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WisBusiness.com Landmark Services Cooperative, a farmer-owned cooperative, has been awarded a $4 million grant to build a soybean crushing plant in Evansville with the capacity to process 20 million bushels of soybeans annually. In announcing the grant, Gov. Jim Doyle said the facility will be the first in the state to create soybean oil destined to become biodiesel. “The...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Manpower Inc. (NYSE:MAN) today announced that it plans to release 1st quarter earnings results before the market opens on Friday, April 18, 2008. Management will discuss the results the same day in a live webcast at 7:30 a.m. CDT (8:30 a.m. EDT), which can be accessed on the company's website at http://investor.manpower.com/. (Logo:...

Pacific Paradise meets Endless Exploration 9 Unique Vacations - Hawaii & Canada - Valued Over $40,000! MILWAUKEE, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- United Vacations has announced the launch of its biggest sweepstakes to date; Pacific Paradise meets Endless Exploration Sweepstakes. Hawaii and Canada bring the best of both worlds together, giving travelers the opportunity to win one of nine...

Verizon Foundation Grant to Provide Educator Training for Thinkfinity.org MADISON, Wis., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster today announced that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has received a $50,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to train teachers to use the free educational resources available on Thinkfinity.org and to raise awareness of the program within the...

HDNet's award-winning news program investigates the new scientific field of neuroplasticity and the unlimited powers of the human brain DALLAS, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Can a person really "re-wire" his or her own brain? In this Tuesday's episode of "Dan Rather Reports: Mind Science" Rather and his team investigate the new scientific field of neuroplasticity. This study examines...

Innovative Device Recognized for Design Excellence and Patient Ease-of-Use BROOKFIELD, Wis., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today won the 2008 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) for its Genesis(TM) DM remote patient care device. The Genesis DM won in the rehabilitation and assistive-technology products category. The award-winning Honeywell HomMed remote patient monitoring device is ideal for both the patient...

MILWAUKEE, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. today reported March performance data for Midwest Airlines and Midwest Connect. Midwest Air Group, Inc. -- Performance Report ...

Various Air Force facilities to be upgraded or newly constructed. MILWAUKEE, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, (NYSE:JCI) , the global, multi-industrial leader in creating smart environments, announced today that a joint venture between Versar, Inc., and Johnson Controls Federal Systems, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc., will be awarded one of approximately 12 large business contracts by...

MADISON - The project to digitize the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives' complete collection of materials from conservationist Aldo Leopold has made its first installment of online materials available to the public. The digitization is being done under a grant awarded to the Aldo Leopold Foundation, in Baraboo, Wis., the holders of the intellectual property rights of the materials, by...

EVANSVILLE – Governor Jim Doyle today announced $4 million for the construction of the first soybean crushing facility in the state that will create the soybean oil that will eventually become biodiesel.   Landmark Services Cooperative, a farmer-owned cooperative, was awarded the grant to build a plant with the capacity to process 20 million bushels of soybeans annually.   “The soybeans Wisconsin...

Wisconsin Department of Transportation unveils new work zone safety campaign Governor Jim Doyle has proclaimed the week of April 7-11 as Work Zone Awareness Week in Wisconsin. It coincides with National Work Zone Awareness Week. In his proclamation, Governor Doyle noted that on average, Wisconsin annually suffers nearly 2,000 crashes in work zones that injure 900 people and kill 11. "It...