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Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director Editor, Wisconsin People & Ideas The Voices of Rural Wisconsin project is a new partnership between Portal Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Working together, these two statewide nonprofit organizations hope to share the stories, thoughts, and histories of Wisconsin's rural population in their own words. Some of the collected...

MADISON - Lathrop Hall hits a milestone this year, and the UW-Madison School of Education is throwing a party worthy of the classic building perched on the south side of Observatory Hill. She celebrates her 100th year, but is as regal, balanced and stately as the day she opened in 1910. Sure, she's had work done, but mostly on...

Contact: Erika Olsen KL Engineering, Inc. 608-663-1218 608-663-1226 eolsen@klengineering.com http://www.klengineering.com Madison, WI – KL Engineering is pleased to announce that Matt Regnier and Ryan Sirek have joined the firm. Regnier joined as a Design Engineer and Sirek as an Engineering Technician. KL Engineering is a civil engineering firm based in Madison, with offices in Menomonie and Green Bay, WI. We are dedicated to...

GLENWOOD CITY – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that a Glenwood City man has been convicted in St. Croix County Circuit Court of multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor theft. John Rassbach, 53, appeared in court today and entered pleas before Judge Edward Vlack. Rassbach is convicted of five felony counts of theft, six counts of misdemeanor...

CONTACT: Jeff Adams Beloit College 608.363.2327 adamsj@beloit.edu Beloit, WI - Vision Beloit and the Beloit College Department of Economics host a City Center Seminar Series at Vision Beloit, 500 Public Avenue. The seminar is set for Friday April 23rd at noon and will feature Larry Morrissey, Mayor of Rockford IL. Larry Morrissey, an independent, was first elected as mayor of Rockford in 2005. He...

Part of CEA Report Showing Recovery Act Has Created or Saved about 2.5 Million Jobs Nationwide WASHINGTON, DC – The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) today released a new analysis that finds that the Recovery Act was responsible for 59,000 jobs in Wisconsin through the first quarter of 2010. The analysis follows a report released earlier in the week...

CONTACT: Thad Nation, (414) 412-7814 (MADISON, Wis.)—The coalition for Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE) continued its efforts to show the benefits of the Clean Energy Jobs Act for the State of Wisconsin and its residents through a statewide radio campaign that begins today. The first 60-second ad, titled “Buy Wisconsin,” discusses the economic benefits of...

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-April, commentary on the IQ Corridor from Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still, and an interview with Katina Kravik, CEO of Northwire Technical Cable, Inc. The show is produced by Tweedee Productions of...