Alliant Energy: Encouraging customers to utilize appliance rebate program
Media Contact: Scott Reigstad (608) 458-3145
Initiative will make new appliances more affordable, provide energy bill savings
MADISON, WI – December 16, 2009 – If you are considering replacing the older appliances in your home, 2010 may be the year to do it. Alliant Energy is encouraging its Wisconsin customers to take advantage of the new State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate...
West Bend Sunrise Rotary: Seeks $15k give-away applicants
Contact: Sunrise Rotary
Chris Guse 262-675-2306
The West Bend Sunrise Rotary Club is accepting applications for recipients of their spring 2010 $15,000 Give-Away. The goal of Rotary is service in the community, workplace and throughout the world. This fundraising activity is to help at least one not-for-profit charitable 501( c ) (3) organization in the West Bend area. The objective of...
Orion Energy Systems: Pepsi facilities in China, Chile deploy Orion Energy Systems technology
Orion technology outperforms competitors on a global level
MANITOWOC, Wis. — Dec. 16, 2009 — PepsiCo International has chosen to install technology from Orion Energy Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OESX) at its Nanchang, China, and Santiago, Chile, facilities — projects that will reduce energy waste and associated energy costs.
The projects are the first for Orion in China and Chile. In addition...
City of Sun Prairie: City Council approves Marcus Theatres project for Prairie Lakes Development
Contact: Neil Stechschulte
Economic Development Coordinator
Office: (608) 825-0894
Moblie: (608) 512-9120
nstechschulte@cityofsunprairie.com
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – The Sun Prairie City Council unanimously approved a 16-screen theatre complex project for Marcus Theatres that will feature a 500-seat Ultrascreen theatre, three dine-in “Cinedine” theatres, and a “Zaffiro’s Pizzeria” restaurant—representing the latest design concept by Marcus Theatres....
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield: Introduces new low-cost individual plans: CoreShare and Enhanced SmartSense and Premier Plans
CoreShare: simple plan design with premiums starting at $1.50/day
MILWAUKEE – December 16, 2009 – More and more Wisconsinites are looking for less expensive options for basic individual health care coverage and are asking what they can do to obtain lower-cost protection for their family's health care coverage. Today, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield introduced new low-cost CoreShare and...
Broadcast Interactive Media: Launches YouNews™/City Dictionary partnership
Community Terms, Slang and “Isms” Featured on Local Media Websites
MADISON, WI – December 16, 2009 - Broadcast Interactive Media (BIM) today unveiled a new partnership between Social Media Platform, YouNews™ and hyper-local content provider City Dictionary (CityDictionary.com). The two Madison, WI-based companies have combined forces to provide users of the nearly 80 YouNews affiliates across the U.S....
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren: Reinhart attorneys successfully defend largest PCB remediation lawsuit in U.S. history
MILWAUKEE – In the largest environmental remediation lawsuit in the nation's history, U.S. District Judge William Griesbach today issued his decision and order dismissing a claim by plaintiffs Appleton Papers and NCR Corp. for contributions to pay $1.5 billion to clean up PCBs in the Fox River.
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. was one of many defense law firms and...
AG Van Hollen: Statement on the Asian carp v. Lake Michigan matter
For More Information Contact:
Bill Cosh 608/266-1221
MADISON - “I am very concerned about the potential for an invasive contamination of Lake Michigan by Asian Carp eminating from canals in the city of Chicago. At my direction, Wisconsin Department of Justice staff have reached out to others in our own state government and...
UW-Madison: Wisconsin cast-metals manufacturing benefits from $10 million federal grant
CONTACT: Xiaochun Li, 608-262-6142, xcli@engr.wisc.edu
MADISON - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $10.1 million, five-year grant to an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineering professor Xiaochun Li.
The researchers are working to implement nanotechnology into the traditional casting industry, which could yield high-quality aluminum and magnesium nanocomposites in the next...
CREWE: Litany of errors mars WPRI task force analysis
CONTACT: Thad Nation, (414) 412-7814
Report on Global Warming Task Force recommendations takes piecemeal approach; analyzes incorrect policies
(MADISON, Wis.)—The coalition for Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE) on Tuesday released a fact sheet detailing the errors with the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute’s (WPRI) November 12th report on the adverse economic effects of the Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming...
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren: Names Colleen E. Fielkow firm’s pro bono attorney of the year
MILWAUKEE – Litigation attorney Colleen E. Fielkow, has been honored Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.'s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. Fielkow is a shareholder in the firm's Litigation Practice and manages the Product Liability and Safety group. "She never asked for any sort of credit or congratulations for all her work. Rather, she simply did it," stated Jerome...
UW-Madison: New process leads to smaller estimate for global urban area
CONTACT: Annemarie Schneider, 608-890-0557, (hotel Tuesday-Thursday during meeting: 415-616-6500), aschneider4@wisc.edu
MADISON - Urbanization is one of the most important trends of the 21st century, yet we don't have a good idea of how much land cities occupy. Different studies vary by as much as a factor of six, which confuses efforts to understand how urbanization is affecting farming, conservation, climate...
