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Contact: Jamie Johnson, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief jamie@ediblemadison.com, cell 608-606-0105 First Edible Publication to Launch in Wisconsin SOLDIERS GROVE, Wi. —April 12, 2010 - Today, Soldiers Grove-based Heirloom Marketing + Media announced the launch of Edible Madison, a free, quarterly publication that celebrates the abundance of local foods in Southern Wisconsin. Published with the seasons, the first issue of Edible Madison will be available...

Contact: Brian Taffora 608-252-9245 State ranks 21st per capita nationwide; best since 1961 MADISON – The Wisconsin Business Council on Monday lauded a new report by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue that showed the state and local tax burden at its lowest level since 1961 in a ranking of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Wisconsin ranked 15th in state and...

Contact: Mark Graul mgraul@arenastrategy.com 920-217-3524 Growth Energy holds “premiere” party with Wisconsin ethanol supporters in State Capitol to launch “America’s Fuel” ad campaign Madison, WI – Wisconsin’s biofuels backers are cheering a new release coming soon to a television set near you. For the first time ever, the American ethanol industry is launching a sustained, national advertising campaign to extol the...

For information contact: Bill Babcock, Hon. AIA, Executive Director, (608) 257-8477 MADISON -- AIA Wisconsin, the state society of The American Institute of Architects, will hold its 79th annual Convention & Building Products Expo on April 28 & 29 at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center in Madison. The theme for the 2010 AIA Wisconsin Convention & Expo is “CATALYST.”...

Contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing & Events Coordinator First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 608-232-5774 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MADISON, WI, April 12, 2010 – First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ) announced today that Melissa Noble has been promoted to Credit Analyst. Melissa joined First Business as a Loan Support Representative three years ago with over 11 years of experience in the mortgage and real estate industries. She is...

Contacts: William Babcock, Hon, AIA,(608) 257-8477 Brian Larson, AIA, (715) 834-1370 Madison (April 12, 2010) . . . Architect Brian F. Larson, AIA, Eau Claire, has been selected to receive the 2010 “Golden Award” from AIA Wisconsin, the state society of The American Institute of Architects (AIA). The Golden Award is the highest honor the state architects’ society can bestow upon a...

Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Many convenient payment options available for customers behind on bills MADISON, WI – April 12, 2010 – Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), an Alliant Energy company, encourages customers who are not current on their utility bills to take action to pay their bills now utilizing one of the many available self-service payment options. The...

Contact: Joshua Wescott, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606 Millions in Low Interest Financing Allocated to Dane County Through Three Bond Programs Dane County is urging businesses to take advantage of three bond programs to help develop and expand their operations and create new jobs in the county. Through different federal and state funding...

MILWAUKEE – Jennifer R. D'Amato, member of the Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart) Board of Directors and shareholder in the firm's Trusts and Estates Practice, has been named by the Wisconsin Law Journal as one of their 2010 Women in the Law honorees. "Jennifer is a shining representation of successful women in the legal profession and we are...

Contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing Assistant First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 262-792-1400 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MILWAUKEE – Kim Preston, Vice President of First Business Bank - Milwaukee, was the recent recipient of the 2010 Leadership Award for her board contributions at Pregnancy Support Connection, Inc. (PSC). Kim has served on the board since 2006 and serves as Board Treasurer. Besides her role at PSC, Kim also serves...

Contact: Mike Ruzicka 414.870.1876 April 9, 2010 – Sales in the 4-county Metropolitan Milwaukee area rose 20% for March 2010, compared to the same time in 2009, according to housing statistics released by Metro MLS, Inc. today. Individual counties were all up with Milwaukee County seeing a 23.5% rise in sales, Waukesha County came in with a healthy 10.5% increase in...

For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com If CUs want to help speed a recovery then pay taxes, bank group says (MADISON) Large, profit-driven credit unions already do a poor job of serving the low-to-moderate income populations they were given an expensive corporate tax subsidy to serve. So why should Congress allow them to stray even further from...

Contact: Dawn Crim, (608) 263-5510, dbcrim@chancellor.wisc.edu The University of Wisconsin-Madison will end its licensing agreement with Nike as a result of the company's failure to adequately address the problems caused by the closing of two Honduran factories. Chancellor Biddy Martin, in a statement to the university's Labor Licensing Policy Committee (LLPC) today (Friday, April 9), says, "Nike has not developed, and...

For more information contact: Joshua Morby, josh.morby@miron-construction.com 414.791.9120 10,000 sq. ft. space to be rented in LEED certified building Milwaukee, Wis. – Miron Construction Co., Inc., on Thursday, announced that it will be opening a new, 10,000-square-foot office in the Milwaukee County Research Park to house its Milwaukee operations. The office will ultimately house 15 full-time Miron employees, and staffing will focus on hiring...

Milwaukee, WI (Phone: 414-267-3911, Website: http://www.pinnaclexl.com): Val Blazich has joined Pinnacle XL’s accounting department as the bookkeeper. In her new role, Blazich is responsible for all of the bookkeeping activities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations and payroll. She is also responsible for the company’s budgeting and job costing. With over 18 years in the industry, Blazich has a...