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INQUIRIES / INTERVIEW REQUESTS / INFO Anthony David Adams 888-864-5639 608-446-4879 anthony@detentionslip.org http://detentionslip.org Two guys with laptops and a dream in Madison, WI and Orlando, FL might seem a long way from international media credibility but that's just what high school buddies Anthony David Adams and Chuck Steinfurth achieved today, named among the 25 best bloggers in the world by Time Magazine. Earlier today the pair's...

CONTACT Marlin Greenfield Chief Operating Officer Festival Foods 2415 Westowne Ave. Oshkosh, WI 54904 (920) 966-3378, ext. 133 mgreenfield@skogensfest.com Wisconsin --(February 17, 2009)—Consumers now depend on grocers to provide more than just food products. They demand a wider variety of services from gift ideas to childcare to recipes and online tools. Now, Festival Foods has introduced an online tool ahead of its time: free online access to...

Contact: Cheryl Van Tessier, PR Specialist, 608-467-4408, ctessier@finessepr.net Michael Dunham, Marketing Specialist, 262-717-2165, michael.dunham@mastergraphics.com MADISON, Wis. – MasterGraphics, design process experts and leading Midwest supplier of design data solutions for the manufacturing, building and civil engineering industries, has been invited to present at the McGraw Hill Construction BIM (Building Information Modeling) conference in Chicago on March 3rd. Mark Lackovic, vice president operations...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 MADISON - Two Wisconsin high school seniors have been named "Young Entrepreneurs of the Year" by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Public Instruction. The pair, Caleb Taplin of Ellsworth High School and Tanner Strunz of Brodhead High School, will be recognized during National Entrepreneurship Week USA, February 21 – 28,...

Contact: Lois Federman (DATCP) 608-224-5124 Brandon Scholz (Wisconsin Grocers Association) 608-244-7150 MADISON – Despite challenging economic times, Gov. Doyle’s budget proposal will continue the Buy Local Buy Wisconsin program launched last year, and that’s good news to the state’s grocers, says the Wisconsin Grocers Association. “Offering local products is quickly becoming a popular thing to do in the grocery business,” says Brandon Scholz, President...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Michelle Vetterkind, president of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, has been putting in some long weeks leading up to Tuesday’s switch to digital-only television (DTV) by many stations. That doesn’t mean she’ll be cutting back on her workload, however. About half the stations around the state will delay the change – which means clearer pictures...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- While it raises some business taxes, the budget proposal unveiled Tuesday night by Gov. Jim Doyle will also provide incentives to investors, businesses that expand research and development investment, and those that create jobs. Among a host of initiatives to beef up Act 255 tax credits for angel investments, Doyle proposes raising the cap on the credits from $1...