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Premier Researchers, Advocates and Investors Will Embark Upon Madison Sept. 21-23 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the World Stem Cell Summit will kick off with a free one-day public forum and festival September 21. “Lab on the Lake” will feature a career and education fair, stem cell movies and expert panels as part of the World Stem...

EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced a May consolidated (mainline and regional) load factor of 85.5 percent, 1.2 points above May 2007. Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 86.5 percent, 1.7 points above May 2007. In May 2008, Northwest and its Northwest Airlink regional carriers flew 6.7 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.2...

MADISON - How, scientists wonder, do the French get away with a clean bill of heart health despite a diet loaded with saturated fats?The answer to the so-called "French paradox" may be found in red wine. More specifically, it may reside in small doses of resveratrol, a natural constituent of grapes, pomegranates, red wine and other foods, according to...

Tours available upon request               Madison (June 4, 2008) – Madison’s Oakwood Village East campus is now complete with the addition of a 42-bed skilled nursing facility, which endeavors to restore health and wellness to residents quickly and safely so they may return home. The new center is now open.             The two-story, $6.7 million Health and Rehabilitation Center, located...

Brownsville, Wisconsin- June 3, 2008 - Michels Corporation has been honored with a new ranking by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading U.S. trade publication for the construction industry.   ENR’s Top 400 Contractors list has ranked Michels Corporation number 64 among the nation’s top contractors.  A big jump from last year’s ranking of 93.  Companies were ranked according to their construction...

Madison – Mayor Dave Cieslewicz today led the official kickoff of MadiSUN program, an initiative to double Madison’s use of solar energy by 2010. The City of Madison has developed this two-year program in conjunction with Focus on Energy, UW Extension and Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E) with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s “Solar America Cities” program....

  The DCSBA celebrates small businesses and the contributions they make to our communities and economy. The DCSBA is sponsored by Centro Hispano, Chase, In Business Magazine, Madison Gas & Electric, Mid-West Family Broadcasting, Urban League of Greater Madison, UW-Madison Small Business Development Center, Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp. Awards breakfast will be June 13, 2008 at the Sheraton Madison Hotel. For further information, please contact...

Klaskin is firm’s first woman to serve in this role               Madison, Wisconsin (June 3, 2008).  The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. today announced the appointment of Rochelle H. Klaskin, shareholder and member of the Corporate Practice Group, as managing partner of the firm’s Madison office, effective June 1, 2008.  Klaskin becomes the firm’s first woman to serve...

NEW NORTH, June 3, 2008 – The New North, Inc. is in Houston, Texas this week at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) WINDPOWER Conference to promote the region’s emerging wind energy industry.   The conference, which runs from June 1-4, features seminars on wind energy and a tradeshow that features wind energy products and services from companies throughout the world.   The...

Funding will help double the enrollment in the Electric Power Distribution Program JANESVILLE, WI – June 3, 2008 – Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), an Alliant Energy company, announced today that it will provide a $50,000 grant to the Blackhawk Technical College Foundation that will double the size of the college’s Electric Power Distribution Program. The grant was officially presented to Blackhawk...

MADISON – Wisconsin farmers should have emergency plans before a tornado, fire, or other disaster hits their farm, according to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. The Farm Bureau posts a farm emergency plan template on its web site, www.wfbf.com, for farmers to make their own list of emergency contacts, family members and employees, a plan to meet away from...

MILWAUKEE, (June 4, 2008) – The Association of Language Companies (ALC) announced today the election of Steve Iverson, founder of Iverson Language Associates, to its Board of Directors. The election took place at the association’s recent annual conference in San Francisco. The event was the largest in the organization’s six-year history. Formed in 2002 by a group of entrepreneurs to raise awareness of the...

MILWAUKEE – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that he is awarding $10 million to the Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership for an initiative to raise the quality of education by promoting math achievement in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS).  The Governor’s biennial budget contains the funding for improving pupil academic achievement in Milwaukee Public Schools beginning July 1, 2008. "Anyone who knows...

Northwestern University associate dean named inaugural Keyes Dean Dr. Linda M. Salchenberger, associate dean of academics in Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies, has been named the Keyes Dean of Marquette’s College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Management, Interim Provost David Shrock announced today.  She is the first female dean of the college and the inaugural Keyes...

Flanked by union representatives and local officials, Gov. Jim Doyle compared the announced Janesville GM plant closing to a "death in the family" and said he would push for GM to consider putting one of its new lines in the plant. "GM made it clear that this was a plant that they were invested in," Doyle said. "They brought Barack...