, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that former First Weber agent Jeff Cubinski has officially joined the new Keller Williams-Elm Grove office. Jeff Cubinski relocated from the Menomonee Falls office. “Being a past computer consulting business owner it’s important to align yourself with a...

Media Contact: Susie Falk, 414.232.2562 Will Allen’s Growing Power Announces International Urban & Small Farm Conference Sept. 10-12 at State Fair Park MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Aug. 31, 2010 – Milwaukee,...

CONTACT: CHRIS SLINKER -414-745-8540 ELM GROVE, WI (August 31, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that former First Weber Group North Shore agent Latonya Quin has officially joined the Keller Williams - Elm Grove office located on 12700 W.Bluemound Rd. "Latonya is joining our leasing and rental division, she will be supported and be more likely to succeed...

Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 Nearly 2,000 Plan Sponsors Accepted Across US in First Round; Applications Still Being Accepted The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced the first round of applicants accepted into the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program. Nearly 2,000 employers, representing large and small businesses, State and local governments, educational institutions, non profits, and...

Contact: Maressa Sullivan Office: 263-8132; Cell: 305-6007 $117,000 in funds awarded to community partners since July (Milwaukee, WI) – United Way of Greater Milwaukee has awarded $47,000 in Urgent Need Fund grants to three of its community partners to support their emerging and urgent needs. $25,000 was awarded to Guest House of Milwaukee’s Guest House Counseling Clinic. The clinic provides professional, onsite...

Report: Midwest U.S. and surrounding states set for smooth transition to clean energy scenario What is “Plan B” for IA, IN, IL, KY, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI and WV If Congress Does Not Act on Climate Bill? MADISON, WI – NEWS ADVISORY – With 2010 action by Congress now uncertain on climate and energy issues, Synapse...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-6686 DODGEVILLE - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that on August 31, 2010, Melanie Erickson of Ridgeway made an initial appearance in Iowa County Circuit Court on felony theft charges of defrauding her employer, Quantum Devices, Inc., where she was employed...

For more information, contact Eric Skrum 608-441-1216 or eskrum@wisbank.com Eliminating exemption would “raise revenue and level the playing field” MADISON, WI – Eliminating the credit union industry’s corporate tax exemption would “raise revenue and level the playing field,” according to a comprehensive report issued yesterday by the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB). PERAB, which is chaired by former Federal Reserve Board...

News Media Contact: (202) 586-4940 State has weatherized more than 5,700 homes under the Recovery Act Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy joined with Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today to announce that Wisconsin has reached a significant milestone under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – completing weatherization...