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Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director Free, Public Lectures Highlight Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Aspects of Healthy Aging Menasha—The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley, is pleased to present Age On! A Series On Growing Older, Better, a new Academy...

Contact: Joshua Wescott, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606 The Dane County UW-Extension Cooperative Extension has announced the hiring of Carrie Edgar as the new director of the County’s Extension Department. Edgar comes to Dane County after more than 11 years as County Extension Director for two counties in Illinois. There she managed a...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news A collaborative program that will help area technical school early childhood education graduates earn bachelor’s degrees in education as well as Wisconsin teacher certification has been announced by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In the spring of 2011, the UWSP School of Education will launch the Central Wisconsin Alliance for Early Childhood/ Early...

CONTACT: Tia Nelson, Executive Secretary (608) 266-8369 MADISON – At their board meeting on August 17, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands approved the sale of 1,253 acres of Trust Lands located in Forest and Florence counties to the US Forest Service. All parcels are landlocked within existing national forest project boundaries. Sales of these lands...

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CONTACT: John Dipko, Communications Director, 608-266-6753 On the Web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/news.htm Wisconsin adds thousands of private-sector jobs; unemployment rate falls from June MADISON - Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin added 6,500 private-sector jobs (seasonally adjusted) in July. Without adjusting for seasonal factors, the state added 16,400 jobs in the private sector. "The Wisconsin economy created thousands of...

Media Contact: Mike Homewood, Director of Sales, (608) 781-2345, michael.h@mainstreetingredients.com La Crosse, WI – Main Street Ingredients, a leading manufacturer of functional food ingredients, is pleased to announce the appointment of Aaron Jordi and Joe Kretschmer to their Branded Ingredients Group. Aaron Jordi joins Keystone™ Stabilizer Systems Group “Aaron brings years of technical sales experience and a deep desire for customer...

Web site link: http://www.wfbf.com/archivej/htmArchive/showPage.aspx?page=15735.htm&id=15735 Contact: Paul Zimmerman, Executive Director of Public Affairs, 608-828-5708 MADISON – The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is reminding farmers and motorists that fall harvest weight limits take effect from Sept. 1 through Nov. 30. “With the fall harvest just around the corner, farmers should note that state law allows an...

CONTACT: Daniel Noguera, 608-263-7783, noguera@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - The passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 ushered in a revolution in sewage treatment. Faced with tightening restrictions on the water and solids it must release after treatment, the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) turned to experts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for advice. The goal of wastewater treatment is...

Media Inquiries: Maria Schafer 608-661-7848 maria.schafer@corebts.com Microsoft Office and Core BTS get up-close view As one of the premier teams in the American Le Mans Series’ Le Mans Prototype Challenge, Level 5 Motorsports knows that it takes teamwork to mount a successful campaign in the highly competitive world of professional motorsports. That is what makes having Microsoft Office 2010 part of the team so...

Contact: Thad Nation 414.412.7814 30% of US households now using wireless instead of landline phones MILWAUKEE — A new report by Citigroup Investment Research and Analysis shows that 29.7% of US households are using wireless phone service instead of traditional landline phones, up from 24.8% during the same period in 2009. The change in consumer behavior has remained steady since 2007, when...

Contact: Mark Graul, 920-884-9296 PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16, 2010 — FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has recognized Bill Fischer of Wausau, Wis. as a regional Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient. Bill Fischer is the owner of Wild Bill’s Express, LLC which serves as a contracted delivery agent for FedEx Ground station in Wausau, serving customers in Medford,...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MERRILL – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Lactalis American Group, Inc. will receive $57,229 in Dairy Manufacturing Facility Investment Tax Credits for its $2.7 million plant modernization project. Governor Doyle made the announcement at Lactalis’ Merrill facility, as part of his eighth annual “Up North” Tour. “Agriculture and dairy are...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 ANTIGO – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that just over 62,000 acres of some of the state’s best farmland will be targeted for agricultural preservation and agricultural development in north central Wisconsin. Across the state, 200,000 acres of farmland will be designated as Agricultural Enterprise Areas (AEAs) under the Working Lands...