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By Gregg Hoffmann Sparta - The dispute over a proposed ethanol plant in the Sparta might be headed to mediation. The Sparta Planning Commission.voted 4-2 Monday to postpone a recommendation on rezoning land to allow construction of the plant for 30 days, in hopes Century Foods, which opposes the plant, and Coulee Area Renewable Energy LLC (CARE) might seek professional mediation.. The...

By Patrick Fitzgerald WisBusiness.com The Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation, in addition to marking its 10th anniversary this year, will be hosting a September gathering that aims to sway state businesses toward becoming tobacco-free. But before the September event, the foundation has a 10th anniversary open house celebration planned for today....

Contacts: Affymetrix Inc. Andrew Noble - Media 408-731-5571 Doug Farrell Senior Manager - Corporate Communications 408-731-5285 or Children’s Research Institute Erin Hareng 414-266-5429 Senior Public Relations Specialist Researchers to Screen the Genetic Information of Up to 25,000 Patients in Five Years to Develop Novel Diagnostics and Screening Tests for Common, Complex Diseases Affecting Children SANTA CLARA, Calif. & MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymetrix Inc. (Nasdaq:AFFX) and Children’s Research Institute, a not-for-profit medical research member...

Contact: Jean Maza of Susan G. Komen for the Cure 972-701-2105 jmaza@komen.org or Jennifer Long of The Lance Armstrong Foundation 512-279-8391 jennifer.long@laf.org; or Alissa Havens of The American Cancer Society 202-661-5772 alissa.havens@cancer.org; or Aaron Gilson PhD of The University of Wisconsin's Pain and Policy Studies Group 608-263-8448 amgilson@wisc.edu Eight U.S. States Improve their Pain Policies in the Past Year Alone MADISON, Wis., July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the second year of their joint...

Contact: Jim Turner 502-476-2119 jturner2@humana.com Personal health insurance plans from HumanaOne designed to meet a wide range of consumer needs WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humana (NYSE: HUM) today announced the introduction of a new portfolio of individual health insurance plans under its HumanaOne® brand, in six states – Arizona, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio and Texas. HumanaOne Portrait, HumanaOne Autograph and monogram from HumanaOne are...

Contact: Ronald Kraemer 608-262-5381 kraemer@wisc.edu MADISON - Ronald D. Kraemer has been named the new chief information officer (CIO) and vice provost for information technology for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Provost Patrick Farrell announced today. Kraemer, currently the deputy CIO and associate director for UW-Madison's Division of Information Technology (DoIT), will begin the job on August 15. Kraemer will step into a redefined position...

Joan Collins Joan Collins Publicity 2812 Waunona Way Madison, WI 53713 Phone: 608-222-2899 Fax: 608-222-4759 Joan Collins Publicity Inc., Madison, has been retained to promote Cambridge Stoneware Company, a new pottery studio and store owned by artisan Jim Rowe. Cambridge Stoneware Company will open in late July at 217 West Main Street, Cambridge, WI.

Contact: PKWARE Susan Gosnell 414-289-9788 susan.gosnell@pkware.com or Schwartz Communications Kim Angell or RJ Bee 415-512-0770 pkware@schwartz-pr.com Report Finds That PCI Requirements Drive Better Protection of All Sensitive Business Data MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PKWARE, the leading provider of enterprise solutions for secure and efficient data transfer and storage, today announced the availability of a research report that it developed with Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company. The report on “Protecting Cardholder Data” provides new...