WisBusiness

Contact: Joseph Pagano (608) 698-8216 joe@autonomousmind.com Survey Results Reveal Expectations for Strong Growth, Interest in Formal Business Planning Training and Support Madison, Wis. — 82 percent of solar energy professionals in Wisconsin expect the solar energy market in the United States to grow by more than 30 percent annually during the next 3 to 5 years, according to a recent survey....

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Treichel Hoffman York (414) 225-9554 mtreichel@hyc.com - Focus on Energy awards Kerry Center $198,000 for energy efficiency measures - MADISON, Wis. (April 2, 2009) - With its new Technical Center of Excellence now complete, the Ireland-based Kerry Group boasts an impressive campus in Beloit, Wis. The Kerry Center is a state-of-the-art customer innovation center housing customer application suites, research and development...

The City of Milwaukee has released its draft rules for implementation of the City’s Sick Leave Mandate. To review these rules, click here http://mmac.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yODQwNzcmcD0xJnU9MTAxMDIzMDI4NCZsaT0xMDE3MTEw/index.html A public comment period on these rules begins today and extends through April 24th. Two public hearings will be held on these draft rules. The first will be held April 8th, 6:00 p.m. at the...

Contact: Kyle Schwarm, 608-266-0050, kyle.schwarm@wtcsystem.edu Three student winners to earn cash prizes for their videos of the future MADISON – Some technical college students will have a little extra cash as a result of their creativity and innovative thinking. The students are finalists in a competition designed to recognize the creative spirit and the culture...

CONTACT: Stephanie Bianco, sbianco@wisc.edu; Larry Bank, 608-262-1604, bank@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering and science students are working to drastically reduce the amount of water used on the grounds of one of the university's latest building projects, and they've received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do it. A team of eight students has...

Growing retailer uses solution to help decrease waste, maintain quality MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a consumer-driven optimization company, has announced Peet’s Coffee & Tea, which operates 190 specialty stores nationwide, has cut waste while still maintaining a high threshold of quality using RedPrairie’s Site Operations solution. Peet’s has used the full range of capabilities featured in the application...

Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Alliant Energy reminds customers and contractors to have utility lines marked for safety MADISON, WI. – April 2, 2009 – Spring is officially here, and it won’t be long until the weather’s just right for outdoor projects. Whether you’re a homeowner planning to install a new fence or deck, a landscaper planting new trees, or...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 Developers burned a house with vinyl and asbestos siding near residences and a Menasha elementary school and violated construction site erosion control laws MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that the Winnebago Circuit Court has...

Contact: Bill Christofferson 414/587-6577 or Chamomile Nusz, 715/281-4776 Wisconsin’s current law on nuclear power plants provides “vital protections to Wisconsin’s consumers, environment, and future generations” that would be lost if proposed changes are made, the co-chairs of a statewide network of 165 organizations told Gov. Jim Doyle and state legislators Thursday. There is no solution to the problem of how...

CONTACT: Kathy Raab CAE Executive Director, NARI of Madison, Inc. 608-222-0670 kathy@remodelingmadison.org For more information or photos of winning projects contact kathy@remodelingmadison.org Madison, WI, April 2009 Twenty-seven National “Contractor of the Year” (CotY) Winners were named by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) during this year’s national competition, and three of them were from the Madison, WI area. Judging for the...

Contact: Amy Gores, Marketing Director Email: agores@murphydesmond.com Direct Dial: 608.268.5582 Madison, WI – Jennifer M. Krueger, shareholder at the law firm of Murphy Desmond S.C. in Madison, WI, has recently earned honors as the “2009 Professional Business Woman of the Year” by the Business Women’s Expo as well as “40 Under 40” (professionals under 40 years of age) by...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Maysteel provided notice to the state that it will close its Columbus plant at 100 Continental Drive on or before July 31, affecting 89 workers. Maysteel may offer 20 to 24 employees opportunities to transfer to other Wisconsin facilities. See the state filing: http://www.wisbusiness.com/1008/large/090401maysteel.pdf -- Gov. Jim Doyle told the Wisconsin Hospital Association that in spite...

By Greg Bump WisBusiness.com MADISON -- Gov. Jim Doyle today told the Wisconsin Hospital Association that in spite of budget difficulties the state must continue to focus on priorities, including education and expanding affordable health care to all. Doyle lauded the efforts of the WHA in helping get more state residents covered with health insurance and noted despite a $6 billion budget...