GREAT LAKES BIOENERGY RESEARCH CENTER HIRES SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS MANAGER
MADISON - Plant biologists, geneticists, biochemists, bacteriologists, chemical engineers and computer scientists collide in the world of bioenergy, where the search for viable solutions demands intelligence of all kinds. The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has harnessed the intellectual heft to take on this challenge, and they have hired a translator to connect...
PDQ Purchases Building for Headquarters
Company to Remain in Middleton
Middleton, WI, July 7, 2008 – Central Place Real Estate (CPRE), Middleton, WI, announced today that its client, PDQ Food Stores, Inc., has completed the purchase of a new headquarters building at 7601 Discovery Drive, Middleton WI. Currently PDQ is located at 8383 Greenway Blvd in Middleton. The move will take place this...
Local governments receive share of fuel tax, registration fees
Governor Jim Doyle has announced that quarterly checks totaling $103.5 million for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids, and Expressway Policing Aids have been conveyed to Wisconsin units of local government.
“Wisconsin’s quality system of federal, state and local roadways are the backbone of our economy,” Governor Doyle said. “These local transportation aids represent a vital investment in supporting...
Caroling, Tree Trimming, and Cookie Decorating in July?
Lands' End's Annual Kids Holiday Art Contest Call for Entries Opens
DODGEVILLE, Wis., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- While the heat of July doesn't bring visions of sugar plums to the mind of adults; for children, Santa is never far from their thoughts. Thankfully, July marks the start of the Lands' End Annual Holiday Art Contest; the theme for 2008...
Governor Doyle Announces Packers’ Chemical Relocating in Wisconsin
Project to create 27 jobs
MILWAUKEE – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Packers’ Chemical, Inc. (PCI) is moving its manufacturing operation from Missouri to Wisconsin and will receive $65,000 in Community Development Zone tax credits to construct and equip a new facility in Kieler, Grant County. The total project cost is $3,400,000. PCI has committed to...
Governor Doyle Announces Industrial Revenue Bond Allocation in Milwaukee
Project to create 19 jobs
MADISON- Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $4,175,000 Industrial Revenue Bond allocation for Derse, Inc.
“One of the top priorities of my administration is to help move industries, companies, and communities forward, and ensure there are good, family-supporting jobs for our citizens,” Governor Doyle said. “I am pleased to help Derse, Inc. with an expansion project...
WisBusiness: State site finds itself at center of foreclosure boom
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
When real estate investor Robert Jansen began gathering data on pre-auction home foreclosures five years ago, he had no idea it would become a growth industry.
He was collecting the information for himself in an effort to buy houses at bargain-rate prices. Even before foreclosures began to climb, Jansen and two partners turned the data...
Corn falls short of “knee high by the Fourth of July”
The Fourth of July passed last week, and much of the corn in Western Wisconsin wasn’t “knee high” -- the standard often used to judge how the crop is doing.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be a harvest this season, but it does put additional pressure on a crop that already was being tugged on like many of us rip...
(WisBusiness) MON News Summary — 7 July 2008
From WisBusiness.com ...
-- Kenosha-based JHT Holdings Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware.
JHT, through its operating subsidiaries, including Active Truck Transport, LLC, Automotive Carrier Services Co. LLC and Unimark LLC, is a leading provider of transportation services for manufacturers of medium- to heavy-heavy duty trucks throughout the United...
