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Media invited to cover the turkey drop-offs to families at area community centers VISUAL On Wednesday, December 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Miron Construction employees will deliver 500 turkeys (totaling nearly 6,000 pounds) to area community centers and hand them out to families who are in need this holiday season, along with hot chocolate and candy canes. Turkeys will...

Contact: Keith Reopelle, Senior Policy Director, 608‐251‐7020, x 11 (office); 608‐212‐2935 (cell) Clean Energy Jobs Act Will Create Jobs, Save Money MADISON — As Copenhagen comes to a close and Congress heads into winter recess, it is more apparent than ever that if Wisconsin wants to preserve its future, we must take matters into its own hands. Last...

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Buchen, (608) 258-3400 or (608) 219-8202 MADISON -- As 2009 draws to a close, Wisconsin has more people working for government than in manufacturing, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce announced Monday. A review of state employment data by WMC found this to be a first since records have been kept. "This is a very disturbing...

Contact:  Kristy Klug 262.677.3407 kklug@dcicheeseco.com Imported Canadian Cheddar line Black Diamond® featured in themed give-away honoring 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver RICHFIELD, Wis., December 21, 2009 – As the world looks to Vancouver, British Columbia, to watch the 2010 Winter  Olympics, DCI Cheese Company is unveiling a themed give-away of 300 snowboards promoting Canadian-based Black Diamond® Cheddar cheese.  The enter-to-win contest scheduled for...

CONTACT: Volker Radeloff, 608-263-4349, 608-370-1981 (cell), radeloff@wisc.edu; Anna Pidgeon, 608-262-5628, 608-370-1981 (cell), apidgeon@facstaff.wisc.edu MADISON - Conservationists have long known that lines on a map are not sufficient to protect nature because what happens outside those boundaries can affect what happens within. Now, a study by two University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists in the department of forest and wildlife ecology measures the...

MILWAUKEE -- (December 21, 2009) -- Zizzo Group Advertising and PR (ZGA+PR); the region’s most fearless, results-driven, integrated marketing firm; has welcomed Alyssa Feuerer to its account services team as an account executive. As account executive, Feuerer oversees client relationships and programs for the firm’s national media, healthcare and retail clients to achieve results in accordance with client goals. ...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Project Will Create 75 jobs, Retain 160 Existing Jobs in Waukesha County NASHOTAH – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Dickten Masch Plastics, LLC in Nashotah will receive $293,000 in Economic Development Tax Credits from the Department of Commerce for an expansion project that...

CONTACT: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, 608-265-4925, kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu MADISON - The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public-health officials awake at night. Now, however, a study published this week (Dec. 21) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) suggests that a new compound, one on the threshold of final testing in...

CONTACT: Karren Jeske, APR Communications Manager Standard Process Inc. 262-495-6382 kjeske@standardprocess.com PALMYRA, Wisconsin (December 21, 2009)—Charlie DuBois, president of whole food supplement manufacturer Standard Process, has been named Dynamic Chiropractic’s 2009 Person of the Year. Featured in the December 16, 2009 edition of Dynamic Chiropractic magazine, DuBois was selected because of the commitment and support that he has...

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