American Needlepoint Guild: Free needlepointing stitching event welcomes beginners and experts
American Needlepoint Guild Welcomes Public to Events at Midwest Airlines Center
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – August 24, 2009 – They’re coming, needles in hand, and they want you to join them. From Aug. 28 through Sept. 4, hundreds of members of the American Needlepoint Guild (ANG) from the US, Canada and other countries will be in Milwaukee to learn from...
AG Van Hollen: Announces settlement in Marinette County wetlands violations case
For More Information Contact:
Bill Cosh 608/266-1221
MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today announced that Richlen Excavating, Inc., and Steven W. Stock have agreed to pay penalties and costs totaling $45,000 for their alleged unlawful dredging and enlargement of two ponds and their...
WMEP: Wisconsin manufacturers benefit from efforts to improve; WMEP assistance generates $164 million in economic impact for state firms
Contact: Linda Abbott 608-826-6215; abbott@chorus.net
Nearly $1 billion in impact, 8,000 jobs in past 5 years
MADISON, Wis. – Despite the recession, many Wisconsin manufacturers are benefiting from efforts to modernize and improve their operations.
The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) said today that projects it completed with state manufacturers generated an economic impact of $164 million – most of it from...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Public invited to attend ground-breaking ceremony for new visitor center at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Contact:
Larry Wargowsky, 608-565-2551
Katie Goodwin, 608-565-4403
Chuck Traxler, 612-713-5313
Media and the public are invited to attend an unveiling of the architectural design and a ceremonial ground-breaking for a new visitor center at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. Local and national elected representatives, along with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff will participate in the ceremony and be available to talk with...
Madison 1670 WTDY: Launches clothing drive to dump Favre sports wear
Media Contact: Joan Collins Publicity, Inc. (608) 222-2899
Got a bunch of Number Four useless and used sports wear clogging up your closet space?
The Wisconsin Guys at radio station Madison 1670 WTDY, Dan Deibert and Kurt Baron, say there is no need to blow it up, light it on fire, run it over or shred it. Pack up your...
UW-Madison: Students set trends in information technology
CONTACT: Brian Rust, 608-263-9484, rust@doit.wisc.edu
MADISON - Students continue to embrace technologies for personal use, including, more than ever, in the classroom. Well-versed before entering college, university students use a variety of new technologies to help them with their coursework.
These findings are part of the 2009 Student Computing Survey, conducted last spring by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Division of Information...
UW-Madison: Aova moves feed additive invented at UW-Madison into Asian markets
CONTACT: Janet Kelly, jkelly@warf.org, 608-890-1491; Bryan Renk, bryan@aovatech.com, 608-310-9595
MADISON - Aova Technologies Inc., a startup company that produces animal feed additives based on University of Wisconsin-Madison technology and licensed through the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), has completed two key goals in its efforts to capture part of the $70 billion global aquaculture market.
With a focus on promoting...
