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WHAT: Employees at the MillerCoors corporate facilities in Milwaukee will meet the company’s recently formed “Green Team” and participate in a Q&A about the corporate facility’s environmental practices and opportunities for involvement. The efforts represented by the Milwaukee Green Team support the company’s corporate responsibility platform, Great Beer, Great Responsibility, and provide an outlet for employees to engage with...

New Commercials Use Sports Analogies to Demonstrate the Value of Consistent, Exceptional Performance To view this news release online, please visit: http://northwesternmutual.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=155 MILWAUKEE (AUGUST 4, 2009) – It’s one thing to be strong.  It’s another to be consistent.  That is the message that Northwestern Mutual is taking to the airwaves with its “Strength and Consistency” advertising campaign, highlighting the importance of...

Media Contact Michelle Rothmeyer Senior Public Relations Specialist TMA+Peritus 715.849.4200 mrothmeyer@tmaperitus.com WPVGA Marketing Campaign Helps Build an Important Agri-sector of Wisconsin’s Economy Antigo, WI — August 4, 2009 — “Today’s consumers want to ‘know their farmer’ — they want to know where their food is coming from. So do produce buyers,” notes Tim Feit, Director of Promotions and Consumer Education for the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association...

For more information or follow-up contact:                                            info@wisconsinmade.com Phone: 877-947-6233 Fax 608-833-5159 October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. During the last week of October (the 21st through the 31st) Wisconsinmade.com (an internet based specialty food and gift store that sells Wisconsin products made with pride and passion by the artisans of Wisconsin) will for the 8th year in a row donate 10% of its...

Contact: Amy Schram Independent Director For The Pampered Chef® 414-422-1089 Muskego, WI August 3, 2009 — With unemployment rates at an all time high, thousands of Americans are taking on second jobs — or beginning new ones — in order to keep their families financially afloat. In fact, a recent survey conducted by The Pampered Chef, the nation's premier direct seller of high quality...

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

Contact: Chris Eigenberger General Manager Adams Outdoor Advertising 608/271-7900 MADISON, WI. The City of Sun Prairie and Adams Outdoor Advertising have reached an agreement relating to the valuation of Adams billboards located in the City of Sun Prairie for personal property tax purposes. Adams Outdoor Advertising’s sign structures were the subject of litigation over the...

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) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share. The cash dividend will be payable September...

Scammers have Social Security and bank account numbers, home addresses and employer information Milwaukee, Wis. – The Better Business Bureau is issuing a national alert today about phony debt collectors that are calling consumers nationwide and claiming that they have defaulted on a payday loan and will be arrested if they don’t pay immediately. Claiming to be lawyers, the scammers...

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 Sold by all U.S. vehicle manufacturers, flex fuel vehicles (FFVs) are capable of operating on blends of ethanol up to E85, or 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. Wisconsin drivers looking for E85 for their FFVs can fill up at over 100 stations in the state. Here are a few facts: ...

CONTACT: Ken Leedle, leedle@wisc.edu; Michael Zinn, (608) 263-2893, mzinn@wisc.edu MADISON - The obstacle course was the greatest challenge the robot had ever faced. The pouring rain had damaged its laser range finder sensor - crucial for navigation - yet, it managed to push forward 200 feet before finally succumbing to the weather. As the robot progressed, members of the UW-Madison...

Contact: Tom Still or Liz Schrum at 608-442-7557 MADISON – Jim Laudon, who manages the Madison office of Google, the world’s largest search engine, will speak at the Tuesday, Aug. 18 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 begin at 11:30 a.m.,...

MADISON, Wis. (August 4, 2009) -- The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Matthew D. Fortney, an attorney with the firm's Environmental Practice, has become one of a select group of attorneys in Wisconsin to become a LEED-certified accredited professional (LEED AP). Fortney is one of only three Wisconsin attorneys who is a LEED AP,...