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Company Launches Free Beta Partner Program LITTLE CHUTE, Wis., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- LoanSifter (http://www.loansifter.com/) announces a significant product expansion for its Web-based solutions for the mortgage industry. The new LoanSifter Prime/Alt-A search engine is the first engine that allows brokers and correspondents to evaluate every lender they use. The LoanSifter engine is a fast, customizable solution focused on...

MADISON –Wisconsin property values are showing modest growth, according to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s Equalized Values Report released today.  Residential property values statewide increased $20.66 billion (6%) between January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2007, demonstrating that home ownership still remains a worthwhile investment.   The Office of Federal Housing Oversight (OFHEO) estimated that existing Wisconsin homes increased in...

Contact: Anne Rowan U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 312-353-9391 rowan.anne@epa.gov CHICAGO, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade is convening a Lake Michigan Summit meeting on Wednesday in Chicago. This will provide an opportunity for key officials and stakeholders to present BP representatives with their suggestions on minimizing discharges to Lake Michigan from the company's Whiting, Ind., refinery. "The Great...

Contact: Therese Wells Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition 206-286-4455, x107 LAS VEGAS, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) has joined key bi-partisan Congressional legislation that tackles one of the West's most urgent fiscal and environmental crises: failing federal salmon recovery efforts in the Columbia-Snake River basin. Introduced by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), the Salmon Economic...

Contact: Media - Carol Skornicka 414-570-3980 (office) 414-303-6516 (cell) Carol.Skornicka@midwestairlines.com or Investors - Dennis O'Reilly 414-570-3954 Dennis.O'Reilly@midwestairlines.com MILWAUKEE, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In light of developments relating to its consideration of a sale of the company, the Board of Directors of Midwest Air Group (Amex: MEH) today said it would meet to consider alternatives on Thursday afternoon, August 16. There can be no assurance that the board will...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – The financial world may have the jitters over troubles with the subprime home loan market, but Badger State banks are in good shape, an executive with the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) said recently. That’s because only a few Wisconsin financial institutions have gotten into the subprime market, said Rose...

WisBusiness.com Gov. Jim Doyle has asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to declare 52 drought-stricken counties disaster areas as farmers feel the affects of lack of rain and hot temperatures in recent weeks and officials reported low soil moisture. Doyle also issued an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency due to current drought conditions. “Agriculture is the...

WisBusiness Hexion Speciality Chemicals has told state and local officials that it will lay off 46 of its 134 employees at its Pleasant Prairie plant. The company said the terminations are due to the "exiting of a product line and change in business" strategy. The layoffs will occur on Oct. 14, officials said. About 28...

MILWAUKEE, WI, August 14, 2007 (foreclosureswi.com) -- Newly released data compiled by ForeclosuresWI.com, a leading provider of Wisconsin foreclosure resources and statistics, suggests that Wisconsin foreclosures remain at escalated levels.After rising 34% in 2006, Wisconsin as a whole had 10,891 foreclosure filings in the first seven months of 2007, which on average, equates to nearly 74 foreclosures filed every...