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By Will Tracy WisBusiness Nearly 40 residents of Waunakee, Westport and other Dane County communities in the path of high-voltage transmission lines leveled their opposition to the American Tranmission Company’s DeForest to Westport routes at a public hearing this weekend Public Service Commission Headquarters in Madison. Only one registrant, Joseph Krzos, a former utility accountant, voiced his approval for either route...

Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Juneau County will receive a $27,500 grant to help plan and implement the Entrepreneurial Business Plan for Sheltered Work Centers developed under a previous CDBG- Planning grant to Monroe County.   ”Wisconsin’s economy relies not just on the hard work of some people, but all people in this state,” Governor Doyle said.  “We need to...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today announced that Wells' Dairy, the largest family-owned and managed dairy processor in the United States, has selected Sonic Foundry's award-winning Mediasite(R) platform to capture its corporate meetings and training sessions. Mediasite is a transformational communications medium used to deliver critical...

BELOIT, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- REGAL-BELOIT CORPORATION (NYSE:RBC) today reported sales and earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 30, 2006. Net sales decreased 2.5% to $366.6 million from $376.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. The fourth quarter comparison was impacted by strong sales reported in the prior year driven primarily by the volume impact of...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Every parent wants his or her child to be a "good" kid. Polite, kind and happy. Respectful, funny and confident. But how do you teach a child to be gracious or confident? Many parents -- and even educators -- are turning to technology for help. With computers now in most schools and homes, parents and...