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Mequon, Wis. – Creatively Yours, which has offered local residents a wide variety of unique and personalized gift options for 15 years, will move to a new Mequon location in early June. The business will close its present store, 1515 W. Mequon Road, on May 31. It will reopen June 2 one block east in a mini-mall at 1340...

Contact: Erika Monroe-Kane, Department of Children and Families, 608-266-9000 Today, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) announced $45 million savings in the Wisconsin Shares program. DCF Secretary Reggie Bicha issued the following statement: We are excited to announce a $45 million savings in the Wisconsin Shares program. This savings is primarily a result of the Department’s work to find and...

Anticipated to be Sun Prairie's First LEED "Gold" Building Representatives from the 51 community-owned member electric utilities of WPPI Energy gathered this week to celebrate the completion of their nonprofit power supplier's recently renovated and expanded office and operations facility. The building was designed to achieve "Gold" certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...

For more information Julian Green Director of Media Relations 414/243-8562 green.julian@millercoors.com STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The sensational statements and over-the-top media reporting of the last few days about the impact of the proposed Milwaukee water rate increase has blown this issue completely out of proportion. MillerCoors has no intention of ending production at our hometown Milwaukee Brewery, which is operating at historically high...

For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com Legislation will punish “Main Street” along with “Wall Street” MADISON, WI – The financial regulatory reform overhaul passed by the U.S. Senate yesterday fails to address the root causes of the housing collapse and subsequent financial crisis, according to the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA), which represents 300 federally insured banks of all...

CONTACT Mary Murray Wisconsin Institute of CPAs mary@wicpa.org (262) 785-0445 ext. 3005 (800) 772-6939 Gary Hollman, CPA, J.D., Attorney at Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren in Milwaukee, has received the 2010-2011 WICPA Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments within the WICPA and in the CPA profession. Hollman has made selfless contributions of time to the WICPA’s Annual Tax Conference and has served as...

The Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association (WVMA) reminds pet owners that spring’s emergence brings with it certain risks to your pet's health. Make spring gardening, lawn care and cleaning enjoyable for you and your pet by following these tips: Lawn fertilizers Lawn fertilizers are very toxic to animals. Securely store fertilizers in an area away from your pets’ reach. After applying fertilizers...

For more information, contact: Don Greuel, Project Development (608) 267-7774, Donald.Greuel@dot.wi.gov Major Dan Lonsdorf, Director, Bureau of Transportation Safety (608) 266-3048, Daniel.Lonsdorf@dot.wi.gov But buckle up. A Click it or Ticket campaign continues through the weekend Most highway construction projects will be put on hold through the three-day Memorial Day holiday weekend. According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), there will only be a...

Madison, May 21, 2010: First Business Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:FBIZ) announced today that its 2010 Annual Shareholder Meeting presentation is now available online at http://www.firstbusiness.com/2010Meeting. The presentation is available in three formats: a podcast (audio only), a PDF (visual only), and a Flash presentation (audio and video simultaneously). The shareholder meeting took place Monday, May 17, 2010 in Madison, WI....

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com MADISON – In the beginning, the local food movement was mostly about farmers’ markets where shoppers buy directly from growers. From there, it branched to restaurants and specialty food stores. Now, day care centers, supermarkets, public schools, prisons, nursing homes, office parks, hotels, universities are becoming buyers of locally grown foods. The movement, advocates say,...