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MADISON, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOLF) , North America's leading family of indoor waterpark resorts, today announced that the company will release fourth-quarter 2007 financial results on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, before the market opens. The company will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. ET on that day to discuss its results. The conference...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls will webcast its management presentation at the Lehman Brothers Industrial Select Conference in Miami, Florida on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. The webcast begins at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) To access the listen-only audio webcast, visit the Johnson Controls Web site at http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/ and click on the webcast link. A replay of the webcast...

Punch Lines Already Rolling in for 2008 Joke-telling Contest. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- From a long list of some of the world's most formidable joke-tellers, one was left standing in the global battle to be recognized as the world's greatest joke teller. ComicWonder.com recently announced that Chris "Captainhilariousness" Cashman of Seattle tallied the most laughs in the first...

Quarterly Sales Increase 29.5% to a Record $474.7 million - 2007 Acquisitions on Plan - 2007 Net Sales, Net Income and EPS Reach Record Levels - Board of Directors Approves Additional 1 Million Share Buyback Authorization BELOIT, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE:RBC) today reported sales and earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2007....

CUDAHY, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ladish Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:LDSH) (www.ladishco.com) today reported 2007 net income was $32.3 million, or $2.22 of diluted earnings per share, on sales of $424.6 million. During the fourth quarter of 2007 the Company had diluted earnings per share of $0.64 in comparison to $0.42 in the fourth quarter of 2006. Ladish will host a...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 15, 16 and 17, 2008, global opera star and Grammy Award winner Mark S. Doss will take the stage as Jochanaan (John the Baptist) in Florentine Opera's Salome. Last season, Mr. Doss performed this same role at Milan's legendary Teatro alla Scala (La Scala), where he has been welcomed for five different...

GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Great Lakes Utilities (GLU) and Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC) announced the signing of a long-term power supply agreement that will provide GLU with a power supply portfolio including renewable resources. "We have been working with WPSC for many years to take advantage of their resources and ours," said Nilaksh Kothari, Administrative...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ElderCounsel, LLC, a premier community of elder law attorneys and provider of elder law document drafting software and continuing legal education, today announced that founding member Vincent J. Russo, J.D., has been appointed chairman of the board, and Valerie L. Peterson, Esq. has been appointed education director and member liaison. ElderCounsel was formed...

MOSINEE, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- WAUSAU, the industry leader in distributed payment and document processing solutions, today announced a limited time, 30-day free trial offer of its Application Service Provider (ASP) solution to qualified prospects and customers interested in or currently evaluating Remote Corporate Capture (RCC) platforms. Financial institutions invest in remote capture because of the win-win connection it...

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CoBAnk donates $5,000 to Wisconsin and Minnesota cooperative organizations Feldco Factory Direct Now Serving the Greater Milwaukee Area Ladish to Announce 4th Quarter and Year-End 2007 Earnings Smith Investment Company Proposes Restructuring of Holdings in A. O. Smith Corporation The Chrysler Foundation and Kenosha Engine Plant Donate $100,000 to New YMCA Aquatics Center Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, Aurora Health Care and HealthEOS Announce...

WisBusiness.com Wisconsin Energy finished a solid 2007 with fourth quarter net income of $94.3 million, or 80 cents per share, up from $77.0 million, or 65 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. The Milwaukee utility's quarterly operating revenues grew to $1.15 million from $1.10 million. For the full year, Wisconsin Energy's 2007 earnings from continuing operations totaled...

WisBusiness.com The push toward alternative fuels and reducing carbon emissions should be viewed as a huge opportunity for Wisconsin businesses to become national leaders in the new technology, Doyle said today. Speaking before the Green Tier Advantage conference at Madison's Monona Terrace, Doyle said the old dichotomy of industry vs. the environment no longer applies and the two should...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The final report of the governor’s Global Warming Task Force for will not be finished until May, five months later than it was initially schedule to be released. But Roy Thilly, co-chair of the group, said an interim report should be issued by the end of this month. He said it will most likely...