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Contact: Jeff Roznowski jroznowski@wi.rr.com 414-258-0633 BROOKFIELD, WI --- The Wisconsin Wireless Association (WiWA) will hold an educational business meeting on April 28, 2010, at the Concourse Hotel, 1 West Dayton Street in Madison, Wisconsin. The topic is, “The Wireless Evolution to 4G.” The meeting begins with registration and networking at 11:00 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m., and the business meeting starting at...

Contacts: Dionne Lummus, Wave Wind LLC: 608‐445‐1302 David Boetcher, IBEW 159: 608‐334‐0462 Scott Shultz, Wisconsin Farmers Union: 715‐723‐5561 Keith Reopelle, Clean Wisconsin: 608‐212‐2935 Madison, Wis. – With just hours left in the legislative session, leaders from several key stakeholder groups told Democrats, who are in control of all three branches of government, it would be a shame...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Marketing, public relations and advertising aren’t going away. But Cd Vann, the Milwaukee-based publisher of Sohobiztube.com, says companies also need to get with social media networks as a way to reach and influence both customers and employees. “Social media tools can enhance marketing, PR and advertising,” she says. “They will always be a staple of...

By Marc Eisen For WisBusiness.com The local food movement is providing a noticeable boost this spring to Wisconsin farmers who sell seasonal-vegetable subscriptions to families in the Milwaukee and Madison areas. “We’re having a real growth spurt,” says John Hendrickson, a senior outreach specialist with UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. “Local food has just been exploding.” In Milwaukee, more than a...

By Kay Nolan For WisBusiness MILWAUKEE -- Three Wisconsin manufacturers that have grown despite the recession say finding and keeping employees will be the biggest challenge as the economy recovers. “There aren’t a whole lot of 25-year-olds who want to work in manufacturing. A whole bunch of kids who are high school graduates, who might have been the kind of guys...