Swiss Gruyere Wins World Championship Cheese Title
MADISON, Wis., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- An international panel of expert judges today named a Swiss Gruyere cheese as the 2008 World Championship Cheese.
Cheesemaker Michael Spycher, of Kaserei Fritzenhaus (Cheesemaker Fritz House) in Wasen, Switzerland, took top honors out of 1,941 entries from 19 countries for his Le Gruyere Switzerland. Out of possible 100 points, the Gruyere scored 98.82...
WisBusiness: Manitowoc’s Invincible Metal Furniture to close
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Invincible Metal Furniture Company in Manitowoc has told state and local officials that it plans to close its plant on May 12 and lay off approximately 81 workers.
The company is in receivership, and the notice was provided by receiver Michael Polsky, a spokesman for the Department of Workforce Development said.
In his letter, Polsky said the closure...
WisBusiness: A Different Kind of Museum
When is the last time you made a shadow puppet? Most likely it has been a while, but in the Madison Children’s Museum Shadow Room you can revive your shadow puppet skills and teach the children in your life a few tricks. The Madison Children’s Museum was founded in 1980 by a group of early childhood specialists. In the...
WisBusiness: A Different Kind of Museum
When is the last time you made a shadow puppet? Most likely it has been a while, but in the Madison Children’s Museum Shadow Room you can revive your shadow puppet skills and teach the children in your life a few tricks. The Madison Children’s Museum was founded in 1980 by a group of early childhood specialists. In the...
Recession hitting grocery stores
With a majority of economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal now saying the U.S. has slid into recession, the next question is, how long and how steep will the decline be?
Here in Wisconsin, the attitudes among consumers regarding something as simple as a trip to the grocery store may be as good a measure as any that...
