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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, www.uwsp.edu/news Last October, Linda Bunnell, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), gave the charge for the campus’ first-ever Sustainability Task Force. Creating a sustainable campus and community is part of UWSP’s Vision 2015 and remains a campus priority. To that end, Bunnell appointed a diverse task force...

Contact: Jennifer Smith, Communications Specialist, Thrive jsmith@thrivhere.org, 608-443-1961 Madison, Wisconsin—Thrive, the economic development enterprise for the eight‐county Madison Region, has partnered with the cities of Middleton, Madison and Fitchburg to host a display in the Wisconsin Pavilion at the BIO International Convention in San Diego Tuesday through Friday, June 17-20. Thrive’s collaboration with Madison, Middleton and Fitchburg represents a new regional strength in growing and promoting...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 State’s Lawsuit Alleged Air Emissions at Rothschild Wisconsin Plant Exceeded Permit Limits MADISON —The State and the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC) have agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging multiple violations of state air pollution control laws at Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s Weston electric generating station in Marathon County, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B....

From WisBusiness.com ... -- A state that has experienced historic floods and the announcement of a major plant closing within the past two weeks could use some good news. The Wisconsin Technology Council's Tom Still says perhaps it's found in the steady growth of Wisconsin's biotechnology industry. When the Wisconsin delegation shows up on the floor of the San...

For more information or interviews, contact Erin McClary Direct Line: 262-235-6262 Cell Phone: 920-918-1751 Port Washington-based company to donate portion of sales to help those in need PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. – In response to the historic flooding that is devastating communities throughout southern Wisconsin, Allen Edmonds has announced it will donate a portion of sales from its annual Tent Sale to...

22,000-Head Missouri Operator Faces Court Action What has been dubbed the "largest scandal in the history of the organic industry" has taken another victim. The USDA announced this week that Promiseland Livestock, LLC, a 22,000-head cattle producer, had "willfully" violated the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, the law regulating the industry. Promiseland, and its principal owner Anthony J. Zeman,...

America's Second Harvest food banks throughout three states help with relief efforts In response to severe flooding that has displaced thousands of Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin residents, the America's Second Harvest network of food banks has mobilized to deliver needed resources to the affected communities. The threat of flooding caused the Northeast Iowa Food Bank to cease normal operations and...