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Contacts: Carla Vigue, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Dick Jones, Department of Workforce Development, 608-267-4780 Regional Approach Targets High-Growth Sectors, Prioritizes Needs of Workers, Employers MILWAUKEE – Governor Doyle announced today $5.89 million for strategic workforce training initiatives to prepare Wisconsin workers and...

Contacts: Jerry Flemma – Jacobson Rost President/COO 920.453.6444 Mary Brophy – Jacobson Rost Director of Public Relations 920.453.6415 Sheboygan, Wis. (March 5, 2009) – Independent marketing and communications agency Jacobson Rost has named Pat Goggin as Chief Strategy Officer in its new Chicago office following an industry-wide search. In this role, Goggin will be the key strategic link between...

From, Mike Counter, St. Norbert College, http://www.snc.edu, (920) 403-3089, mike.counter@snc.edu De Pere, WI: The Kress Inn hotel of De Pere, located on the campus of St. Norbert College, was recently announced as a recipient of a prestigious 2008-2009 Platinum Hospitality Award from world lodging leader Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), franchisor of the Ascend Collection membership program. “We are very...

CONTACT Chris Forslund Director of Business Development The Selmer Company 2220 Wooddale Ave. Green Bay, WI 54313 920-593-8227 Green Bay, Wisconsin – (Mar. 5, 2009)— On Feb. 16, 2009, Tom Tennessen, LEED(r) AP, Sr. Project Manager/ Sustainable Building Design Consultant/Advisor and Chris Forslund, MBA, Director of Business Development, both with The Selmer Company, attended the annual meeting of the National Association of Church Design Build Firms...

CONTACT Chris Forslund Director of Business Development The Selmer Company 2220 Wooddale Ave. Green Bay, WI 54313 920-593-8227 Green Bay, Wisconsin – (Mar. 5, 2009)—On Feb. 25, 2009, the Selmer Company broke ground on a new structure for the Town of Algoma Sanitary District Number One housing a well pump house, well treatment facility, administration offices, and a utility garage. The new structure being built at...

Media contact: Donna Gilson 608-224-5130 Participant contact: Margie Proost 608-224-4877 MADISON – Training seminars for certified poultry testing are scheduled in April at 10 Wisconsin locations. Completing one of the seminars is necessary for certified testers to renew their certification or for anyone who wishes to be certified. Current two-year certifications expire June 30. There will...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- In the new edition of the Federal Reserve's Beige Book, the Fed's assessment of U.S. economic activity remains bearish, and the Chicago branch said "the expectation of most contacts was for economic activity to remain weak into late 2009 before slowly beginning to recover in 2010." Across several economic sectors, reports from finance, industrial...