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CONTACT: CHRIS SLINKER -414-745-8540 ELM GROVE, WI (May 24, 2010) — Keller Williams® Realty Inc. announced today that Greg Prahst has officially joined the new Keller Williams-Elm Grove office. Greg had been with Century 21 but was attracted after comparing the support and technology in addition to knowing that K-W is focused on helping agents grow their own business....

CONTACT: Eric Roden, (608) 890-0724, eroden@geology.wisc.edu MADISON - The "mineral-breathing" bacteria found in many oxygen-free environments may be "carbon-breathing" as well. Oxygen-free, or anaerobic, environments contain microbes sometimes described as "mineral-breathing" because they use iron oxides and other minerals in the same way we use oxygen. According to a study published online May 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience, this bacterial...

Contact: Jane H. Larson (608) 224-5005 (608) 212-3094 cell MADISON—Because of heavy snow and freezing temperatures in early May that destroyed shade covers and froze emerging plants, ginseng growers are also facing a potential disease outbreak in the surviving plants so a crisis pesticide exemption for a fungicide has been declared by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer...

Brookfield, Wis. – Kings Way Homes has chosen Grounds Maintenance Services to keep lawns and planting beds at many of its properties in top condition for prospective buyers. GMS will maintain properties in The Preserve at Chapel Hill, a 21-unit condominium subdivision on Brookfield’s northwest side, plus Kings Way model homes in Waukesha and Pewaukee. GMS will perform lawn cutting...

Leading third-party logistics provider leverages solution in 20 distribution centers MILWAUKEE, Wis. - RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity software provider, announced today that DSC Logistics, a leading third-party logistics provider (3PL), has rolled out RedPrairie’s Workforce Management solution at 20 of its Logistics Centers across the U.S. DSC is using the solution to manage operations for a number of its customers,...

Contact: Julia Luther Dells Raceway Park info@dellsracewaypark.com Classic cars and racing action combined this weekend at Dells Raceway Park. Automotion cars arrived at the track to treat fans to a Burnout Contest and Car Parade. Featured on track were the Late Models, Sportsman, Pure Stocks, Bandits, and the Grand National Vintage Racers. Rich Schumann Jr topped the qualifying charts for the second...

May 2010, Milwaukee, WI (Phone: 414-267-3911, Website: http://www.pinnaclexl.com): Pinnacle XL has developed an email marketing campaign for Comexi North America, a manufacturing company serving the US flexible packaging and converting markets for over 50 years. As part of a strategy to expand Comexi North America’s presence in the US market, Pinnacle XL recommended and implemented the development of an...

CONTACT Mary Murray Wisconsin Institute of CPAs mary@wicpa.org (262) 785-0445 ext. 3005 (800) 772-6939 Krista McMasters, CPA, CEO at Clifton Gunderson, is the recipient of the 2010-2011 WICPA Distinguished Career Award for her professional accomplishments and for her dedicated service to the WICPA and local community. McMasters is a member at large of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Council (2006 - present); member...

CONTACT Mary Murray Wisconsin Institute of CPAs mary@wicpa.org (262) 785-0445 ext. 3005 (800) 772-6939 Kelly Sics, CPA at Clifton Gunderson in Milwaukee, has received the 2010-2011 WICPA Outstanding Young Professional Award for her enthusiasm for the profession, for her involvement with the WICPA and for motivating others to be a part of the profession and the WICPA. Sics is an active member on the Young Professional...

CONTACT Mary Murray Wisconsin Institute of CPAs mary@wicpa.org (262) 785-0445 ext. 3005 (800) 772-6939 Public accounting firm, Clifton Gunderson, has received the 2010-2011 WICPA Public Service Award. The Public Service Award is given to a WICPA member firm which has distinguished itself in public service activities at the local, regional and state levels. Clifton Gunderson raised more than $86,200 in monetary donations for charities across the...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Paul Dietmann, DATCP, 608-224-5038 Expands May 12 Request for Marathon County Disaster Declaration MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today requested U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack declare a disaster in Lincoln and Langlade Counties, where snow and...

Contact: Eva Robelia, 608-261-6592, Office of Energy Independence Emily Winecke, 608-266-7362, Department of Administration MADISON –Governor Jim Doyle announced today that 59 Wisconsin businesses responded to a Request for Information to supply biomass fuel for the Charter Street Heating Plant. “The message is clear, we have biomass businesses...