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MONDOVI -- Marten Transport, Ltd. announced that it elected Robert L. Demorest and G. Larry Owens as independent directors of the company's board of directors. Mr. Demorest's and Mr. Owens' initial terms will begin at the next scheduled meeting of the board of directors, which is expected to be in December of 2007. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer...

WAUKESHA -- Markel American Insurance Company today announced the completion of the custom Board Track Racer style motorcycle built by Markel American Associates through its "Markel Builds Fun" project to raise money for the Victory Junction Gang charity. Entries to win the motorcycle in a sweepstakes will be accepted until August 31, 2007 at http://www.markelbuildsfun.com/ . No purchase is...

MANITOWOC-- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement with Valcovna profilov a.s. for the development of a crane manufacturing facility in Saris, Slovakia. The facility, which will be refurbished and re-equipped, will serve as the final manufacturing and assembly site for Grove, Potain, and Manitowoc cranes being delivered to customers in East European markets,...

Additional Donations Needed to Provide Relief to Flood Victims WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Heavy rain and flooding continues to plague the Midwest and South Central US submerging thousands of residences and businesses and leaving 22 people dead. The American Red Cross was among the first on the ground and continues to respond to the torrential storm systems throughout Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma,...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Retro Television Network (RTN) which is nationally owned and distributed by Equity Media Holdings Corporation, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to launch an RTN affiliate in Green Bay, adding more than 430,000 households to the network's viewing area. The new affiliate will launch Oct. 1 on WBAY-TV/DT, a digital stream of...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, www.uwsp.edu/news Gerry Ring, chair of the paper science and engineering department at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP), has been named a 2007 WiSys Innovation Scholar for his paper pulp pre-processor invention. A faculty member in the UWSP College of Natural Resources since 1986, Ring became a full professor in 1997, and...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 OCTOBER 11 AT HO-CHUNK MADISON - Expanding business opportunities for the state's minority-owned companies is the focus of "Marketplace 2007", the 26th Annual Governor's Conference on Minority Business Development, which will be held on October 11, 2007 at the Ho-Chunk Casino Hotel & Convention Center in Baraboo. The event will...

EAGAN, Minn.--Northwest Airlines will serve as the charter airline for the Green Bay Packers football team for the coming season – as it has for several decades. Northwest will utilize Boeing 757 and 747 aircraft, as well as Airbus A330s to support the Packers’ 10 road trips during the 2007 season. “The Packers are an important, longtime customer of...

Contact: Pat Seitz Regal Ware, Inc. Phone: 262-626-8611 Cell: 262-247-6586 e-Mail: pseitz@regalware.com Fax: 262-626-8690 Kewaskum, Wisconsin (August 23, 2007) - Chris Robason has joined Regal Ware, Inc. as Sales Manager for the Wisconsin-based housewares manufacturers’ Retail Division. In this position he assumes responsibility for plan development and execution of the company’s worldwide retail strategy, including achievement of...

Contact: Joshua Morby Mobile: 920.968.4197 Email: media@thenewnorth.com Governor’s Budget Includes $50 Million for Fund to Help Grow State’s Economy NEW NORTH, August 24, 2007 – In his version of the two-year state...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON – Following the torrential rains and flooding that have devastated many Wisconsin communities this past week, the Department of Commerce would like to notify the public that it has resources for citizens and municipalities to utilize in their clean-up and rebuilding efforts. “Our staff is ready to assist individuals...

  Wausau, WI – August 24, 2007- The WINUM (WI North-Upper MI) Optimist District continues to be an active proponent of child safety through their continued use and promotion of the SafeAssured family safety program, in addition to numerous other projects that benefit children.  Ken Hofmaster, President of SafeAssured, publicly recognized the WINUM District at the annual Optimist International Convention...

Company Waives Prescription Refill Rule for Members Affected by Storms and Flooding MILWAUKEE--Humana Inc. announced today it will allow its commercial and Medicare members in five southwestern Wisconsin counties to obtain early refills of their prescriptions in the wake of devastating thunderstorms and flooding that have struck the region in recent days. Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has declared a...

            Mohammad El-Orbany, M.D., has been appointed an associate professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and to the medical staff of both Froedtert and St Joseph’s Hospitals.  A board-certified anesthesiologist, he comes to the Medical College from Illinois Masonic Medical Center an affiliate with the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago where he served...