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Contact: Joe Kresl 414-258-5525 email: joekresl@hawksnursery.com Hawks Nursery will be planting a twelve to fifteen foot Sienna Glen Maple on Arbor day, April 24th in honor of landscaping pioneer John Orton. The tree will be planted at 11:00 am near the new picnic pavilion overlooking McKinley Marina (near the former location of the Coast Guard station). Joe Kresl, current owner of Hawks...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Unemployment rates increased in each of the state's 12 metro regions last month compared to February as well as a year ago. The Madison metro area had the lowest rate in March at 6.4 percent. The Janesville metro area recorded the highest rate at 13.5 percent. See more: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2009/unemployment/0309_local_lmi.pdf -- A legal opinion...

Remarks by the president on clean energy Trinity Structural Towers Manufacturing Plant Newton, Iowa 12:52 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Thank you, Rich, for the great introduction.  Thank you very much.  Please, everybody have a seat. It is good to be back in Newton, and it's a privilege to be here at Trinity Structural Towers.  I've got a couple of special...

By Tracy Will For WisBusiness.com MADISON -- The head of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission told a gathering marking the 39th Earth Day Wednesday he was cautiously optimistic a cap-and-trade bill would emerge from a Democrat-run Congress. PSC Chair Eric Callisto told a Nelson Institute forum he preferred a system of cap and trade instead of a carbon tax. The...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Within five years, Janesville should be able to recoup the 3,500-plus auto and auto-related jobs it has lost with the closure of the GM plant and numerous suppliers, John Beckord, president of Forward Janesville said Tuesday. Speaking to a board meeting of the Wisconsin Technology Council, Beckord said the loss of GM was a major...