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Contact: Carl Rainey 608-224-5139 MADISON -- The annual Wisconsin Local Food Summit and Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference will be held jointly at the Ramada Convention Center in Eau Claire Jan. 21-22. This year a new feature, the Value Added Agriculture College, has been added on the day before the summit and conference. The three events offer...

CONTACT: Mark Mueller, mark.mueller@housing.wisc.edu, 608-890-1429; Michael Kinderman, mike.kinderman@housing.wisc.edu, 608-262-5008 MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Division of University Housing has cooked up the latest in energy savings. Nearly three months ago, officials installed a boiler in Gordon Commons that uses spent cooking oil as an energy source. Funded in part by a federal grant of nearly $25,000 from the Wisconsin...

CONTACT: Nate Fillmore, nathanae@cs.wisc.edu, 608-262-6600; Xiaojin Zhu, jerryzhu@cs.wisc.edu, 608-890-0129 MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Computer Sciences will host local high-school and middle-school participants in the 2010 North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) open competition. On Thursday, Feb. 4, analytically minded high-school and middle-school students will gather at more than 100 host sites around the United States to...

Media Contact: Scott Reigstad (608) 458-3145 Up to $25,000 will be awarded to students throughout Alliant Energy communities MADISON, WI – December 1, 2009 – The Alliant Energy Foundation is offering scholarships to recognize outstanding community leadership in young people and help first-time college students attain their academic goals. Up to 25 $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in the fall...

MANITOWOC, Wis. -- Orion Energy Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OESX) has been named to the Investors’ Circle 20, a list recognizing companies that achieve environmental, social and financial success. Orion ranked No. 3 on the list, compiled by Investors’ Circle, the United States’ oldest and largest national angel investing group. “These companies stand as shining examples of the potential of social enterprise,...

Media Contact: Sada Kempf, Senior Marketing Associate (920) 232-2230 Sada.Kempf@cliftoncpa.com A FREE WEBINAR FOR CFO’S, PLAN ADMINISTRATORS, AND HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS OSHKOSH, Wis. (December 1, 2009) – "Employee Benefits Update: Two Challenges, Two Solutions for 2010" is the title of a free online Webinar to be presented by Clifton Gunderson – ranked as one of the nation’s largest certified public accounting and consulting...

Contact: Tom Bernd Marketing and Communications Manager DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C. 608-252-9356 tsb@dewittross.com MADISON/MILWAUKEE (December 1, 2009) The prestigious national publication The Best Lawyers in America® has named one-third of the lawyers at DeWitt Ross & Stevens—31—to its Best Lawyers list for 2010.   DeWitt Ross & Stevens is Madison’s largest full-service law firm with offices in Madison and Metro Milwaukee. Selected by peers, the...

Elm Grove, Wis. – West Grove Clinic, LLC, has named Selahattin Kurter, M.D., a well-known board-certified psychiatrist and addictionologist, as its Medical Director. Dr. Kurter will direct and oversee the clinic’s intensive outpatient addiction program, and supervise all patient treatment requiring the involvement of a medical doctor. He has been on staff at West Grove Clinic, LLC, since July 2008. “Dr....

Contact: Peter Thomas (414) 615-4866 pathomas@metlife.com DE PERE, WI, DECEMBER 1 – MetLife Greater Wisconsin is pleased to announce that Shannon Elmer has joined the firm as a Financial Services Representative. Elmer is a registered representative of MetLife, and he has worked in the financial services industry for seven years. Greater Wisconsin, an office of MetLife,...

Contact: Wisconsin Business Alumni (608) 265-0575 alumni@bus.wisc.edu Madison, Wis. – American Family Insurance and Wisconsin School of Business presents the next in the Forward Thinking Speaker Series with a timely panel discussion entitled: National Health Care Reform: Acting Nationally, Impacting Locally – What Will It Mean for You? Date: Monday, December 14 Time: 7-8:30 p.m. Location: Memorial Union Theater, 800 Langdon Street, Madison Panelists include...

WHAT: Collaboration Council meeting Bi-annual meeting of regional leaders across business, education, government and nonprofit entities along with community participants to discuss the state of the eight-county Madison, Wisconsin region (Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock and Sauk counties). WHEN: Wednesday, December 2, 2-5PM WHERE: Monona Terrace, Madison SPECIAL EVENT NOTES: Thrive’s 2nd Annual State of the Madison Region Report Compare 2007...

CONTACT: Tarah Simmons Fitness Coordinator Fitness for EveryBODY, LLC E: fit4ebody@gmail.com P: (843) 557-5458 Milwaukee, WI, December 2, 2009 – This time of year can be daunting to anyone trying to maintain or trim their waistline. One local fitness professional has decided to enlighten us this holiday season and is providing a service to help people make smart healthy eating choices, both as a...

CONTACT Bonafide Security Solutions Michael Egan, corporate office, 262-790-9400 Shawano Office, 715-526-9117 Existing New London Operations Will Be Combined with Shawano Location Bonafide Security Solutions of metropolitan Milwaukee has acquired A New Lock & Key of Shawano, giving Bonafide an expanded presence in northern Wisconsin. The Shawano location, at 122-B S. Main St., will serve as Bonafide’s new base for its northern and central Wisconsin...

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