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GREEN BAY, Wis., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Wednesday, January 31, at 3 p.m. Central Time, Larry L. Weyers, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of WPS Resources Corporation (NYSE:WPS) , will host a conference call to review fourth quarter and year-to-date 2006 financial results. The associated earnings release will be issued the morning of January 31. To access the...

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today enabled advanced search capabilities for Mediasite.com (www.mediasite.com), the first searchable Website focused exclusively on offering expert information via rich media presentations with video, audio and graphics. The site enhancements represent a major breakthrough in the way search is conducted...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renaissance Learning(R), Inc., (NASDAQ:RLRN) , a leading provider of technology for personalizing reading, math, and writing practice in pre-K-12 schools and districts, today announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2006 were $25.9 million, a decrease of 10.6% from fourth quarter...

  MILWAUKEE – Earlier tonight, President Bush called for what will amount to more than a five-fold increase in the production of American renewable fuels such as ethanol. “The use of renewable fuels like ethanol and bio diesel will help reduce our dependency on foreign oil and position Wisconsin as a leader nationally when it comes to production,” said Joshua Morby, Executive Director of the...

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians Plus announces today that it has selected HealthMedia, Inc., the global leader in online delivery of behavior change interventions, to provide a comprehensive health and wellness and disease management campaign to its members. The campaign includes HealthMedia(R) Succeed(TM), a health risk assessment (HRA), which is complemented by a suite of Lifestyle Management Programs...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) will hold public hearings in Madison and Waunakee on February 3rd and 5th regarding American Transmission Company’s (ATC) application to construct a new transmission line in Dane County from North Madison to Waunakee. Citizens are invited to provide testimony on ATC’s request to build approximately 8 miles of new 138 kilovolt...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com One hundred dollars isn’t a great deal to Matt Messinger, a 30-year-old professional who works for Renaissance Learning in Madison. But to the Ugandan timber farmer to whom he made a no-interest loan, that amount of money is huge. Messinger, who is working with an organization called Kiva.org, would like more people to know about...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Sen. Ted Kanavas, R-Brookfield, announced a package of economic incentives Tuesday morning, dubbed "Invest Wisconsin 2.0," that includes a proposal to cut state income taxes by 1 percent. Kanavas, ranking minority member of the state Senate Committee on Job Creation, Economic Development, and Consumer Affairs, said the reduction would cost the state treasury $65 million...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com La CROSSE – Tia Nelson, the daughter of the late Senator and Governor Gaylord Nelson, has taken up where her environmentalist father left off and is bringing her message to the Coulee Region. Nelson is the keynote speaker Friday night at the Coulee Progressives State of the Union event, called “State of the Union 2007: Global...