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Dairyland Power Cooperative just can’t stay out of the news. In the last few weeks, the La Crosse based power coop has received both positive and negative publicity. Let’s look at the positive first. Dairyland and its member cooperative, Tri-County Electric, donated $1,000 to Mississippi River Wild to help fund a spotting scope project at the Mississippi River Refuge...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Envirotest has told state and local officials it plans to close its Waukesha facility, resulting in permanent layoffs of as many as 105 employees at this site and 11 other locations starting July 1, 2008. Envirotest runs the Wisconsin Vehicle Inspection Program, but its state contract is expiring. The inspection program's Web site lists Envirotest...

By Tarah Haack WisBusiness.com Stateline Angels, an angel investing group in Rockford Ill., has been assisting start-up companies finance their business endeavors since 2004. Not only do these angels provide nascent companies with funding, but they also give advice, mentoring and consulting to the firms in which they invest. “Our goal is to apply our expertise...

MILWAUKEE, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) (M&I) will present at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference at 3:40 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) Monday, May 12, at the Palace Hotel in New York City. Speaking on behalf of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation will be Greg Smith, senior vice president and chief financial officer. A link to the live...

INDIANAPOLIS, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Appleton, Wis., will be the site of The American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional Tournament, Aug. 14-19, 2009. The American Legion will be celebrating its 83rd season as the nation's preeminent baseball program for 15 -to 19-year-olds. The National Executive Committee of the 2.7-million member American Legion announced at its annual spring meeting in Indianapolis...

Milwaukee's fifth largest bank surprises area residents with random acts of "freeness" National City surprised people at six Caribou coffee locations this morning by picking up the tab for everyone in the stores WHAT: Most people use their credit/debit cards and write checks to...

MADISON, Wis., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Let's face it, Americans are obsessed with breasts. Sometimes an obsession can prove positive, like when it promotes greater awareness and increased funding to fight breast cancer. Unfortunately, another kind of cancer, lung cancer, causes almost twice as many deaths among women. That's why National Lung Cancer Partnership today launched a national, multi-media...

Prominent Activists, Academics to be Honored at Kennedy Center Ceremony June 4 MILWAUKEE, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation will award the fifth annual Bradley Prizes for outstanding achievement to prominent scholars and public servants on Wednesday, June 4 in Washington, D.C. The 2008 Bradley Prize recipients are: Gary S. Becker, University Professor of Economics and...