WisBusiness

ATLANTA – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Wisconsin angel networks and funds posted a 28 percent increase in early stage investments in 2008, reaching more than $15 million invested in 53 deals. Recently released data showed that angel investing was down 26 percent nationally for the same year compared to 2007. “Wisconsin’s angel networks and funds are finding good...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 MILWAUKEE – Several of the recommendations to come out of Governor Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force last year have the potential to jump start Wisconsin’s economy, according to members of Wisconsin’s Bio Industry Alliance Bio Power Team. “The Governor’s Global Warming Task Force has laid out a plan that will help grow Wisconsin’s...

Contact: Jennifer Christianson, Marketing Manager, BioForward, jchristianson@bioforward.org, (608) 236-4693 ATLANTA, GA and MADISON, WI – Battelle, in cooperation with the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the Biotechnology Institute, released a report at the BIO International Convention analyzing bioscience education in middle and high schools across the United States. While the data indicates that the US is not measuring up...

CONTACT: Jody Bartnick (608) 271-9181 jody.bartnick@4-c.org Public Invited to May 21 Groundbreaking and Construction Launch Event Madison, WI – After losing its building to a devastating fire, 4-C (Community Coordinated Child Care, Inc.) will officially break ground and celebrate a construction launch on a 9,100 square-foot building located at 5 Odana Court in Madison on Thursday, May 21, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00...

For additional information, contact: Julie Cole jcole@quarles.com (414) 277-5212 MILWAUKEE, Wis. (May 19, 2009) ─ The national law firm of Quarles & Brady is pleased to announce that Matt Vogel and Ruhee Divgi have been selected as two of the first recipients of the 2009 Servant Manor Youth Empowerment Award. The award recognizes Vogel and Divgi for their exceptional work with youth...

For more information, contact: Sen. Dan Kapanke – 608-782-3975 La Crosse, WI – State Senator Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse) met with Dubuque Mayor Roy Buol and City Administrator Michael Van Milligen on Friday to gather specific details on how the city recently obtained over 1,300 jobs with the opening of an IBM operation center. “IBM’s decision...

Madison — The board of directors of MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE) today declared the regular quarterly dividend of $0.3617 per share on the outstanding shares of the company's common stock, payable June 15, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business June 1, 2009. MGE Energy has increased dividends annually for the past 33 years and has paid cash dividends...

Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 JEFFERSON – The Jefferson Police Department has joined the Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. “We are pleased to have you as a member of the Wisconsin ICAC Task Force and pledge our full support to you as we work together to make Wisconsin safer for...

Contact: Jill Zuckman Tel.: (202) 366-4570 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced grants totaling $2.4 million for two Wisconsin airports under the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). “This Administration is committed to getting the U.S. economy...

Contact: Ed Neumueller, President eneumueller@standardimaging.com, Tel: 608-831-0025 Standard Imaging, Inc. is pleased to announce that it recently raised nearly $17,500 for the American Cancer Society, as part of its 8th Annual Golf Classic fundraiser, held on May 15, 2009, at The Meadows of Six Mile Creek golf course. The 151 participants, drawn from Standard Imaging employees, other local firms and...

Contact: Jennifer Christianson, Marketing Manager jchristianson@bioforward.org, (608) 236-4693 ATLANTA, GA and MADISON, WI – As part of the proceedings of the 2009 Annual International Convention of BIO, the international biotechnology organization, BioForward, Wisconsin’s biotechnology and medical device association, announced today that a local company, Quintessence Biosciences, Inc., is one of the first biotechnology companies in Wisconsin to benefit from...

Madison,— MGE Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGEE) announced today that its regulated subsidiary Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) will expand its Clean Power Partners solar energy program by more than three times. MGE received permission last week from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to increase this pilot program from 300 kilowatts to 1 megawatt, said Gary Wolter, chairman, president and CEO, at the...

Contact: Jeff Lyon, Director of Governmental Relations 608-828-5713 Farmers need to contact lawmakers about this de facto tax MADISON – The Wisconsin Farm Bureau wants to make sure that livestock farmers don’t get saddled with costly clean air permits by default. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulation of emissions from automobile tailpipes could inadvertently...

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed including indirect emissions in calculating green house gas emissions for ethanol. Here are some facts: Not applying these standards to petroleum-based fuels has created an unbalanced comparison that has distorted the proven benefits of ethanol. When compared directly to gasoline, ethanol reduces green house gas emissions...