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Public Encouraged to Provide Comments on Interim Report and Progress of Task Force MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle’s Task Force on Global Warming will hold a public input session on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The session will be held simultaneously by videoconference in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay and La Crosse from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The Task Force, comprised of a variety of...

MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that federal disaster funds have been made available for eight Wisconsin counties to supplement emergency response efforts to a major winter storm that hit the state in early February.  The eligible counties named in the snow emergency declaration are Dane, Dodge, Green, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Walworth, and Washington Counties.  The declaration covers...

CAMBRIA – Work continues daily on the construction of Wisconsin’s newest state-of-the-art ethanol production facility in Cambria. In an effort to gear up for upcoming operation, Didion announced the addition of several key staff members.   “We’ve assembled a great team to run our facility,” said John Didion, CEO of Didion Ethanol. “We’re excited about the talent we’ve put together and...

MADISON - A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.Writing in this week's Advance Online Publication of Nature Materials, UW-Madison chemical and biological engineering Professor Manos Mavrikakis and UM chemistry and biochemistry Professor Bryan Eichhorn describe a new type of...

March is Nutrition Month, and state health officials are remindingeveryone that a healthy diet and being physically active are importantcontributors to overall health.“Poor diet and inactive lifestyles lead to overweight and obesity,which increase the risk of many diseases and conditions such as heartdisease, hypertension, and Type 2 diabetes,” said Dr. Sheri Johnson,State Health Officer.Johnson said that everyone should consider...

SEATTLE, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Local governments in Wisconsin have started streamlining purchasing processes using an online service from Onvia (NASDAQ:ONVI) , a leading provider of comprehensive market intelligence. Onvia and the Association of Public Purchasers (WAPP) recently signed an agreement that enables all members of WAPP and their registered vendors to use the Onvia DemandStar e-procurement tool at...

Milwaukee – March 18, 2008 – Right Management has hired Michael Bleadorn, Ph.D., as Vice President, Organizational Consulting in the Midwest Region’s Organizational Consulting Practice.  Right Management (www.right.com) is the world’s leading provider of integrated human capital consulting services and solutions across the employment lifecycle. “Michael’s knowledge and expertise as a consultant in organizational development and talent management will make...

MADISON - In its 160-year existence, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum has never before received a mineral donation like the one recently given by retired UW-Madison electrical engineering Professor R.A. Greiner.With 684 specimens and an appraised value in excess of $115,000, the R.A. Greiner Mineral Collection is the most impressive set of minerals the museum has ever received....

Duluth Trading Company Begins Tongue-in-cheek "Torture Tests" – A Fiendish Series of Product Testing BELLEVILLE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Can a utility bag made to tote tools survive two miles on gravel roads behind a 2-ton truck and then hoist a 250-pound engine block? If so, this utility bag can surely withstand everyday reckless dragging, side swipes and...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) announced today that for the second period ended February 24, 2008, total revenues for its Publishing and Broadcast groups of $33.61 million decreased 7.5% compared to $36.35 million reported for the second period ended February 25, 2007. This is due in large part to continued weakness in classified advertising revenue at the daily newspaper...

Operating income more than triples to $6.3 million MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS) today reported increased revenues and operating income for the third quarter ended February 28, 2008. Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Highlights Total revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were $86,040,000, a 20.5 % increase from revenues of $71,418,000 for the third...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Actuant Corporation (NYSE: ATU) today announced record sales and earnings for its second quarter ended February 29, 2008. Highlights Sales totaled $400 million, a 17% increase over the prior year, with 4% core sales growth (total sales less the impact of foreign currency rate changes and business acquisitions). Completed the previously announced European Electrical restructuring program. 23% year-over-year...

Most people take time to plan for retirement, put their kids through college or organize a yearly vacation. So why do so many people responsible for their company’s business intelligence (BI) initiative fail to adequately plan for this large, complex, and costly effort? With nearly 50 percent of all BI projects ending in some degree of failure, it is...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Gov. Jim Doyle on Tuesday praised a proposed rule to cut mercury emissions from utilities by 90 percent because of the flexibility built into the proposed rule. Doyle said the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing April 7 on the proposal, which would require power plants to reduce mercury emissions by 90...