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New staff, board members champion efforts to help Milwaukee area manufacturers grow and succeed   WMEP joins with Milwaukee 7 to promote next-generation manufacturing   BROOKFIELD, Wis. – The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) today announced a significant expansion of its presence in Southeast Wisconsin with the hiring of new staff and the appointment of three Milwaukee-area board members.   WMEP also announced a partnership...

Men’s Health Week is June 11-17 With Father’s Day around the corner, State Health Officials are encouraging men to make a life-long commitment to healthier living, as well as take an active role in promoting healthy living in their community. “Father’s Day is a time to appreciate dad, but it’s also an opportunity for men to focus on their...

APPLETON, Wis., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (AWAC), reports traffic for May 2007. AWAC operates as US Airways Express, scheduling nearly 500 departures per day to 69 cities in 26 states and two Canadian provinces. The fleet includes 70 Canadair Regional Jets. Statistics reflect AWAC's transition to a single-fleet regional jet operation in April 2006. TRAFFIC STATISTICS ...

  -  New "Phoenix" V-6 engine is key part of company's $3 billion powertrain     offensive  -  Kenosha investment part of Chrysler Group Recovery and Transformation     Plan  What:     Chrysler Group will announce plans to re-tool its 1.9 million            square foot Kenosha Engine Plant for the new "Phoenix" V-6            engine.  Who:      Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin            Allan Kehl, Kenosha County Executive           ...

Official Beer of UFC Offers Vegas Trip, Fight Lesson, Event Tickets and More in Latest Promotion; Instant Prizes Also Awarded at MickeysThrowsDown.com MILWAUKEE, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- When Mickey's Brewing Company announced its alliance with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2006, the "Fine Malt Liquor" promised to bring fans closer to the action. It doesn't get any closer...

Jockey finds that nearly 7 out of 10 men in America have experienced an uncomfortable underwear situation KENOSHA, Wis., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for Father's Day, Jockey is revealing men's opinions on uncomfortable underwear situations in order to demonstrate how Jockey's new 3D collections offer solutions to battle men's most common underwear grievances. A survey released...

MILWAUKEE, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today revealed that third-quarter hiring is expected to be positive in all of the 27 countries and territories surveyed, with employers in Germany and Norway reporting their most optimistic hiring plans since the survey began in these countries in 2003, based on seasonally adjusted data. Meanwhile, the Asia...

Industry Donates Better-for-You Products for Student Events in Nine Cities Including NY, SF, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Seattle and St. Louis CHICAGO, June 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of its Balanced for Life health and wellness initiative designed to help address rising childhood obesity rates, the nation's vending industry is sponsoring Jamborees!, fun day-long festivals where students...

MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) today reported May performance data for Midwest Airlines and Midwest Connect. It should be noted that the performance report now includes operating statistics for the 50-seat regional jet fleet operated by SkyWest Airlines, affecting year-over-year comparisons for Midwest Air Group and Midwest Connect. That service, which launched April...

Landmark Building Will Remain ‘U.S. Cellular Arena’   MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 8, 2007  – U.S. Cellular has renewed its title sponsorship of Milwaukee’s U.S. Cellular Arena until 2014. The naming rights and designation as “the exclusive wireless provider to the Wisconsin Center District” continues a relationship that began in 2000. The contract combines cash payments and wireless services to the Wisconsin Center...

MADISON—Common, contract, and private motor carriers in Wisconsin interested in the installation of idling reduction equipment can receive grants from the Wisconsin Diesel Truck Idling Reduction Grant Program. Equipment will reduce the carrier’s fuel cost and air pollution.   “Heavy duty trucks are the workhorses of our transportation economy,” said Department of Commerce Secretary Mary P. Burke. “This grant will help...