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U.S. Congress Recognizes American Craft Beer Week May 12-18   CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (May 12, 2008) – As craft beer fans’ thirst for diversity continues to evolve, the 141-year-old Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, based in Chippewa Falls, WI, brews more opportunities for consumers to explore their pour.  Leinenkugel’s, which has recently expanded from an Upper Midwestern regional brewer to offering year-round...

Alliant Energy’s proposal to build a coal-fired power plant in the small town of Cassville, Wisconsin would further Wisconsin’s dependence on coal and contribute to the company’s projected 40 percent increase in global warming pollution.  On May 15th, community members will gather outside the annual Alliant Energy shareholder meeting in Madison to tell the corporation that ratepayers reject the...

APPLETON, Wis., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation reports traffic for April 2008. Air Wisconsin operates as US Airways Express, scheduling nearly 500 departures per day to 69 cities in 26 states and two Canadian provinces. The fleet includes 70 Canadair Regional Jets. TRAFFIC STATISTICS ...

CHICAGO, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $37,271 grant to the Manitowoc Public School District in Manitowoc, Wis., for a project to cut diesel emissions from the district's school buses. EPA said the grant will be used to install idling reduction equipment on 14 school buses. The buses already have diesel emission reduction...

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...

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...

The University of Wisconsin-Extension, the Wisconsin Department of National Resources and Capital Returns, Inc., a GENCO Supply Chain Solutions' Company, bring drug safety issues to the forefront with the launch of a safe consumer medicine return trial. PITTSBURGH, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Get the Meds Out, a consumer medication return pilot program, is set to launch this week with...

-- Kalahari Resort Continues to Expand Under-One-Roof Offerings as $15 Million Addition Connects Four Buildings -- WISCONSIN DELLS, Wisconsin (May 12, 2008) – Kalahari Resort, located in Wisconsin Dells, WI which is known for its concentration of 18 indoor waterparks, today announced that, in addition to being home to one of America’s largest indoor waterparks, the resort will unveil yet...

Kohl’s Brings Solar Power to New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland Locations MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., May 12, 2008 — Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE: KSS) announced today that it plans to convert more than 50 of its existing New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland locations to solar power, representing nearly 80 percent of its locations in these three states. Currently, Kohl’s operates 34...

Agreement Takes Steps toward Developing Clean Energy and Fighting Climate Change   MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Wisconsin on climate change issues.  The agreement, signed by Governor Doyle and Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Minister of Parliament, promotes a working...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison will launch a new living and learning community next fall for students interested in entrepreneurship.Located within Sellery Hall with space for up to 65 students, the initiative aims to make entrepreneurship more readily accessible to newly admitted students with wide-ranging academic interests."Wisconsin has a long tradition of fusing the academic and residential aspects...

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...