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Starr McCaffery Phone: 630-896-2638 Fax: 801-894-2638 Cell: 630-546-2050 email:starr@soundsolutionsinc.net FITCHBURG, Wis., (July 17, 2007) – The Kegonsa Seed Fund, the premier Wisconsin seed capital fund, has been named to Entrepreneur magazine’s 2007 Venture Capital Top 100. The Kegonsa Seed Fund is the only Wisconsin firm on the list, which is released each July. “Inclusion in Entrepreneur’s list really confirms our active investment strategies,” said...

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By Patrick Fitzgerald For WisBusiness.com Deb Archer, CEO of the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau, addressed the need for working partnership between the city’s namesake university and its tourism bureau in Madison Monday. Archer’s speech, “Educational Tourism and Making UW-Madison a Destination for Exploration,” was part of “The New Constellation” seminar series, sponsored by The Center for Biology Education and...

By Gregg Hoffmann Sparta - Century Foods International has notified the developer of the planned Sparta ethanol plant it plans to file a federal lawsuit alleging the plant would violate the federal Clean Air Act. The 14-page notice from the DeWitt Ross & Stevens law firm of Madison was a prelude to the expected lawsuit in federal court in Madison. Century...

By WisBusiness Staff VIROQUA - The Vernon County Land and Water Conservation Committee approved a moratorium on large scale farming last week, while a proposed hog operation in the county drew protestors. A 2,400-head hog operation has received a building permit in the county. Jeff and Bonnie Parr of Ferryville plan to build the facility in the town of Sterling near...

Contact: Dick Hobbs 414-347-3836 Record Sales Drive 12.5% Increase in Second Quarter EPS Total Debt Reduced $30.5 Million on Record Cash Flow MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) reported record quarterly revenue of $304.3 million for its second quarter ended June 30, 2007, up 7.8% from the comparable quarter in 2006. Second quarter diluted earnings per share rose 12.5% to 45 cents...

Contact: Rob Damron Investor Relations 414-224-1668 rdamron@tfcentury.com MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WEYCO Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEYS), a global marketer of men’s branded footwear, plans to announce second quarter 2007 financial results after the close on Thursday, July 26, 2007. Additionally, Thomas W. Florsheim, Jr., Chairman and CEO, will host a conference call on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the...

Contact: John Strabley 800-559-8515 http://www.internationalmonetary.com NEW BERLIN, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTCBB:INLM), a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, today announced that a private investor who was holding a $200,000 convertible note has completed the conversion of his position to equity. This brings the total of such notes converted to $700,000 since March of 2007. The company expects additional notes to be...

Contact: Erica St. Angel Sonic Foundry, Inc. 608-443-1600 ericas@sonicfoundry.com MADISON, Wis., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today announced the company's Mediasite Event Services group will webcast CapStone Investments' 2007 Small-Cap Institutional Investor Conference. The event will take place July 16-17, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The two-day conference brings...