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MADISON — The Wisconsin Farm Bureau is extremely happy with the outcome of a long court battle involving a Sawyer County cranberry grower who was sued by neighboring out-of-state lake property owners who objected to his farming practices and challenged the state’s Right to Farm Law. At today’s hearing, Bayfield County Circuit Court Judge John Anderson awarded $549,000...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Wisconsin businesses are boning up on how to work with national security and law enforcement agencies today at the 2008 Resource Rendezvous in Marshfield. On the schedule are speeches by representatives of the Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA), In-Q-Tel, which identifies and partners with companies cutting-edge technologies for the CIA; the Department of...

By David Wise WisBusiness.com Milwaukee is lagging behind Madison in the number of high-tech startup companies benefiting from a tax credit program for angel investors and venture capital investors, a panelist at a Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association breakfast discussion in Milwaukee said this morning. The Angel Investor and Venture Fund Tax Credit program, known as Act 255, was...

MADISON, Wis., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- You may have pondered taking your event online in the past, but when you are deep in the planning process, the last thing you want to do is create more headaches by introducing new technology or conference partners into the mix. However, webcasting your conference can be as easy as 1-2-3 when you...

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Enjoy back-to-school savings on travel through the beginning of 2009 on America's top-rated airline. Midwest Airlines is offering sale fares for travel Sept. 9, 2008 through Feb. 11, 2009. Purchase Tuesday, Aug. 26 through midnight, Central time, on Tuesday, Sept. 2 and at least 14 days in advance of travel. A Friday- or Saturday-night...

Multiple Ultrasound Solution Provider Doubles Sales Over Same Period Last Year WAUKESHA, Wis., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- MedPro Imaging, a premier provider of economical ultrasound solutions, today announced it has installed its 1000th ultrasound system, representing a doubling of sales over the same period last year. Recent installations include Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago, Women's Center for Advanced Imaging...

Sajan Ranks No. 345 on the 2008 Inc. 500 With Three-Year Sales Growth of 848.5% RIVER FALLS, Wis., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. magazine ranked Sajan No. 345 on its 27th annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Ranking number 43 in the Top 100 Business Services Companies in America and number 2 in...

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...