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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com WATERLOO – For more than two decades, the Crave brothers -- Charlie, George, Thomas and Mark -- had mulled over installing an anaerobic digester to turn the methane from their cows’ plentiful manure into electricity. But until their herd numbered 900, the finances never quite penciled out for the dairy, which is known for...

By Gregg Hoffmann You won’t likely see any turbines off the west coast of Wisconsin in the near future, but downstream in the Mississippi River a project is being considered for electricity-generating turbines. The experimental technology seems worth exploring and definitely could have a positive impact on energy for the Midwest. Free Flow Power Corp., a New England based startup company ...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Mark Bugher, director of Madison’s University Research Park, will be the special guest at today’s monthly WisBusiness.com-Madison Magazine business luncheon at the Madison Club. Bugher became the director of University Research Park in the fall of 1999. He manages and directs all activities for the enterprise, a 515-acre research park owned and operated by...

MADISON - The 2008 International Bioethics Forum, to be held April 17-18 at Promega Corporation's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center (BTC) in Fitchburg, will delve into the science and controversies of evolution in the 21st Century.Speakers include a prominent lineup of biologists, paleontologists, historians of science and experts on policy and education.Evolution, the process of change over time in the heritable...

MADISON - A cadre of North America's leading stem cell scientists will land in Madison April 16 for the third annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium.The public symposium, coordinated by the University of Wisconsin Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute, will center on the conserved biological mechanisms of stem cell control and regeneration.Featured speakers...

Project to create 11 jobs   MADISON- Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $1,500,000 Industrial Revenue Bond (IRB) allocation for Germantown Iron & Steel Corporation in Jackson, Washington County.   “One of the top priorities of my administration is to help move industries, companies, and communities forward, and ensure there are good, family-supporting jobs for our citizens,” Governor Doyle said. “I am pleased...

MADISON— Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the City of Sparta, Monroe County, will receive a $170,000 grant from the Community Development Block Grant–Public Facilities (CDBG-PF) program of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to fund its water and sanitary sewer main replacement project.   “Investing in infrastructure is an important part of enhancing the ability of communities and businesses to grow,”...

Customers traveling to, from, or through the state may rebook without service charge to avoid storm EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Due to the forecast for severe weather conditions throughout the portions of the Upper Midwest, Northwest Airlines has issued temporary travel reaccommodation options for customers scheduled to travel Thursday, April 10 or Friday, April 11, 2008. The temporary reaccommodation options...