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Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Teresa Cuperus, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 608-224-5101 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced $222,700 for nine projects to increase local food sales and grow the state’s economy. The funding is from the state’s “Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin” grant program aimed to keep food spending in local communities. “Everyone knows the best...

Contact: Joshua Wescott, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606 $35,000 Grant to Recruit More Local Farmers, Growers to Market Produce to Big Institutions Dane County has received a $35,000 “Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin” Grant from the State Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Dane County’s grant proposal was one of 75 submitted from across the...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Terry Devitt, UW-Madison Communications, 608-262-8282 MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two Wisconsin early career scientists to receive five-year research grants through the federal American Reinvestment and...

Stop is the first in Northeast Wisconsin for Barrett as a candidate for governor MANITOWOC, Wis. — Jan. 18, 2010 — Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett on Wednesday will visit Orion Energy Systems (Nasdaq: OESX) and tour its technology and manufacturing facilities with CEO Neal Verfuerth. The media is invited for the tour, which will start at 10 a.m. and...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Legislation will Invest in Jobs, Improve Bus and Rail Service and Foster Regional Cooperation in Milwaukee, Kenosha and Racine MILWAUKEE – Governor Jim Doyle today announced legislation that creates a Southeastern Regional Transit Authority to invest in the future of Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin. Business leaders joined the Governor to express their support...

Neenah, Wis. – Flambeau River Biofuels (FRB) has executed a letter of intent to engineer, procure, and construct (EPC) the largest second generation “green diesel” plant in the United States at an existing pulp and paper mill in Park Falls, Wisconsin. The $250 million project, funded in part with a grant from the U.S. Dept of Energy, is expected...

Two Weeks Away-Register Today! MADISON, WI. - The 2010 Midwest Organic Lawn Care and Landscaping Conference will bring the nation's preeminent horticultural leaders to the Midwest for a first-of-its-kind two day symposium focusing on environmentally acceptable solutions for an evolving industry. Featuring SafeLawns Foundation founder Paul Tukey as keynote presenter, along with renowned landscape architect Howard Garrett, revolutionary arborist Peter Wild,...

CONTACT: Ed Jesse, 608-262-6348, evjesse@wisc.edu; Bruce Jones, 608-265-8508, bljones1@wisc.edu MADISON - Times were hard for farmers across the country in 2009, but they were harder than average for Wisconsin farmers. While total net farm income dropped by a third nationwide, in Wisconsin it plummeted by 56 percent to $1.1 billion, its lowest level since 2002, according to estimates by University...

Madison, Wis., Jan. 19, 2010—The board of directors of MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE) on Friday, Jan. 15, declared the regular quarterly dividend of $0.3684 per share on the outstanding shares of the company's common stock, payable March 15, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business March 1, 2010. MGE Energy has increased dividends annually for the...

New spare parts warehouse at Orly first to be implemented PARIS - RedPrairie Holding Inc., a productivity solutions provider, is pleased to announce that Air France Industries has selected the RedPrairie Warehouse Management solution to be implemented in its spare parts warehouses. The deployment is part of Air France’s Project GLOBE (Global Logistics Operations Bring Excellence) which aims to create a...

Disengaged teens to experience financial training used by global corporations WAUKESHA – January 19, 2009 – Second Chance Partners for Education (SCP) announces it will hold a financial summit where local business leaders, educators and students will participate in a business simulation used by the likes of American Express, IBM, GE Healthcare and Accenture among many other Fortune 500s. The all-day...

Contact: Chad Helminak chelminak@theleague.coop (800) 242-0833, Ext. 6012 Members saved $200 million, got help to stay afloat because depositors - not stockholders – are the owners Pewaukee, Wis. – Credit unions, not-for-profit financial institutions owned by their 2.2 million member-owners, saved state residents almost $200 million on a full range of financial services during 2009 and grew their membership by 2.39% in the...