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MADISON, Wis., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- J.Crew today opens the long awaited new store in the exclusive West Towne Mall to serve the greater Madison, WI area. This new store features J.Crew's full men's & women's collections, including accessories and the new jewelry collection. "Madison is the perfect location for us," said Jeff Pfeifle, president of J. Crew. "The family-oriented...

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) today reported third quarter results for its Midwest Airlines and Skyway Airlines (dba Midwest Connect) operations. "Broad marketing initiatives that increased passenger traffic, and an improved fare environment, contributed to our strong revenue performance and resulted in a second consecutive quarterly profit," explained Timothy E. Hoeksema, chairman and chief executive...

MANITOWOC, Wis., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company (NYSE:MTW) today reported that financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 represented the company's third consecutive quarter of record net sales and earnings. Net sales increased 38 percent to $779.0 million from $564.9 million during the third quarter of 2005. Reported earnings per diluted share were $0.80 for...

Reed Sendecke Krebsbach, Inc. (R S + K), a marketing communications agency at 701 Deming Way, announces the addition of two new talented associates.   Kristi Ackerman has joined R S + K as production designer.  She will prepare creative files for print production and media placement.  Kristi comes to R S + K after a very successful career at Econoprint,...

Madison, WI – October 26, 2006, Telecommunications Professionals ofWisconsin – Madison Chapter (TPW-Madison) has agreed to consolidate itsmembership with Accelerate Madison to join forces with AccelerateMadison’s broad reach in the information technology marketplace.This joining of forces reflects the increasingly blurred line between thetelecommunications sector and the information technology sector acrossoperations in companies of all sizes and in every sector...

Green Bay, WI – Officials of Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a subsidiary of WPS Resources Corporation (NYSE: WPS) announced today that the company reached a settlement with the Sierra Club on a lawsuit filed earlier this year. According to the settlement, Public Service agreed to decide whether to perform environmental upgrades at its 373-megawatt J. P. Pulliam Plant units...

Madison – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that unemployment rates in nine of Wisconsin’s 12 metropolitan statistical areas decreased over the prior month and rates in the remaining three MSAs were unchanged. The Fond du Lac MSA registered the largest monthly metro area decline, falling seven-tenths of a percentage point to 4.0 percent....

uwsp news release       University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, www.uwsp.edu/news October 25, 2006 UWSP freshman balances college life with entrepreneurship Zach Vruwink, a freshman political science major at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, is not your average college student. Whereas some students go through college without a job and others get part-time jobs to help...

Fond du Lac, Wis. — Marian College will hold its 25th annual Business & Industry Awards dinner at Marian’s Stayer Center for Technology & Executive Learning Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. George W. Buckley, chairman, president and chief executive officer of 3M Company, is the featured speaker. Before coming to 3M, he was chairman and chief executive officer of...

Madison, WI - Imago Scientific Instruments®, the world leader in LEAP® atom probe microscopy, announced today the sale of its LEAP 3000X Si™ microscope to Iowa State University’s College of Engineering.  The LEAP will be the centerpiece of the new W. M. Keck Laboratory for High Throughput Atom-Scale Analysis, which will be the primary research center of Iowa State’s...