International Institute of Wisconsin: Holiday Folk Fair International partners with hunger task force
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT
Dave Amoroso • Ron Sonntag Public Relations
9406 N. 107th St. • Milwaukee, WI 53224
(414) 354-0200, ext. 108 • dave@rspr.com
MILWAUKEE, WI – The 66th annual Holiday Folk Fair International, America’s premiere multi-cultural festival that will be held Fri., Nov. 20 – Sun., Nov. 22, 2009, at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park in West Allis,...
Gov. Doyle: To thank Mercury Marine, workers and community for pulling together
Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162
MEDIA ADVISORY
Governor Jim Doyle will be in Fond du Lac tomorrow, Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. to thank the community, Mercury Marine and the company’s employees for working together and keeping Mercury Marine in Wisconsin. He will meet with company and community leaders at Mercury’s headquarters.
“Mercury Marine is a great...
MGE Energy: Reports third-quarter earnings
Madison, Wis., Nov. 5, 2009—MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE) today reported earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2009, of $12.7 million or 55 cents per share, compared to $17.3 million or 78 cents per share for the same period in the prior year.
Earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2008, benefited from gains on certain local...
DWD: Secretary Gassman appoints Andy Feldman as executive assistant
CONTACT: Dick Jones, Agency Liaison, 608-267-4780
On the web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2009/110509_feldman_ea.pdf
MADISON – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced the appointment of Andy Feldman as Executive Assistant for the Department.
“I am pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Feldman to the top management team at the Department of Workforce Development,” Secretary Gassman said. “Andy brings valuable experience...
AG Van Hollen: Reminds consumers to beware of “phishing” scams
For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221
E-Mails Link to Phony Look-alike Websites of Legitimate Banks and Credit Companies - Consumers Tricked Into Providing Private Information Used in Identity Theft Crime
MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today reminded Wisconsin consumers to beware of e-mail messages from familiar companies that are actually the...
Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce: Career fair introduces students to range of job opportunities
CONTACT:
Amy Loudenbeck
Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce
608.365.8835
amyl@greaterbeloitchamber.com
Partnership seeks to engage students and connect curriculum to future employment
Beloit, WI – (November 4, 2009) The Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) and Beloit Memorial High School (BMHS) are holding the second annual career fair on Wednesday, November 18 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the school’s Barkin Arena. Freshmen through seniors...
Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin: Announces new direction and new executive director
Contact:
Wess Damro, President
Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin
(920) 492 – 4954
Damro_WW@co.brown.wi.us
(Madison, WI) November 4, 2009 – The Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin (AROW) welcomes Toral Jha of Madison, Wisconsin, as the organization’s new Executive Director. Toral, a longtime AROW member and former Board of Directors Secretary, began this new post in August. She is responsible for fiduciary management, fund raising,...
UW-Madison: Workshop to explore global labor standards
CONTACT: Dawn Crim, 608-263-5510, dbcrim@bascom.wisc.edu; Jonathan Zeitlin, 608-262-1131, jzeitlin@wisc.edu
MADISON - During the past decade, efforts to improve labor standards in global supply chains have focused on encouraging retailers and manufacturing firms to adopt private voluntary codes of conduct monitored by professional auditors and non-governmental organizations.
These codes are widely considered to have had a beneficial but limited impact in achieving...
UW-Madison: Students take environmental messages, activism local
CONTACT: Gregg Mitman, 608-265-5296, gmitman@mailplus.wisc.edu
MADISON - The Tales from Planet Earth film festival this weekend, Nov. 6-8, will screen some 50 environmental films from around the world that explore how stories told through film can influence our understanding of, and relationships to, nature.
But the festival, organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, is more...
Alliant Energy: Begins test burns of biomass in Cassville, Wisconsin
Test burns now underway at Nelson Dewey Generating Station
Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285
MADISON, WI – November 5, 2009 – Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), an Alliant Energy company, has begun testing the usage of biomass at its Nelson Dewey Generating Station. The move comes after the company received a Research and Testing Exemption from the Wisconsin Department...
Wisconsin Credit Union League: First-of-its kind credit union CD option for the state’s EdVest college savings plan offers up to $3,000 in 2009 tax deductions per child
CONTACT: Christine Henzig
chenzig@theleague.coop
(800) 242-0833, Ext. 6019
Pewaukee, Wis. - Wisconsin consumers looking to maximize their tax deductions should be aware that a credit union CD option exists as part of the state-sponsored EdVest 529 college savings plan, which offers up to $3,000 in state tax deductions per child per year for individual contributors regardless of income level.
“We’re very proud of...
