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For more information, contact: Mary Schmidt, mkschmidt@centurytel.net, 920-284-7165 Cherney Microbiological Services, Ltd. announces that the organization has been approved for accreditation by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) in the Biological field of testing. Laboratory accreditation is a means of determining the technical competence of a laboratory. Cherney’s Quality Management System has been evaluated and deemed in compliance with...

For more information contact: Beth Blanck (414) 978-5637 bblanck@whdlaw.com Milwaukee, Wis. – February 26, 2010 – The law firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. is pleased to announce that the Wisconsin Law Journal has selected Managing Director Bruce G. Arnold as a 2010 recipient of its Leaders in the Law Award. Arnold, a shareholder in the firm’s Milwaukee office, is in...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383 On February 25th, St. Croix EDC honored its 2009 business of the year winners during a banquet at the University Center, on the campus of UW-River Falls, River Falls, Wisconsin. NCCM Company (River Falls, Emerging Business of the Year), Baldwin Telecom, Inc. (Baldwin, Small Business of the Year), and SMC Ltd. (Somerset,...

Media Contact: Scott Reigstad (608) 458-3145 Visit http://www.powerhousetv.com or your local library to view energy efficiency videos CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – February 26, 2010 – Alliant Energy now offers PowerHouse, the popular half-hour television program, online at PowerHouseTV.com . You can visit the website anytime, for up-to-date tips on energy efficiency and project ideas for your home. For the last thirteen years,...

Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director MADISON -- Did you know that 50 million new cars roll off the assembly line each year—that’s 137,000 cars a day! If this current growth rate continues, there will be over 1 billion motor vehicles on the world’s roads by 2050. With retail gasoline prices on the rise and a globally dwindling supply of...

CONTACT: Colin Hutt, Primum 414.765.2311 colin@primumagency.com BUTLER, Wis. (February 25, 2010)—MRPC, a single-source provider of silicone molding, two-material molding and micro-molding for medical device components and assemblies, has promoted Greg Riemer to company president. Riemer had been serving as MRPC’s chief operating officer of the 89-year-old Wisconsin company. The promotion marks the completion of a three-year succession plan. “Greg’s hands-on experience,...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news Three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students embarked on prestigious internships in Germany this semester as part of a pioneering multinational program in paper science and engineering. They are based at three different paper mills in Germany through UWSP’s Trans-Atlantic Paper Science and Engineering (TAPS) Dual Degree Program with partnering universities North Carolina State...

Burger Boat Company held its 2010 Rendezvous February 18th through February 21st at The Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida for Burger Owners, Owner’s guests and crew. Burger is proud to announce a record-breaking 2010 Rendezvous with twenty-one Burger yachts participating in this year’s event. Yachts of all ages ranging in size from 63' to 153', including a 1958...

Legislation will streamline fuel cost adjustments MILWAUKEE – We Energies praises the Wisconsin State Assembly for passing legislation that provides a statutory change needed by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to implement a more effective, more rationalized fuel cost adjustment procedure. Rep. Jim Soletski (Green Bay) authored AB 600 to implement a...

CONTACT: Kelly Edwards PHONE: 715-340-1264 E-MAIL: kelly.edwards@wi.usda.gov STEVENS POINT, WI -- The USDA Rural Development Wisconsin Guaranteed Rural Housing (GRH) loan program is on pace for another record setting year, according to Wisconsin USDA Rural Development housing officials. “USDA Rural Development’s...

CONTACT: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu, 608-265-4925 MADISON - A novel compound is highly effective against the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, including some drug-resistant strains, according to new research led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison virologist. The work, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Pathogens on Feb. 26, suggests that the compound CS-8958 is a promising alternative antiviral for...