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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com For the past dozen-plus years, Standard Imaging -- a Middleton company that makes a variety of radiation measurement instruments -- has been bagging awards on an almost annual basis. The first one came in 1994, a little more than five years after the firm was conceived in a basement, and honored the company’s Brachytherapy Well Chamber....

Students at UW-La Crosse will take an important vote for the region’s business Tuesday. The vote will be to reallocate $750,000 that has been earmarked for a strength training center to the general construction budget for a new Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex. Students had originally voted in 2006 to pledge $2.5 million in student fees to the stadium project, but...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Wisconsin Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of Madison-based Alliant Energy Corporation has received permission from the state Public Service Commission to increase rates for electric service on by $15.6 million or 1.58 percent. The company said the rate change went into effect Friday and will affect virtually all retail electric customers. -- The City...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The declining dollar is a two-edged sword. Economists say it is making the price of gasoline, food, many imported goods and a trip overseas more expensive. But for Wisconsin-based companies that sell products or services abroad, the shrinking value of the once-mighty greenback is proving to be a boon, analysts say. Badger State firms that...

By Ann Huenink WisBusiness.com For those who choose to drive “green,” finding fuel stations across the United States just got a little easier. DriveAlternatives.com, developed by UW-Madison graduate students, generates maps of alternative fuel stations in cities across the United States. Any driver with a vehicle using green technology including hybrid, biodiesel, E85, electric, compressed natural gas, hydrogen and propane...

Additional space demonstrates commitment to Milwaukee and provides capacity for growth   MILWAUKEE, Wis. – April 25, 2008 – Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., one of Wisconsin’s leading law firms, has completed the expansion of its downtown Milwaukee office.   The firm took over an additional 15,000 square feet on the 16th floor of Cathedral Place, 555 E. Wells St., where it also...

Agency Continues Its Commitment To Creating Award-Winning, Innovative Marketing Communications   Milwaukee (April 25, 2008) – The Milwaukee chapter of the Business Marketing Association (BMA) and the Association for Women in Communications have recognized Scheibel Halaska with awards for excellence in marketing communications. One of Milwaukee’s fastest growing marketing communication firms, Scheibel Halaska received honors in multiple categories, including public...