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MILWAUKEE, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites you to hurry out to the Mequon, Wisconsin Holding Facility until August 31, 2007 and take home a burro from America's public range lands. These burros were hand selected from the range lands out West, due to the overwhelming response and request for burros during Mequon's special...

International Financial Services Firm Opens Second Greater Washington, D.C., Area Office MILWAUKEE, July 26, 2007 – Baird, an international employee-owned financial services firm and one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for®, has opened its second greater Washington, D.C., area office in Reston, Va. The new office, located in the Reston Town Center, 11951 Freedom Drive, Suite 1400,...

By Patrick Fitzgerald WisBusiness.com Emerging during a time when the traditional acceptance of supermarket produce began to yield to the fledging organic food movement, food co-ops throughout the country have been fighting and clawing their way to acceptance since the late 1960’s. The big three co-ops in Wisconsin: Outpost Natural Foods of Milwaukee, the Willy...

WisBusiness MADISON – A new report by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says a $1.25 increase in Wisconsin’s cigarette tax would prevent 84,000 kids from becoming addicted adult smokers, save more than 38,500 from premature smoking-related deaths and create long-term health care savings of nearly $2 billion dollars. Speaking at the UW-Madison hospital, Gov. Jim Doyle urged the...

Project to create 14 jobs   MADISON— Governor Jim Doyle today announced $200,000 in Technology Zone tax credits for Zepnick Solutions, Inc., Howard, Brown County. The company's expansion project is expected to create 14 new jobs for the area.   "Wisconsin's economy is on the move," Governor Doyle said. "We have to ensure all Wisconsin workers and companies – companies like Zepnick Solutions...

Lunchables Jr. Combine Familiar Foods Kids Love with Essentials Moms Care About MADISON, Wis., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Mom's little ones are always on the go, rarely sitting down long enough to eat. At snack time, it's often a struggle to find convenient, kid-appealing and wholesome foods that are also just right for little fingers and appetites. New Lunchables...