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Wausau/WI – March 30, 2007  Two initiatives to offer free digital SafeAssured IDs are currently ongoing in Marathon County.  The first began in early March when the Wausau Noon Optimist Club, the Wausau Breakfast Optimist Club, the Mosinee Optimist Club, and the Everest Optimist Club partnered to begin enrolling every first grade student in all public and private schools...

Contact: Cindi Krause, Makin’ Hey! 608.213-7118 cindi@makin-hey.com Award Winning Designer joins Makin' Hey! Communications MADISON, WI - Scott Templeton has joined Makin' Hey! Communications as Creative Director. Templeton, most recently Associate Art Director for Madison Magazine, was Art Director and principal designer of Our Dumb Century - a satirical humor book written by the staff of The Onion and published...

MILWAUKEE -- The Board of Directors of Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) , parent company of Midwest Airlines, today requested that its shareholders take no action at this time in response to the announcement by AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI) that it has revised the terms of its unsolicited exchange offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Midwest. Consistent with...

Top Financial Institution Reinvents Lockbox and Deposit/Payment Capture Strategy with Key WAUSAU Software Offerings MOSINEE -- WAUSAU, the industry leader in distributed payment and document processing, announced today that First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO), a division of First National of Nebraska, an $18 billion bank holding company headquartered in Omaha, Neb., has chosen WAUSAU as its key solutions...

Contact: Carla Vigue, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Governor Jim Doyle today made the following statement regarding the recent decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to preliminarily reject three Wisconsin-held stem cell patents: "Wisconsin has long been recognized as the pioneer in stem cell research, with world-leading scientists making important breakthroughs since 1998. It's important...

Geron Corporation (Nasdaq:GERN) supports the position of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) that U.S. patents covering Dr. James Thomson’s pioneering work with human embryonic stem cells were properly granted. Thomson’s success in isolating human embryonic stem cells is recognized by the scientific community as a significant breakthrough, and the scope of the patents granted to WARF is commensurate...

SunTech Medical, Inc. – the market leader in motion tolerant, Blood Pressure technology - is pleased to announce a collaborative effort with Mortara Instrument of Milwaukee, WI whereby Blood Pressure and Pulse Oximetry readings from the SunTech Tango+ automated monitor are directly interfaced to the Mortara X-Scribe Stress Exercise System display and final report outputs. “This marks a new...

Additionally, GE Healthcare and Volcano Announce the Successful Implementation of Pre-Cabling Program, Enabling All New Innova Labs to Be Now IVUS-ready WAUKESHA, Wis. and RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. -- GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) and Volcano Corporation (NASDAQ:VOLC) have successfully implemented, at multiple sites, Innova IVUS, the world's only fully Integrated IVUS and Cath Lab system. An exclusive collaboration between Volcano Corporation...

Piggly Wiggly corporate Locations Switch To Whole Harvest No-Trans Fat Oil SHEBOYGAN, Wisc., April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Piggly Wiggly's stores have taken a bold stance by making a healthy switch to No-Trans Fat, Whole Harvest Culinary Oils. Many franchise-operated locations have also moved to Whole Harvest. Fresh Brands has 25 corporate Piggly Wiggly stores located in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. The...

Customizable marketing tool kit makes mortgage marketing easy MIDDLETON -- Greystone Residential Funding, Inc. has introduced a customizable marketing tool kit to help financial institutions get the word out about their mortgage programs during the spring buying season. The company offers a step-by-step guide and professional marketing resources to make mortgage marketing easy and effective. "We're excited to offer this...

Revenue Increases 42% in 2006 NEW BERLIN, Wis.--International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTCBB:INLM), a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, has filed its 2006 annual report on form 10-KSB. As the report illustrates, 2006 was a year of record achievements and growth for International Monetary Systems (IMS). The company processed more than $72 million in trade transactions. Every transaction represents...