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MADISON - The campus' pace may be slowing with the coming of summer, but the sounds of jackhammers, heavy equipment and busy construction crews show that University of Wisconsin-Madison improvements are going full-steam ahead."Guided by our campus master plan, we have a full slate of projects across campus that improve learning, research, transportation and the entire campus experience," says...

Milwaukee – Gasoline and food prices skyrocketing with no end in sight. A slumping national housing market.  The current economic climate has consumers constantly looking for ways to make their shopping dollars stretch further. It also has businesses seeking a more well-defined path to preserving cash flow, reducing expenses and increasing their profitability. The Wise Savings business model provides...

Ad Focuses on the Positive Benefits of Ethanol for Wisconsin MADISON – The Wisconsin Ethanol Coalition announced today that it will be launching a statewide radio ad campaign to educate the public on the positive economic, environmental, and practical benefits of ethanol use in Wisconsin. “As gas prices reach record amounts, it is important for people to know that ethanol is a clean, renewable...

MADISON – On Thursday, May 29, members of Governor Jim Doyle’s Task Force on Global Warming will meet in Sun Prairie to continue their efforts to address global warming.  The Task Force, comprised of a variety of environmental, industry and utility leaders as well as representatives from the DNR and PSC and other stakeholders, has undertaken Governor Doyle’s mission...

MADISON - In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at synapses. These small gaps between nerve cell endings have to be just the right size for messages to transmit properly. Synapses that grow too large or too small are associated...

Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Shawna Stringham, Conservation Warden assigned to the Viroqua station for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is the winner of the 2008 Virginia Hart Special Recognition Award.  The Virginia Hart award is given annually to a woman in state government in honor of exemplary performance in public service that improves the quality of...

SAUK CITY, WI (May 21, 2008) – Fiskars is helping make this world a little more green – and pink, and orange and blue.  Inspired by the overwhelming call to action made by the global community, Fiskars is about to take a stand in a major way – utilizing their resources to impact communities in need.    Fiskars Project Orange...

New CFO position will help Wildeck manage aggressive growth as a leading supplier of material handling equipment. Waukesha, WI – May 2008 - Wildeck, Inc., the largest manufacturer of mezzanines, material lifts, and safety guarding products in North America, has promoted Michael J. Berns, CPA, to the position of Chief Financial Officer. “We congratulate Mike on his many years of outstanding service and on...

MADISON - Postdoctoral fellow Lisa Lenertz spends her days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying how one protein, critical for proper immune function, moves from the inside to the surface of white blood cells."It's hard to think of how this tiny contribution affects human disease," she says. But understanding the movement of this protein, with its "Star Wars" sounding...

Madison – Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and eastside Ald. Judy Compton announced today that the Stoughton Road Revitalization Project (SRRP) has been named the 2008 winner of the National Neighborhood of the Year award, in the category of Multi-Neighborhood Project Partnerships. The SRRP was one of five finalists, competing against projects from Wilmington, California; Spartanburg, South Carolina; Indianapolis, Indiana; and...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Kenro Incorporated, which makes plastic products, has notified state and local officials that it plans to close its Fredonia plant and lay off 88 workers beginning July 21. Some of the workers are represented by the UNITE HERE Midwest Chicago Joint Board Local No. 2484. The company said the layoffs are expected to be...