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CONTACT: Robert Radwin, (608) 263-6596, radwin@bme.wisc.edu MADISON - For an infant or child who has undergone a tracheotomy, an adult-sized adaptor, which connects the tracheotomy tube to a ventilator, is much too large. This rigid, V-shaped tubing connector literally covers the child's chest, making it difficult or impossible for caregivers to monitor the child's heart, lungs and abdomen. At...

CONTACT: Don Drake Shred-it 608.222-6510 Don.Drake@shredit.com 21 Marsh Court Madison, WI 53718 Micklitz receives CITRMS MADISON - Lorelle Micklitz, CITRMS, joined the document destruction firm Shred-it as an account executive in February and received certification from the Institute of Fraud Risk Management in March. As a Certified Identify Theft Risk Management Specialist, Micklitz is equipped to understand and address identity theft and related fraud. The certification course...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Modern, Wisconsin Made, Trains Will Stop at Monona Terrace in Downtown Madison MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Madison’s high speed rail station will be located downtown at the Monona Terrace. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and state Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Frank Busalacchi joined...

Madison, Wis., May 6, 2010—MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE) today reported earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2010, of $14.3 million, or 62 cents per share, compared to $15.0 million, or 65 cents per share for the same period in the prior year. During the first quarter of 2010, the company experienced lower gas retail sales volumes of...

Contacts: Jennifer Smith, Thrive Communications Dir. (608-443-1961 or jsmith@thrivehere.org) Jessica Burda, GreaterMadison Chamber of Commerce Communications Dir. (608-443-1952 or jburda@greatermadisonchamber.com) In response to Governor Doyle’s announcement that the Monona Terrace Convention Center would be the location for a Madison high-speed rail station, Jennifer Alexander, President of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and Thrive, the economic development enterprise for the eight-county region,...

For more information contact: Lauren Olstad 414-276-6237 Planting efforts result in forest regeneration...

CONTACT: Jessica Fuchs, Director of Communications - (414) 486-4644 Institution has strengthened and stabilized under new leadership CUDAHY, Wis. – Prime Financial Credit Union today announced it has officially resumed independent operations with a new Board of Directors, a more stable market position and a clear path to build additional strength in the future. Prime Financial had been under...

Contact: Paula Bonner, (608) 262-9630, pbonner@waastaff.com MADISON - The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has given $250,000 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Great People Scholarship Campaign to provide more students need-based financial aid on their path to becoming alumni. The $250,000 gift is made possible through sales of The Red Shirt, a limited line of T-shirts developed by WAA to help fund...

Contact: Joshua Wescott, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606 Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk issued the following statement regarding Governor Doyle’s announcement that he has chosen Monona Terrace as the location for the new high-speed rail station in Madison: “Governor Doyle’s decision puts us on track for taking advantage of our new state-of-the-art rail system...

For more information contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing & Events Coordinator First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 608-232-5774 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MADISON, WI – May 6, 2010 – First Business Bank announced today that Erik Gretebeck has been promoted to Commercial Banking Officer. First Business Bank is part of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ). Erik has been with First Business Financial Services, for the past four years....

For details, contact: Doug Mell Executive Director of Communications and External Relations 715-232-1198 melld@uwstout.edu Menomonie, Wis. --- University of Wisconsin-Stout will cut the fee it charges for its popular e-Scholar, or laptop, program in the 2010-11 academic year, the second consecutive year that the fee has been reduced, Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen announced Thursday. “We continue to reduce the cost to our students of this...

Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle and Chiba Governor Kensaku Morita today signed a reaffirmation of the Wisconsin-Chiba Sister State agreement, which was first signed in 1990. For 20 years, Wisconsin and Chiba have used the partnership to promote and develop education, technological and scientific exchanges, and cultural awareness and understanding. “The Sister-State agreement...