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Contact: Rebecca Reed, Marketing Manager MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. rebecca.reed@mgstech.com W188 N11707 Maple Rd. Germantown, WI 53022 (262)255-5790 phone Germantown, Wisconsin— The MGS Mfg. Group, a leading provider of engineered manufacturing solutions to the plastics industry, is building an ISO Class 100,000 clean room at its molding facility in Germantown, Wisconsin. “With continual growth at our medical molding facility in Antioch, Illinois, and steady growth within...

For more information, please contact: The Milwaukee Press Club Joette Richards, (262) 894-2224 milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com http://www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – Gregory Thornton, who will succeed William Andrekopoulos as the next superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, will be the featured guest at the next Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on Tuesday, April 13. The event will take place from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Newsroom Pub in...

CONTACT: Li Li Ji, ji@education.wisc.edu; Biddy Martin, via University Communications, (608) 262-3571 MADISON - Eleven accomplished Chinese student-athletes will spend six months living and studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of a groundbreaking partnership with Beijing University of Sport, the foremost sports, physical education and exercise science institution in China. The group includes several Olympic medal winners. The Chinese...

Contact: Ashley Phelps Wagner, IIDA WI VP of Communications, 608-276-9200, VPCommunications@iidawi.org Madison, Wisconsin – The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Wisconsin Chapter invites you to attend Interior Perspectives and Celebrate In Design on April 28-29, 2010. IIDA WI presents the 12th annual Interior Perspectives in conjunction with the AIA WI Convention & Building Product Expo at Monona Terrace...

For more information, contact: Larry Herrera at 414-270-3600 or larryh@wispro.org Information and strategies that could help Wisconsin companies start doing business or increase business with the Federal government will be offered at the April 7-8 B2Gconnect Conference in Brookfield, Wis. The B2Gconnect Conference was developed four years ago to provide focused training and business development for Wisconsin’s Federal contractor community....

CONTACT: Kelly Edwards Phone: 715-340-1264 E-mail: kelly.edwards@wi.usda.gov STEVENS POINT, WI – MARCH 25, 2010 - - - Thinking of buying a home? Now may be the time. Many people who never thought they could own a home may now have an opportunity through the USDA Direct Loan Program. USDA Rural Development offers home loans with no down payment and low interest rates for...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON — The Department of Justice has obtained a judgment in the amount of $74,042.50 against the Athletic Club of Madison and its owner, Mario Chmiel, of Wadsworth, Illinois, resolving a lawsuit filed by the state in September, 2009. The judgment was entered by Dane county Circuit Court Judge Daniel Moeser. The state...

Shared Success (SS) is a compilation of 5 Independent Exclusive Category Business Referral Groups from the Milwaukee area. The groups are exclusive meaning only one person is allowed per profession. The next SS is hosted by PACE & is scheduled for Thursday, April 8th at Saint Francis Brewery at 3825 South Kinnickinnic Avenue in St. Francis from 5:30 pm...

Contact: Ronald "Bud" Gayhart 262-472-1689 gayhartr@uww.edu WHITEWATER -- Two outreach centers at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater have won $204,462 in federal grants to continue their work helping small businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors. The grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration will support ongoing operations of the Small Business Development Center and the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center. The funding reflects a vote of confidence in...

Contact: Choton Basu (262) 472-1956 basuc@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ Two University of Wisconsin-Whitewater alumni who used their education to build successful business careers will share their secrets and recruit students for jobs in their thriving technology companies. Peter Ells O87 of Software One in New Berlin and Will Tesch O88 of Tesch Global in Grafton and SuperSaver.com will speak on campus from 3 to...