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-Annual event has raised over $250,000 for Wisconsin Dells High School Music Program since 2006- WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (July 21, 2010) – Kalahari Resort and Trappers Turn Golf Club will hold the annual Golf For a Song fundraiser Thursday, August 12. This year’s event will raise funds for a series of scholarships for Wisconsin Dells High School students. The outing...

Contact: Leo Walsh, (608) 833-3808 MADISON - Glenn S. Pound, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences from 1964 until 1979, passed away on July 6 at his home in La Jolla, Calif. at the age of 96. Pound laid the groundwork for the college's current prominence in basic biological research, according to professor emeritus Leo...

Contact: Scott Pigeon Hoffman LLC | Director of Marketing Phone: 920-380-2175 | Email: spigeon@hoffman.net Hoffman LLC-Designed Facility Awarded LEED Gold Certification Appleton, Wis. — Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s (WPS) new service center in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®)...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today announced Homeless Assistance Program awards totaling $5,559,642 to 176 organizations across Wisconsin for emergency shelter, homeless prevention, transitional housing and supportive service programs. “These funds will help local agencies provide direct services to homeless persons and also help prevent people from becoming homeless,” Governor Doyle said. “During...

Contact: Julia Luther Dells Raceway Park Stands were filled with the weather hot and dry Saturday night for the Mike Ladika Remembrance/Beagles Night at Dells Raceway Park, an ASA Sanctioned track. In addition to the weekly classes, the Assembly Products $1,000 Late Model Shootout held its inaugural event. "It was one heck of a race," Ed Schell, president of Assembly Products said...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news Teachers of high school history, social studies and economics will learn practical classroom skills for educating students on globalization at a workshop offered by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Thursday, July 22. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UWSP Wausau Center at 200 Washington Street,...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that his office has settled a case with Wausaukee Composites, Inc. for violations of Wisconsin's air pollution laws. The civil complaint, filed in Grant County, alleges the company modified...

Fundraising Event Continues to Raise Awareness of National Nursing Shortage Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (July 21, 2010)– The Edgewood College Tee Up for Nursing surpassed the half-million-dollar fundraising mark with this year’s event held July 12, at Nakoma Golf Club. In response to the nursing shortage that affects Wisconsin and the nation, Edgewood College launched...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Caroline Letiecq, Communications Manager caroline.letiecq@quarles.com (602)...

Ashley Spratt, 612-713-5314 Paul Glander, 612-713-5134 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is seeking comments from the public on a draft generic Environmental Assessment (EA) for the construction of public water access (boat launching) sites in Wisconsin. The draft generic EA evaluates two action alternatives, along with the “No Action” alternative...

Contact: Beth Kaplan (608) 266-1683 Comprehensive plan offers guidelines for increasing access to care and maintaining lifelong prevention efforts MADISON—The state’s latest 10-year health plan, “Healthiest Wisconsin 2020, Everyone Living Better, Longer,” is now available to focus public health efforts over the next decade. The plan calls for building...

CONTACT: Thomas Eggert, 608-267-2761, teggert@bus.wisc.edu MADISON - When it comes to sustainable business practices, Serigraph has done everything from finding less environmentally hazardous ink solvents to charging employees for a cup when getting coffee from the vending machine. The West Bend, Wis.-based printing, molding and custom graphics company is among a handful of state businesses to join the Green Masters...