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MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle today announced that the  Village of Coleman, Marinette County,  will receive a $279,000 grant from the Community Development Block Grant-Public Facilities (CDBG-PF) program. The grant will be used to help the village make sewer system and roadway improvements.   “Investing in infrastructure improves not only the flow of people and products, but also enhances the ability for communities...

Kevin R. Hayden, Department of Health and Family Services Secretaryannounced today that the state has received an award of $200,000 fromthe federal Administration on Aging (AoA) to provide technicalassistance to Counties that are developing local Aging and DisabilityResource Centers (ADRCs) throughout the state. ADRCs are part ofGovernor Jim Doyle’s long-term care reform initiative. ADRC’sprovide information about choices available to...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business will host its fifth annual Women's Executive Leadership Summit from Oct. 2-4 at the Fluno Center for Executive Education in Madison.The event brings together women executives, managers and leaders in a series of speakers and panel discussions. This year's summit will explore topics ranging from education in Afghanistan, to the...

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed inAugust.  Overall, 21 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, 18 states registered increases, and 11states had no changes, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Over the year, jobless rates declined in 27 states and the District of Columbia,...

Madison, WI – September 21, 2007Accelerate Madison announces final details of an event being held onThursday evening, September 27, 2007, at Overture Center in Madison. Accelerate Madison, a nonprofit organization, is connecting people andinformation technology via forums featuring nationally-relevant topics andinfluential executive-level industry leaders.  Participants have a passionfor the Madison region’s economic vitality and are interested in coastaland international...

MILWAUKEE – September 21, 2007 – Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. today announced the election of six new equity shareholders, five in the Milwaukee office and one in the Madison office. Jennifer Drury Buzecky, Daniel S. Galligan, Mark T. Garsombke, Thomas J. Pienkos and Steven F. Stanaszak achieved shareholder status in the Milwaukee office, and Lisa R. Lange became a...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) will hold public hearings on Thursday, October 4th regarding Madison Gas and Electric Company’s (MGE) request to change electric and natural gas rates. MGE is requesting to increase electric rates by 9% and natural gas rates by 3.73%, or about $7 per month for the average residential electric customer and $5 per month for...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The inaugural Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) Data Driven Innovation Award was awarded to DSG, Inc. on September 16 in Chicago. In its first year, the Data Driven Innovation Award recognizes and honors excellence in the advancement of clinical data management and celebrates innovation in vendor/sponsor relationships. Four judges selected from the SCDM Leadership Forum unanimously agreed...

LA JOLLA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StepStone Group LLC (“StepStone”) today announced that it has been hired by the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (“SWIB”) to assist SWIB in making specialized private equity fund investments. StepStone will identify funds that have specific geographic, industry or investment structure focus, among others. SWIB intends to utilize the targeted exposure generated by this program to...

Recent acquisition and hit movies drive strong quarter for Marcus Theatres MILWAUKEE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS) today reported increased revenues and operating income for the first quarter ended August 30, 2007. First Quarter Fiscal 2008 Highlights Total revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 were $112,141,000, a 20.1%...

Two Legendary Milwaukee Icons to Team Up Again for Major Celebration; Brewer Planning National Summer Promotion Featuring Harley-Davidson(R) Motorcycles MILWAUKEE, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Miller Lite is inviting millions of Harley-Davidson(R) motorcycle owners and enthusiasts to ride towards great taste and refreshment next summer. Building on a relationship between two Milwaukee neighbors that dates to Harley-Davidson's 90th anniversary celebration in...

Madison – Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced today that his 2008 executive budget would call for no service cuts or fare increases for the Madison Metro bus system. This is the third year in a row that Metro riders will enjoy the same fares. The Mayor noted, however, that this commitment is based upon passage of a state budget that...

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpectraScience, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SCIE) announced today that it has elected the Honorable Tommy Thompson to its Board of Directors. Before entering the private sector in 2005, Secretary Thompson enjoyed a long and distinguished career in public service. In 1966 he won a seat in Wisconsin's state Assembly. He became assistant Assembly minority...

MADISON – Allen Dines, assistant director at the UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations (OCR), is a veteran of the high-tech start-up world, having created and sold two biotech firms. Before that, he worked for another company that was spun out of a UW-Madison research lab. Even earlier, he worked for Booz Allen Hamilton in Bethesda, MD as a high-tech...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Modine Japan’s Mitsubishi FUSO Truck and Bus Corp. has awarded Modine Manufacturing Co. a five-year deal worth $15 million for the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system its Canter light-duty trucks program. The contract will begin in 2009 and run through 2014. The passenger HVAC systems will be assembled at Modine's Shanghai, China, facility using heat exchangers from the company’s South...