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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) decided to utilize super-critical pulverized coal boiler technology at its new generation facility planned for Marshalltown, Iowa. It offers IPL's customers affordable and reliable electricity and also boasts increased efficiencies over traditional plants. Those efficiencies provide a reduction in...

MILWAUKEE, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the official launch of BoomerTowne.com(TM), a new, informational Web site for all things baby boomer- related. BoomerTowne.com is the concept of entrepreneur Herschel "Buzz" Peddicord and was developed as "the" online destination for the baby boomer generation. The site features a wide variety of content on topics ranging from health and travel...

MADISON, Wis., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio-editing software applications, today announced an upgrade to their Sound Forge(R) professional digital audio editing application to version 9. The industry-leading Sound Forge software has been a tool of choice among media professionals for more than a decade and is now the cornerstone...

DULUTH, Minn., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless customers in the Twin Ports area of Duluth and Superior, Wis., can now have access to the Internet and to their email and corporate data at faster speeds, uploading files eight to nine times faster than before as Verizon Wireless rolls out its next-generation high-speed broadband network. Based on CDMA 1x...

VIOLA, Wis., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A new gluten free line of macrobiotic energy bars in three flavors -- Cashew Butter, Tahini Date and Peanut Protein -- has been introduced for health conscious consumers by GoMacro Inc. According to Jolanta Sonkin, GoMacro Co-Founder, "MacroBars(TM) get their rich taste from organic brown rice syrup, a complex carbohydrate containing energy yielding nutrients...

RACINE, Wis., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Johnson Chairman and CEO H. Fisk Johnson makes a second appearance in SC Johnson's new family advertising campaign focused on the environment that the company launched last fall. The campaign further communicates to consumers SC Johnson's long-standing commitment to the environment and to the health of the families who use the company's...

STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- AIG Travel Guard announced that it will provide emergency travel services and medical assistance services free to evacuees of the Sea Diamond cruise ship and their families after it ran aground and began taking in water off the Greek Island of Santorini on Thursday, April 5, 2007. Of the 1,200 passengers aboard, three-quarters...

MADISON-Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Historic Gund Brewery Lofts LLC, La Crosse, La Crosse County, will receive a Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment (BEBR) grant of $78,000 to help remediate and redevelop the Historic Gund Brewery into loft apartments.   "Cleaning up brownfields is about more than just renewing damaged or vacant land," Governor Jim Doyle said. "It's about renewing...

MADISON-Governor Doyle announced today that the Village of West Salem, La Crosse County, will receive a $150,000 grant from the Community Development Block Grant-Public Facilities and Economic Development (CDBG-PFED) program from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce (Commerce) in order to construct a 50,000-sq.-ft. facility. The River Steel Inc. facility project will produce 34 new jobs.   "Manufacturing is at the heart...

MADISON-Governor Jim Doyle today announced that the Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce (HWCC), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, will receive $100,000 in financial assistance through the Minority Business Development Fund Program of the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to help capitalize a revolving loan fund.   "My administration is committed to promoting the development of minority businesses across the state," Governor Doyle said. "This...