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Union continues talks in hopes of saving historic paper mill KIMBERLY, Wis., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of United Steelworkers Local 2-9 and their families will be holding a candlelight vigil across the street from the NewPage paper mill in Kimberly, Wisconsin Wednesday, August 27 at 9:00 p.m. Three weeks ago, the NewPage Corporation, headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio announced...

ST. GERMAIN, Wis., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The history of northern Wisconsin is rich with lumber baron success stories -- nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants rising beyond their humble beginnings. Today, we speak of another Wisconsin-based American success story -- one with a twist. John Eliason, an early twentieth-century Swedish immigrant miner and logger in St. Germain, Wisconsin, chose a...

Project to Assist Milwaukee Biotech Start-up MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced he is providing MPP Group, LLC, with a $250,000 loan and $380,000 in grants for assistance over three years in starting a pharmaceutical development company. The Department of Commerce has also certified the company as a Qualified New Business Venture eligible for investor tax credits under...

WMI Continues to Refuse to Bargain in Good Faith, Coerce and Threaten Workers MILWAUKEE, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Teamsters at Waste Management Inc. (WMI) represented by Local 200 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, went out on strike in response to the continued threats and coercion by company representatives in the workplace. The two sides were unable to make any headway...

MADISON - Twenty-five years after it was established in 1983, the School of Veterinary Medicine is still the youngest school on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. And it is the second-youngest veterinary medical school in the nation. But don't let its youth fool you. Wisconsin's veterinary medical school has accomplished a lot in a short amount of time. From...

MADISON - Monica Turner first visited Yellowstone National Park as a ranger naturalist in the summer of 1978, sent by the Student Conservation Association to lead nature walks and campfire programs. A city kid from New York, she enjoyed the outdoors and was excited for her first trip out of the Northeast. At the time, she was a junior at...

National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) To Meet in Dallas MILWAUKEE, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to promote true diversity in the legal industry, the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF) will gather for its Annual Meeting and Law Firm Expo at the Marriott - Dallas Las Colinas Hotel on November...

Fiserv survey finds more households pay bills online than paper checks for second consecutive year BROOKFIELD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More Americans than ever, an estimated 63.1 million households or three-fourth of those online, are paying their bills online rather than writing paper checks, according to a survey sponsored by CheckFree, now part of Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) a leading provider of...

Updated website educates consumers about the environmental, time and cash saving benefits of receiving and paying bills online BROOKFIELD, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, today unveiled the new eBILLPLACE.comSM website. Since 1999, CheckFree, now part of Fiserv, has hosted consumer education sites to benefit the financial services industry...

RHINELANDER, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lesley’s Life Is Sweet, a woman-owned humanitarian and artisanal chocolate company, today announced that it has become the first in the United States to be USDA certified organic and fair trade with chocolate ganaches and molded bonbons according to the Midwest Organic Services Association, Inc. (MOSA). “Becoming USDA certified organic is rewarding because the standards are so...

ST. LOUIS & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) and the Big Ten Network have reached an agreement-in-principle on terms of a multi-year distribution agreement in which Charter will carry the Big Ten Network and related programming throughout the Big Ten territory, including its systems in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Northern Illinois. Big Ten Network and Charter are currently...

For high throughput whole-genome expression profiling of a wide variety of organisms MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roche NimbleGen has launched the NimbleGen Gene Expression 12x135K Microarray, a new multiplex gene expression array on their recently introduced HD2 platform. The 12-plex format offers a cost-effective, high-throughput approach for whole-genome gene expression profiling: Twelve independent samples can be analyzed simultaneously on a single...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to the following Dane County, Wisconsin's (the county) obligations: -$12,035,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes, Series 2008B -$12,585,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2008C In addition, Fitch affirms the 'AAA' rating on the county's approximately $212 million outstanding GO debt. The bonds are scheduled for competitive sale on or around September...

MADISON – First Lady Jessica Doyle announced today that Wisconsin’s Eat Local Challenge is set to encourage consumers and communities across the state to look for locally grown and produced products. During the 10-day challenge, from September 5-14, Wisconsinites are being challenged to spend at least 10 percent of their food budget on Wisconsin foods. “If every Wisconsin...

MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today additional assistance for nearly 600 dislocated workers affected by the NewPage Corporation’s decision to close its paper mill Kimberly. “For nearly 100 years, the hardworking families of Kimberly depended on the mill for their livelihood,” Governor Doyle said. “When NewPage cut production, I directed my Administration to pursue all opportunities to...