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Contact: Liz Schrum or Tom Still at 608-442-7557 Or visit http://www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com to learn more MADISON – Thirty-nine companies that won 64 federal research and development grants totaling more than $29.3 million were honored Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium. The annual Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards ceremony took place over dinner at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention...

Contact: Thad Nation 414.412.7814 MILWAUKEE – The so-called “Cable Consumer Repair Bill,” introduced today by State Rep. Gary Hebl, would gut the successful Video Competition Act that was enacted in January of 2008. Thad Nation, Executive Director of Wired Wisconsin, issued this statement following the bill’s release: “It’s been less than two years since the Wisconsin State Legislature passed the Video...

Contact: Dionne Lummus (608) 837-9034 dlummus@wavewind-energy.com Tour Included Meeting with Governor Doyle and Survey of Potential Wind Development Sites Sun Prairie, Wis. – Wave Wind, LLC, a leading wind energy service provider, recently hosted Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), a global leader in industrial manufacturing, on a business development tour of Wisconsin. The tour, which was...

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By Gregg Hoffmann For WisBusiness.com A group of business people, community leaders and others have formed the Empire Builder High Speed Rail Coalition to lobby for a high speed rail line that would connect Chicago and St. Paul via La Crosse and other Mississippi River cities. A reported $8 billion in stimulus money reportedly has been earmarked for passenger trains. Funds for...

By WisBusiness Staff The CROPP Cooperative, operators of Organic Valley organic products, announced that it is expanding its partnership with Stonyfield Farms Inc. In a letter to shareholders dated Nov. 12, the CROPP Board of Directors and management announced the coop will manage the organic milk supply for Stonyfield fluid milk products and invite farmers linked with Stonyfield into CROPP. The La...

Contact: Linda Abbott, ph. 608-826-6215; abbott@chorus.net Changing Economic Landscape Presents New Competitive Challenges MADISON, Wis. – State grant funds are available to help Wisconsin manufacturers improve performance, stimulate growth and respond to new challenges as the economy recovers from the recession.  “Unfortunately it won’t be back to business as usual for Wisconsin manufacturers,” said Mike Klonsinski, executive director of the Wisconsin Manufacturing...

CONTACT: Carol S. Weber, APR, Director of Public Relations PHONE: 414-755-4108 (direct) E-MAIL: cweber@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., Nov. 16, 2009 – Dr. Kent Vandehaar, a general dentist who lives and practices in Chippewa Falls, was sworn in as the 138th president of the 2,900-member Wisconsin Dental Association on Nov. 14, 2009 during the organization’s annual House of Delegates at the Holiday Inn in Stevens...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Will Focus on Growing Wisconsin’s Water Technology Industries MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle is leading a delegation of Wisconsin business and government leaders on a trade mission to Israel this week,...