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Madison, WI — Beth Tomscak, most recently a Marketing Consultant for Cousins Sub, Corporation is the new Program Manager of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc... The main focus of this newly created position will be the management and development of all JA programs in the Dane County area.   Tomscak brings to her new role a wealth of experience and knowledge...

WisBusiness Staff UW-Madison has won a major federal Department of Energy grant worth $125 million to build a Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center to develop cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. The five-year grant is the largest single research award the university has ever received. Gov. Jim Doyle yesterday said he'll ask the Legislature to chip in another...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The state’s major business lobby groups may be opposed to the $15 billion universal health care proposal unveiled by Senate Democrats Monday. The plan would be paid for by higher payroll taxes, which they strongly oppose. But the co-owner of a small, award-winning Wisconsin brewery says they are out of touch with...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com SPARTA - Despite continued opposition by Century Foods, the Sparta City Council voted Tuesday to annex an 82-acre site where an ethanol plant could be built and approved an ordinance change needed for establishing the plant. In a prepared statement, Century President Tom Miskowski said, “The City Council’s vote tonight is literally pushing...

Centrose receives SBIR grant and is certified a Qualified New Business Venture   MADISON, Wis., June 27, 2007 – Research demonstrating the power of new drug technology being developed by Centrose, a Madison, Wis.-based biopharmaceutical start-up, to overcome the increasingly vexing problem of drug resistance is highlighted in the June 28 issue of Nature.   The discussion of Centrose’s new, exclusively-licensed technology in...

What:  Public grand opening of the new Apple(R) retail store at the Bayshore Town  Center in Glendale  When:  Friday, June 29, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. CDT  Where:  Apple Store(R) Bayshore  5800 N. Bayshore Drive  Glendale, WI 53217 The Apple Store is the best place to learn about all the latest products from Apple including the revolutionary iPhone(TM) which combines three...

MILWAUKEE, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) today announced that it has received the final voting report from IVS Associates, Inc., the independent inspector of election for the company's 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 14. The report confirmed that shareholders elected the three directors nominated by AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI) -- John M....

Residential and light commercial products to receive increased distribution in Western region MILWAUKEE, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc., the global leader in building efficiency, is pleased to announce a distribution agreement with US Airconditioning Distributors, Inc., to enhance the independent distribution of residential and light-commercial products to dealers in Southern California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho and certain parts...

Services Offered Will Optimize Transportation Spend Management for North American Shippers GREEN BAY, Wis. — June 26, 2007 — Dan Goodwill and Associates Inc., a Canadian-based transportation consulting firm, and Schneider Logistics, Inc., a leading international logistics provider and part of the Schneider National enterprise, has formed a strategic alliance to provide transportation advisory services to shippers throughout North America. Services offered include: benchmark...

Few work zones to impair July 4th travel on major highwaysLaw enforcement will be paying special attention to catch drunk driversWith the July 4th holiday falling on a Wednesday, road construction andmaintenance crews will be giving travelers a short break, but will still beon the job that week.  Most crews will wrap up their work by around noon onTuesday,...