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Madison, Wis.-- Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) will meet major goals of its Energy 2015 plan ahead of schedule. When announced in early 2006, Energy 2015 detailed the company's plan to ensure a dependable, affordable and environmentally responsible energy supply through the year 2015. The plan was based on feedback from customers. Customer conservation and participation in the green...

Contact: Keith Reopelle, Senior Policy Director, 608.251.7020 ext. 11, 608.212.2935 (cell) 76% Support Renewable Energy Commitments Stronger than Those in the Clean Energy Jobs Act Madison, Wis – More than three-quarters of Wisconsin voters support renewable energy policies requiring 30 percent of our state’s power to come from renewable sources, according to polling data released today by...

EAU CLAIRE, WI – Architectural design firm SDS Architects is pleased to welcome Matthew M. Long, AIA to the SDS team. Matt joins SDS as a Project Manager/ Architect, and has over twenty-three years of experience. Matt has a diverse design portfolio that includes municipal, county, state and federal projects; mixed-use and residential developments; commercial and...

Contact Sarah Emlund Marketing Specialist 414‐352‐0759 sarahe@vibrantgfx.com MILWAUKEE – After an intense competition across Southeast Wisconsin, Vibrant Graphics prevailed as one of the BizTimes Milwaukee Innovation Quotient (IQ) Awards winners for 2010. The contest called for businesses throughout the region to nominate an innovative product or service that they have developed, and the awards honor these trend‐setting...

Contact: K. Praveen Parboteeah (262) 472-3971 parbotek@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ The deadline to nominate individuals, organizations or high schools for the third annual Whitewater Environmental Achievement Awards is approaching. Nominations should be submitted by Wednesday, March 31, to: K. Praveen Parboteeah, chair Whitewater Environmental Achievement Award Committee Department of Management College of Business and Economics UW-Whitewater 800 West Main Street Whitewater, WI 53190 E-mail: parbotek@uww.edu Complete award information is available online: http://www.uww.edu/sustainability/awards/. Last year's...

Minneapolis, MN & Madison, WI – PSRx Advisors, LLC and MetaStar, Inc. are partnering to provide Data Validation Readiness (DVR) assessments as mandated requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) begins to bear down on Plan Sponsors of Medicare Advantage (Part C) and pharmacy benefit (Part D) programs. Effective with calendar year 2010 CMS now requires Medicare...

MENASHA, Wis.- Faith Technologies, a full-service electrical and specialty systems contractor with fifteen locations in five states including Georgia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin has reached an impressive milestone. The company has surpassed three million hours worked without a lost-time accident. “This is a rare accomplishment that many companies strive to reach, but few achieve,” said Ted Sommer, director of...

Contact: Chris McKnight Hitters SportsPlex 2170 Demming Way Middleton, WI 53562 Tel: 608.833.4488 Email: ChrisM@HittersSports.com Hitters Sportsplex in Middleton, WI has acquired Wisconsin’s only Pro-Mirror System. The ProMirror System provides athletes and coaches with the ultimate video training tool for performance improvement in all areas of athletic skill development, refinement and rehabilitation. ProMirror is currently utilized by nine Major League Baseball teams including...

Contact: Diane Reiner Telephone: 608-335-7543 Email: dreiner@acttelecom.net Clients experience greater cost savings and better service Madison, WI – Madison-based ACT Telecom is offering expanded services for its clients, resulting in even greater cost savings and better service for its clients. “We have always focused on making telecommunication service buying decisions for the client, not the provider, delivering the greatest cost savings and...

Electrical Contractor's employees earn national safety awards Media contact: Karen Buckoski Red Shoes PR, Inc. Phone: (920) 574-3253 Cell: (920) 420-7078 E-mail: Karen@redshoespr.com MENASHA, Wis. - Today representatives from Faith Technologies proudly accepted the Construction Safety Excellence Grand Award from the Associated General Contractors of America on behalf of the nearly 1,500 employees that made winning this award possible. The CSEA Grand Award is widely recognized...

Contact: Lee Sensenbrenner 608-224-5020 MADISON -- Secretary Rod Nilsestuen today applauded the announcement that China has reopened its markets to pork and pork products from the U.S. almost a year after slamming the door shut in the wake of the H1N1 scare. “This is great news for hog producers in Wisconsin and nationwide,” said Nilsestuen, Secretary of Agriculture, Trade...

Welcome to a new episode of "WisBusiness: The Show," a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. This episode includes the Wisconsin Stock Report for mid-March, commentary on job creation in Wisconsin from Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still, and an interview with HarQen CEO Kelly Fitzsimmons. The show is produced by Tweedee Productions of Madison and sponsored...

- Milwaukee metro area added 3,000 jobs in January - Milwaukee area adds 3,000 jobs - Madison area gets favorable ranking in unemployment report - Area shows seasonally adjusted increase of 600 jobs - Manitowoc: Unemployment jumps to 14.4 percent in city - City of Racine still has second worst unemployment in state - Sheboygan's unemployment rate hit 12.3 percent in January - La Crosse: Local...