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With a total of 47 fatalities in 44 traffic crashes, last month was the safest month of May in terms of traffic deaths in Wisconsin since World War II, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.  The deadliest month of May was in 1968 with 123 fatalities.   Traffic fatalities in May were 16 fewer than in May...

MADISON - When forming attitudes about embryonic stem cell research, people are influenced by a number of things. But understanding science plays a negligible role for many people.  That's the surprising finding from a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison communications researchers who have spent the past two years studying public attitudes toward embryonic stem cell research. Reporting in the...

GERMANTOWN – Governor Jim Doyle today broke ground on a major expansion of Cambridge Major Laboratories, Inc., a leading pharmaceutical research and development company.    “Cambridge Major Laboratories represents the future of Wisconsin – engaging the state’s brightest minds and exporting high-quality products across the world to advance critical medical technology,” Governor Doyle said.  “Today’s expansion provides a major boost...

Milwaukee-based nonprofit law office strategically partnering with community organizations to offer legal educational services, assistance MILWAUKEE, Wis. – June 5, 2008 – In an effort to promote a better understanding of the law among Milwaukee families, Centro Legal – a nonprofit organization that offers affordable legal services in family and criminal law – has begun offering free educational classes in...

Milwaukee , WI , June 4, 2008 - Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE; TSX: MRG), a medical imaging software and services company, today announced the reorganization of its business operations and a change in executive management. The details include: Reorganization In conjunction with the management changes described below, the company is reorganizing and renaming its operating divisions. Merge Healthcare...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Mithridion, Inc., and Cognitive Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., both private drug discovery and development companies focusing on drugs for Alzheimer’s disease and other serious Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders, have merged. Mithridion is the surviving entity, and will maintain its headquarters and preclinical drug research laboratories in Madison and will have its early drug discovery and...

WisBusiness.com Marquette University has a new business school dean. Linda M. Salchenberger, associate dean of academics in Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies, has been named the Keyes Dean of Marquette’s College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Management, Interim Provost David Shrock announced today. She is the first female dean of the college and the...

Employees e-wasting no time to help the environment   Madison, Wis., June 4, 2008 – While Earth Day has passed, taking responsibility for the environment never stops. Two-million tons of electronic equipment was thrown out in 2007 in the United States. A majority of that e-waste was improperly tossed into landfills.   To help cut down on e-waste in landfills, TDS is holding...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- "Beyond the Open Well" (published by AuthorHouse -- http://www.authorhouse.com/) by Jean M. Hebert is the true, compelling story of two sisters and the heartbreaking abuse they were forced to endure growing up in Wisconsin during the 1940s. A high school classmate, Hebert has written a detailed, comprehensive account of Shirley and Sharon...

MILWAUKEE, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE:BGG) Briggs & Stratton Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Victa Lawncare Pty. Ltd. of Sydney, Australia from GUD Holdings Limited for a total consideration of $22 million in cash, subject to adjustments. Briggs & Stratton's subsidiary Briggs & Stratton Australia Pty. Limited is...