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For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that his office has filed and settled an environmental enforcement action against Bradley Sutton of Chetek, Wisconsin. Mr. Sutton is the owner of Kleen Air Disposal, a retail service and recycling facility located in Barron County, Wisconsin....

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that his office has filed and settled an environmental enforcement action against two facilities operating in Columbia County. In separate agreements, Didion Milling, Inc. (“Didion Milling”) and Didion Ethanol, LLC (“Didion Ethanol”), each agreed to pay $525,000...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the City of Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, has received a $384,000 grant from the Community Development Block Grant-Public Facilities (CDBG-PF) program of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to help reconstruct 10th Street and install related infrastructure. “My administration is committed to investing in local development projects and helping our...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the Village of Livingston, Grant County, has received a $300,000 grant from the Community Development Block Grant-Public Facilities (CDBG-PF) program of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to help improve the village’s water system. “My administration is committed to investing in local development projects and helping our communities continue...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that VibeTech, Inc., Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, has received the Qualified New Business Venture certification from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) for developing medical equipment for the treatment and prevention of bone and muscle loss. Commerce certified the...

Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director MADISON—Today’s global economic crisis has turned a media spotlight on immigration. Sagging labor markets have led to calls for even tougher restrictions on potential competition from immigrant workers, and ballooning fiscal deficits have heightened fears about the added burden to welfare states. But do these actions reflect the reality on the ground? Will immigration...

For More Information: Laurel Turner Historic Milwaukee, Inc. Phone: (414) 277-7795 MILWAUKEE, WI - (April 2010) Lakefront Brewery will be providing an exclusive brew in honor of Historic Milwaukee Inc.'s annual Spaces & Traces event on May 15th. For one day only Lakefront will sell Beerline Stein, in an effort to raise funds for the non-profit. The special souvenir beer will be available...

For More Information: Laurel Turner Historic Milwaukee, Inc. Phone: (414) 277-7795 MILWAUKEE, WI - Historic Milwaukee Inc. (HMI) is in need of 100 additional guides for its 29th Annual Spaces & Traces Event on May 15th. We are appealing to you to help spread the word about our need for volunteers. On May 15th they would work one of three volunteer shifts, 8:30-...

Contact: Katie Nekola, Energy Program Director, 608.251.7020 ext. 14 Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin residents are celebrating the state’s “nuclear moratorium” law today, 24 years after a nuclear reactor exploded in Chernobyl contaminating tens of thousands of square miles with radioactive fallout, displacing hundreds of thousands of residents, and unleashing an epidemic of health problems still felt...

MADISON, WISCONSIN (4/23/2010) – Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gourmet food and gift store, is pleased to announce that it now distributes 10 varieties of Gouda cheese crafted by master-cheesemaker, Marieke Penterman of Holland's Family Cheese in Thorp, Wisconsin. Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. "Marieke's Gouda cheeses are...

Palmyra, Wisconsin – Members of the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association are calling for quick approval of S. 3231, the Grow Renewable Energy from Ethanol Naturally Jobs Act of 2010, or the GREEN Jobs Act of 2010, introduced earlier this week in the United States Senate by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Kent Conrad (D-ND). S. 3231 mirrors...

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By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Aaron Olver almost didn't make it through 2009 to be in a position to become the state's new Commerce secretary. Now fully recovered from the H1N1 virus and days into his new job, the 36-year-old Olver says he believes Wisconsin is emerging from the recession. He notes that the state had gained 13,000 jobs during...