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MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle formally recognized the promotion of Mark Anderson to general officer rank by pinning him with the rank of brigadier general in a ceremony at the State Capitol today.  Anderson, of Wisconsin Rapids, currently commands the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and will assume command of the entire Wisconsin Army National Guard as deputy adjutant...

Governor Jim Doyle announced today Wisconsin has received $17.9 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funds.  This is in addition to the $69.7 million received last fall.   “I have made funding for LIHEAP one of my federal priorities every year since I took office,” Governor Doyle said. “These additional funds will be used to assist 150,000 low...

WisBusiness: Mark Bugher, director of Madison's University Research Park, is the new board chairman for the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce. He will serve in that post through December 2009. Bugher, who headed the state departments of Revenue and Administration under former Gov. Tommy Thompson, is a longtime business and community leader who has led the 515-acre University Research...

By Jamie Jergenson WisBusiness.com KAUKAUNA -- A Kaukauna company is hoping to become number one – in the number two business. In what may be the ultimate in recycling, Skill Associates is helping farmers turn their animal waste into green energy. The company was formed in 2003 in response to the Environmental Protections Agency’s new animal waste policies...

WisBusiness.com A protest against a Logistics Health Inc. (LHI) bid with the Department of Defense has been dismissed by the federal government. The U.S. Government Accountability Office dismissed the bid protest last week. La Crosse-based LHI has received a $790 million contract for services to the DOD. Losing bidders had filed the protest, claiming LHI had an unfair advantage in...

(MADISON, WI) Mark Bugher, Director of University Research Park, stepped into his new role as Board Chair of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors this morning as he led the Chamber’s first Board of Directors meeting of 2008. He will serve as GMCC Board Chair through December 2009.   A prominent, longtime business and community leader, Bugher...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE:BGG) Briggs & Stratton today announced second quarter fiscal 2008 consolidated net sales of $478.8 million and consolidated net income of $5.4 million or $.11 per diluted share. The second quarter of fiscal 2007 had consolidated net sales of $423.1 million and a consolidated net loss of $4.4 million or...