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Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Keep your home and family safe this winter MADISON, WI – November 3, 2009 – Fall is the peak time for detecting natural gas leaks because homeowners are closing their windows and turning on their furnaces for the first time in months. Natural gas is an environmentally friendly and efficient energy source that many Alliant...

Contact: Liz Schrum or Tom Still at 608-442-7557 Or visit http://www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com to learn more MADISON – Donna Fenn, a contributing editor to Inc. magazine and author of a new book on “Generation Y” entrepreneurs, will speak 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Fenn is an internationally recognized author and journalist who has been writing about...

CONTACT: Heather Daniels, hdaniels@wisc.edu, 608-263-7274 MADISON - Julie Grove vividly remembers the day she discovered the field that would become her career. As a high-school student in the mid-1980s, she spent a day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of Expanding Your Horizons (EYH), a daylong conference designed to expose young women to careers in science, technology, engineering and...

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Leigh Gott / Leigh Gott Communications 414/774-8252; LeighGott@LeighGott.com HARTLAND, WISCONSIN -- Technical presentations are being solicited for seminars on new wire processing technology by Expo Productions, Inc., the producer of the Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo. The show features a dedicated seminar area for the presentation of technical...

MADISON, WISCONSIN -- Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gourmet food and gift store, is happy to announce the addition of Quince and Apple to its growing family of Wisconsin artisans. Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. "We are excited to offer Quince and Apple's gourmet preserves," said Linda Remeschatis,...

For the tenth year in a row, Suttle-Straus, Waunakee based communication company, has again been recognized as an industry leader. The Printing Industries of America (PIA) awarded the company for its exemplary human resources practices in its 2009 Best Workplace in the Americas (BWA) program. Begun to specifically honor companies that provide a superior work environment, BWA is judged...

CONTACT: Martin Jannsen, Jannsen & Company, S.C., (262) 513-9292 Renee Jaeger, Interfaith Older Adult Programs Inc., (414) 220-8676 Pewaukee, Wis. – Martin Jannsen, who founded Jannsen & Company, S.C., more than three decades ago, has received a Sterling Award in recognition of his long record of career leadership and success. The Sterling Awards, an outreach of Interfaith Older Adult Programs of Milwaukee,...

Contact: Brenda Hicks-Sorensen, CEcD, (920) 929-2063 or brenda@fcedc.com Brenda Hicks-Sorensen, CEcD, president, Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation (FCEDC), announced today that the organization’s vice president, Christian Tscheschlok, CEcD, has accepted the position of Executive Director at Economic Development/Washington County. Tscheschlok will remain at FCEDC through November 30th. “We offer our full and most earnest congratulations to Christian,” said...

EDC’s 2006 Emerging Business of the Year on Growth Track On October 23, 2009 Governor Jim Doyle announced that Interfacial Solutions, LLC (IFS) of River Falls, Wisconsin, had received a tax credit allocation totaling $115,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. Commerce Secretary Richard J. Leinenkugel made the announcement at a press conference held on October 23rd at the company’s...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham St. Croix EDC 715-381-4383 St. Croix EDC is accepting nominations for its 2009 Business of the Year awards program. Categories include Emerging Business of the Year (a start-up business that has operated in St. Croix County for five or fewer years); Small Business of the Year (29 or fewer employees); and Business of the Year (30 or more employees). Nomination guidelines...

Nuts and bolts of international trade Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Madison International Trade Association November event: Importing and exporting offer great opportunities for your company’s growth, but the details are getting increasingly complex. Two international trade experts will present a full-day program with the information you need to make the most of your international market right now. Conveniently broken...

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, WIS. – James DeNomie, a member of the Chippewa Indian Nation of Lake Superior and host of the weekly radio program “Voices from the Circle,” has been named chairman of the 2009 Holiday Folk Fair International. DeNomie, returning...

Media Relations Contact Annie Gentil Public Relations Coordinator Standard Process Inc.® 262-495-6425 agentil@standardprocess.com PALMYRA, Wisconsin — Standard Process has been named one of the top 75 largest, privately held businesses in Wisconsin for the second consecutive year. Standard Process, a nutritional whole food supplement company in Palmyra, rose to #64, climbing in rank over last year’s first appearance on...

Contact: Bank Mutual Corporation Michael T. Crowley Jr. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer or Michael W. Dosland Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 414-354-1500 Bank Mutual Corporation (NASDAQ: BKMU) (“Bank Mutual”) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share. ...

Since 1941, Central Machine (CM) of Waukesha has been a locally owned & operated One-Stop Job Shop that offers innovative & creative approaches to problem solving all machining issues. The company is proud to announce their new owner, Ron Tritz as President. Ron started working at CM when he was a teenager, sweeping floors. Over the decades, he learned everything...