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Media Contact: Scott Reigstad (608) 458-3145 Financial contribution will be utilized to construct a new park shelter at Riverside Park MADISON, WI – January 16, 2009 – The Alliant Energy Foundation is pleased to announce that it has provided a $10,000 donation to the Village of Cassville to support the purchase of materials and construction of a new park shelter at...

By Mitch Bram As I write this Thursday, it's -12 degrees outside with the promise of -27 this evening with wind chills as low as -45. This is Mother Nature's way of making sure you have all been paying attention to my columns these past couple of months.   Aren’t you all so glad that we covered the basics of...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- During an appearance on CNBC this morning, Gov. Jim Doyle hailed a fed stimulus plan from House Dems. Doyle, appearing with the Republican governors of Vermont and North Dakota, said the House plan helps states preserve education funding. "We really have to make sure we maintain good schools," Doyle said. "I think the plan from...

By WisBusiness.com Staff MADISON -- The president and CEO of Chicago's Federal Reserve Bank on Thursday painted a gloomy economic picture for the next 18 months, saying Wisconsin, the Midwest and the nation will have "a lot to weather" especially on the manufacturing front. Charles Evans told a business audience that the forecasts and economic statistics were "sobering," comparing the...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Economic figures aren't out yet for the fourth quarter of 2008. But William Strauss, a senior economist with Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, expects them to be ugly. "There will be steep declines," Strauss warned a Madison International Trade Association luncheon Wednesday. The first two quarters of 2009 won't be very good, either, though the economy...