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-- New Store Design Focused on Enhanced Customer Shopping Experience -- On-Track with its Five-Year Strategic Growth Plan, Kohl's will Operate 1,200 Stores by the End of 2010 MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS) today announced its largest fall grand opening schedule in the company's history with 65 new stores opening across the country tomorrow and three...

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines has been awarded a five-year contract to transport express, first class and priority mail for the U.S. Postal Service. The new agreement includes stringent on-time delivery requirements and performance standards, originally implemented by the Postal Service three years ago. Tracking provisions ensure that mail is accounted for while in the air transportation...

DODGEVILLE, Wis., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Gary C. Comer, Lands' End founder, noted philanthropist and environmental advocate, died on October 4, 2006 at his home in Chicago. "All of us at Lands' End are deeply saddened. Our thoughts are with Gary's wife, Frances and the entire family," said Lands' End President David McCreight. "American business has lost an icon. Gary...

GREEN BAY, Wis., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A national poll commissioned by KI, an industry-leading furniture manufacturer based in Green Bay, Wis., found that Americans would prefer to keep their current boss rather than report to a celebrity CEO. (The survey was conducted to mark "National Boss Day" on Monday, Oct. 16.) Of the 1,000 adults questioned, 15 percent of...

Chapter's Use of Web Communications Solution Recognized by World's Largest Training Association MADISON, Wis., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today announced the company's award-winning Mediasite(TM) platform played an integral role in the Southwestern Wisconsin Chapter (SCWC) being named October Chapter of the Month by ASTD, the world's largest...

For further Information contact: Mike Pavlovich, Vice-President Great Lakes Technology 2001 Mirro Drive Manitowoc, Wisconsin 53021 866-526-4920 mp@gltmfg.com Richard E. Velten, Manager, Manufacturing Engineering The Vollrath Co. 1236 N. 18th St. Sheboygan WI 53082 (920) 459-5380 When power usage is reduced, the power that is saved does not have to be generated at all -- and this fact produces some real and measurable environmental benefits, according to the Federal...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON - Wind and other forms of renewable energy hold great potential for Wisconsin and the country, but they lack meaningful support from the Bush administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, Rep. Tammy Baldwin said Tuesday. But Baldwin, speaking at a Customers First! Coalition conference at Monona Terrace, said she does not expect major energy policy changes –...