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CONTACT: Janet Kelly, (608) 890-1491, jkelly@warf.org MADISON - Business beyond the usual is required to create new models of financial sustainability while benefiting society. Two organizations whose social entrepreneurialism reaches across borders and continents to eliminate poverty, the Blessing Basket Project and SERRV International, will discuss their business models and operations at the next Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Gilson...

Contacts: Jerry Flemma – Jacobson Rost President/COO 920.453.6444 Mary Brophy – Jacobson Rost Director of Public Relations 920.453.6415 Sheboygan, Wis. (Feb. 2, 2010) – Independent marketing communications agency Jacobson Rost announces the addition of Tom Gorton as Creative Director. Gorton joins the agency with two decades of award-winning creative experience working with leading global brands such as Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, Nintendo, Samsung, Procter & Gamble, Western...

Smith & Gesteland MBA Executive Speaker Series Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (February 2, 2010) - Edgewood College is pleased to host "The State of the Madison Regional Economy- Where Are We, and Where Are We Headed? The regional economy is improving, or is it? Hear what key Madison business and community leaders have to say...

Madison, Wis. – Miron Construction Co., Inc. recently named Greg Oelerich as Vice President. He will be located in Miron’s Madison office and will utilize his 22 years of experience in general management, sales leadership and business development across multiple business sectors to help lead Miron’s business development efforts throughout Wisconsin, the Midwest and the nation. This addition to...

For additional information, contact: Joshua Morby, 414-791-9120, jmorby@afeservices.com Milwaukee-based renewable energy project to generate “green power” with clean syngas from waste products MILWAUKEE, February 2, 2010 – Alliance Federated Energy (AFE) on Monday formally announced the development of “Project Apollo,” a 25MW renewable energy project located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Project Apollo plans to utilize Westinghouse Plasma Corp.’s (WPC) plasma gasification technology to...

Contact: Kaya Freiman Communications Director Madison Area Builders Association 608-288-1133, ext. 13 kfreiman@maba.org http://www.maba.org MADISON, Wis. - The Madison Area Builders Association (MABA) proudly celebrates a milestone with its 30th annual Home Products Show, to be held March 5-7 in the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center. Thousands of products and design ideas will be showcased at the Show. Home builders, remodelers, product suppliers and...

MILWAUKEE – Scott W. Hansen, chair of the Litigation Practice at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c, has been named as one of the Wisconsin Law Journal's 2010 Leaders in the Law honorees. The Leaders in the Law program recognizes leading practitioners and judges throughout Wisconsin based on a wide variety of achievement criteria, including outstanding leadership, vision, and legal...

The firm’s membership in the association of accounting firms to start immediately Milwaukee, Wisconsin (February 2, 2010) — Wipfli LLP, a CPA and consulting firm with offices in Wisconsin and Minnesota, announced today that it has become a member firm of PKF North America (PKF NA), an association of 87members in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The firm is...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN – The Wisconsin Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit against Crawford County residents Curtis and Renee Christensen for violations of state regulations related to the keeping and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) testing of farm-raised deer, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today. The Department...

Innovative Green Business Network eligible for investor tax credits under Wisconsin’s Angel Investor and Venture Fund Tax Credit Program. February 2, 2010 MADISON, WI PosiPair, a Wisconsin-based company devoted to developing applications and technology for green products and services, has been awarded the highly sought after Qualified New Business Venture certification from the state of Wisconsin. Certification by the Wisconsin Department of...

For immediate release Contact: Anne Katz, Arts Wisconsin 608 255 8316 | akatz@artswisconsin.org Wednesday, March 3, 2010, Monona Terrace and State Capitol, Madison Pre-Arts Day workshops on Tuesday, March 2 Information and registration at http://www.artswisconsin.org Wisconsin’s arts supporters from the worlds of the arts, business, education, civic issues, politics, and government will rally at Arts Day 2010, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010,...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news A University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point professor will share his expertise before Congress on the problem of the invasive fish species Asian Carp that now threatens the Great Lakes fishery. Professor of Fisheries Michael Hansen will testify before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment on Tuesday, February 9, in Washington...

Contact: Erika Monroe-Kane, 608-266-9000 YoungStar to Improve Child Care, Help Parents, and Reduce Fraud MADISON - Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Reggie Bicha today announced details on a new five-star quality rating and improvement system for child care in Wisconsin. The program, YoungStar, will link child care provider quality to payments from the Wisconsin Shares program and make it...

CONTACT: Bartelt. The Remodeling Resource, Delafield, WI Sandy Borkovetz Marketing Director ...