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For more information contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing Assistant First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 608-232-5774 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MADISON, WI – First Business Bank announced today that Jim Hartlieb has accepted the position of Senior Vice President. First Business Bank is part of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIZ). In this role, Jim will be responsible for managing existing middle-market banking client relationships, attracting new relationships, and managing...

Contact: Angela Hemauer Food Insight Public Relations Email: ahemauer@foodinsight.net Phone: 515-669-3664 Who: Nationally Recognized Cheese Carver, Sarah “The Cheese Lady” What: Is carving a cheese-eating badger along with historic dairyland memorabilia: a horse and cow-drawn milk wagon, a Shullsburg Creamery Cheesemaker and other popular dairy icons. When & Where: Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 9 AM to 5 PM The Shullsburg Creamery 208 West Water Street Shullsburg, WI 53586 Why:...

Media contact: Thomas Jensen, communications coordinator, (563) 587-4072 or tjensen@htlf.com. ProfitMax turns bankers into strategic consultants DEPERE, Wis. -- The business bankers at Heartland Business Bank/Wisconsin Community Bank are now using the latest technology to give their clients the upper hand. Better known as "ProfitMax," this strategic new business analysis tool offers vital insights into a business's true financial picture...

Premier Gary Doer, who has been designated as the next Canadian ambassador to the United States, will address opportunities for Wisconsin-Manitoba collaboration under a newly signed memorandum of understanding at the Thursday, Oct. 15 luncheon meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Madison. The luncheon will be held at the Sheraton Hotel on Madison’s John Nolen Drive. Registration and networking...

Contact: Nicole Breunig (DATCP) 608-224-5080; Tony Hozeny (Commerce) 608-267-9661 MADISON -- A new pilot program that offers expert assistance to Wisconsin dairy farmers is intended to keep producers looking to the future. The Dairy Farm Management Team program is a joint effort of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; the Wisconsin Department of Commerce Dairy 2020 program;...

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By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com MADISON -- Wisconsin advocates have played a key role in shaping federal cap-and-trade energy legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, according to Dan Ebert, former chairman of the state’s Public Service Commission.He left the commission in May of 2008 and joined Sun Prairie-based WPPI utility in February as vice president of policy and external...