Wisconsin Eighth-Grader to Compete for National Title in Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- An eighth-grader from Osceola yesterday won the Wisconsin State Championship in the fifth annual Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge, America's premier vocabulary competition. Mary Willis, a student at Osceola Middle School, will join the top winners from all 50 states to battle for the national title and $50,000 in college scholarships at...
Bruegger’s Adopts a Cage-Free Egg Policy in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON (March 21, 2007) – The Humane Society of the United States applauds Bruegger’s Enterprises, Inc. for joining the rapidly growing movement away from one of factory farming’s worst abuses: battery cage confinement of egg-laying hens. The HSUS commended Bruegger’s for implementing a cage-free egg policy for its Wisconsin locations, placing full-page ads in the state’s two largest newspapers,...
Miller Hits The Right Note With Local Music Venues
MILWAUKEE, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Miller Brewing Company today announced it has reached exclusive sponsorship agreements with four high-profile music venues in some of its most important markets. The renewed sponsorships are with the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J.; the Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh, N.C.; the Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa; and the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre...
Honeywell HomMed Names New President
BROOKFIELD, Wis., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE:HON) HomMed(R), a manufacturer of medical telemonitoring devices for home healthcare, announced today Michael Benjamin has been appointed president of the HomMed business.
Benjamin was most recently the general manager of CAD Implant, Inc. He was instrumental during the company's startup and in leading that company's accelerated growth. Over the last 20 years,...
Ladish #85 Hammer, the World’s Largest, Is Back in Service
CUDAHY, Wis., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cudahy Forging (http://www.forging.com/), an operation of Ladish Co., Inc. (http://www.ladishco.com/) (NASDAQ:LDSH) , announced today that refurbishments and upgrades to its Number 85 Hammer have been completed. The unit will return to service this week. "We had an obligation to customers who depend on this resource to resume production as fast as possible, because...
Harley-Davidson, Inc. Web-Cast Conference Call Scheduled for Thursday, April 19, 2007
MILWAUKEE, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG) today announced that it is scheduled to release its first quarter 2007 financial results before market hours on Thursday, April 19, 2007. On Thursday, April 19, 2007, the public is invited to participate in a web-cast conference call with Jim Ziemer, President and CEO, and Tom Bergmann, Vice President and CFO,...
