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MILWAUKEE, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc., parent company of Midwest Airlines, today announced appointments to its new board of directors. The board will oversee the strategy and performance of the company, which was acquired by TPG Capital on January 31. John F. Bergstrom is chairman and chief executive officer of Neenah, Wis.-based Bergstrom Corp., which owns and...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE:BGG) Briggs & Stratton Corporation (the "Company") today announced that the following executive officers of the Company have each entered into individual stock trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Thomas R. Savage, Senior Vice President - Administration; and Vincent R. Shiely, Senior...

Company honored for exceeding government-established guidelines MILWAUKEE, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, (NYSE:JCI) , the global, multi-industrial leader in creating smart environments, received the United States Department of Commerce Export Achievement Award. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) The company, a member of the International District Energy Association (IDEA) was honored with the award at the association's annual Campus Energy Conference held yesterday in...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Nerites Corporation, a company that develops novel tissue repair products and coatings for medical devices, today announced it has completed a $5.7 million Series A round of funding. Venture Investors LLC of Madison, Wisconsin, with participation by Black Mountain Ventures of Foster City, California, led the investment. Previously, Nerites had raised $3 million...

APPLETON, Wis., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation reports traffic for January 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 ...

NEW CASTLE, Del., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Arkion(R) Life Sciences LLC has again received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval to use Avitec in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan to protect corn seed from deprivation by cranes. Texas is joining these Midwestern states in granting approval to help Texas farmers avoid damage to their corn crop. South Dakota also is expected...

Joseph E. Mauthe Named VP of Global Human Resources NEENAH, Wis., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plexus Corp. (NASDAQ:PLXS) today announced that Joseph E. Mauthe will assume the role of VP of Global Human Resources. Plexus Corp.'s Board of Directors has named Mr. Mauthe, 45, an officer of the corporation. In this role, Mr. Mauthe will lead the design and...

MADISON - Having grown up on the crowded East Coast and studied wildlife in developing countries like Uganda and Ecuador, Adrian Treves knows just how difficult balancing the needs of people and wild animals can be - and how often human interests win out."I used sometimes to despair that we could never repair the damage we'd done to nature,"...

BOSTON - Is nanotechnology morally acceptable?For a significant percentage of Americans, the answer is no, according to a recent survey of Americans' attitudes about the science of the very small.Addressing scientists here today (Feb. 15, 2008) at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dietram Scheufele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of life sciences...

First pediatric influenza-related death reported in WisconsinState health officials and the City of Milwaukee Health Department haveconfirmed the first pediatric influenza death within Milwaukee County,and the State, for the current influenza season (October through April).The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated nationalsurveillance and reporting of pediatric influenza deaths during the2004-2005 influenza season.  So far this season, CDC...

Project to create 43 jobs   MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Marvel Manufacturing Company, Inc., will receive $250,000 in Tech Zone tax credits to help install new equipment at its Oshkosh facility. In turn, the company will create up to 43 new positions over a five-year period and retain 125 full-time jobs.  The expansions represent more than $2...