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(Madison, WI – June 2008) The Madison Advertising Federation is pleased to announce that the quest is over! After a robust search for a successor to Lois Weiland, our retiring Executive Director of 21 years, Julie Redders has agreed to accept the job. “I am personally excited at Julie's selection”, says Bill Kennedy, MAF (soon AAF-Madison)...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources have approved a series of cleanup design changes at an ongoing cleanup of PCB-contaminated sediment in Wisconsin's Little Lake Butte des Morts. A public comment period was held this past winter. Little Lake Butte des Morts is known as Operable Unit 1 of the Lower Fox River cleanup...

Company to retire aging coal plant, build more wind, double biomass commitment, and increase energy efficiency, to reduce carbon 'footprint' MADISON, Wis., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) , proposed today to reduce its generation fleet's greenhouse gas emissions by retiring a coal-fired generating unit, dramatically increasing its...

Aurora Health Care has been recognized as the recipient of the second annual Supply Chain Innovation Award presented by the Premier healthcare alliance. Aurora received two of the four awards presented and is one of only three of Premier's 2,000 members to receive the award. The Supply Chain Innovation Award recognizes successful innovations that have created new levels of performance...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. For nearly two years, Mithridion scientists worked to develop drug technology to stop the death of neurons, the process that leads Alzheimer’s disease. The prospects looked so convincing, in fact, that Mithridion won the 2005 Governor’s Business Plan Contest and a nearly $100,000 award that...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Wisconsin is expected to lose 9,500 jobs in 2008 with no growth predicted in 2009, the state Department of Revenue said in its quarterly economic outlook. That amounts to a decrease of 0.3 percent after state jobs grew by 0.5 percent in 2007 and 0.9 percent in 2006. The report said the state’s economy...

Contact: Robin Engel 608-224-5002 or Teresa Cuperas 608-224-5101 MADISON - Recent floods have hit more than corn and soybeans. Growers who market to local food consumers also report flooded fields and potential losses. But their overriding message to consumers is "Keep buying locally. Local farmers need your support more than ever." “Rains have hit hard Wisconsin's direct marketing...