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Contact: Pat Seitz Regal Ware, Inc. e-Mail: pseitz@regalware.com Phone: 262-626-8611 Cell: 262-247-6586 Fax: 262-626-8532 West Bend, WI (August 6, 2009) – Two West Bend students joined students from 30 countries around the world for a week-long seminar at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin to study “World Hunger: The Ethical Dilema of...

Contacts:  Carla Vigue, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162       Gary Radloff, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 608-224-5020 WEST ALLIS – Governor Jim Doyle today announced the economic impact of the state agriculture industry has grown to over $59 billion annually.  The Governor announced the growth of Wisconsin’s cornerstone industry at the Wisconsin State Fair Opening Ceremony in West Allis. “Here...

By Tracy Will For WisBusiness.com Though recent figures show a slight uptick in Wisconsin housing starts, 2009 is on track to see fewer houses built than 2008, which was Wisconsin’s worst year in more than a decade. “Usually the first quarter is the worst quarter of the year for housing starts and the second quarter is the best,  but we’ve seen 80...

Dells Raceway Park welcomed families and children to the track Saturday, August 1st for its annual Kids Night. With an on track autograph session, rides for the kids in the race cars, face painting, air brush tattooing, inflatable games, and exciting racing both adults and children were well entertained. The Super Late Models returned from a two week break,...

Functionality previously available only in Mobile Resource Management solution introduced in new release MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity software provider, has introduced new capabilities to its Warehouse Management solution, integrating much of the Asset Management functionality found in its Mobile Resource Management application. The enhanced solution will now provide Web visibility for serialized assets, and enhanced integration...

Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Investor Relations: Jamie Freeman (608) 458-3274 Nearly $10 million in potential federal grants would help build a smart energy future MADISON, WI – August 5, 2009 – Alliant Energy Corporation’s (NYSE: LNT) Wisconsin Power and Light Company (Alliant Energy) subsidiary will file four American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant applications with the U.S. Department of...

Joe Kremer, director of the Wisconsin Angel Network, will discuss trends in the angel investment market – and how those developments may affect entrepreneurs – at the Thursday, Aug. 13 luncheon meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Milwaukee. The meeting will be held at Brookfield Suites Hotel and Convention Center, 1200 S. Moorland Road, just off I-94 in Brookfield....

From: Mike Counter, St. Norbert College, http://www.snc.edu, (920) 403-3089, mike.counter@snc.edu DE PERE, Wis. St. Norbert College’s own nationally recognized economists are encouraging teams of college, technical college, community college and university students with a faculty advisor to compete in the iOme Challenge and come up with a solution to the retirement crisis in return for a large (rolling) cash prize....

Contact: Ryan Schryver, Clean Energy Advocate; cell: 262-949-6436 MADISON — Wisconsin could soon see greater economic growth in the promising wind energy industry as the Senate Committee on Commerce, Energy, Utilities and Rail voted 6-1 on Senate Bill 185 Tuesday. This bipartisan bill replaces the chaotic patchwork of local regulations with sensible statewide standards for permitting...