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BROOKLYN - Agriculture Secretary Rod Nilsestuen today announced an agricultural business in Dane County will receive a $60,000 grant for a project that may expand bio-diesel production in the state.  The grant will help O'Brien Farms in collaboration with Great Lakes BioFuels, LLC develop a mobile unit that proposes to process oilseeds into finished bio-diesel fuel right on the...

Across the nation, public employers are developing strategies to deal with the retirement of baby boomers and the challenges of workforce succession. To help county zoning offices throughout Wisconsin minimize non-retirement employee turnover, the Wisconsin County Code Administrators (WCCA) is collaborating with the University of Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX) staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) to create a new...

Madison, WI, USA and Grand Rapids, Michigan - GenTel BioSciences, Inc., and The VanAndel Research Institute (VARI) today announced an exclusive agreement grantingGenTel the right to commercialize a novel microarray technology for measuringvariations in the glycosylation of proteins.  Glycosylation is the chemical addition of a sugar molecule to a protein after itssynthesis. Changes in the glycosylation of proteins are...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is preparing for a milestone: theopening of Newell J. Smith Hall. Located at 35 N. Park St., the six-floor, 425-bed building is the first majorresidence hall to open on campus since Ogg Hall in 1965. It will open to students beginning with fall move-in on Wednesday, Aug. 30. The building has numerous innovations...

MADISON – Wisconsin homeowners will continue to reap the benefits of Wisconsin’s strong economy according to the Equalized Values Report released today by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.  Residential property values increased $31.06 billion (10.05%) between January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2006, demonstrating that home ownership remains a worthwhile investment.    In addition to this good news regarding what...

Milwaukee, WI (August 15, 2006): Milwaukee taxpayers continue to benefit from the partnership with the Forest County Potawatomi Community as the Tribe today transferred $4.2 million to both the City and County of Milwaukee.   The Forest County Potawatomi Community has shared nearly $55 million with the City and County since 2000. The annual payments are about 3% of the Milwaukee...

Milwaukee, WI – NovaScan, LLC today announced that it has raised $285,000 in equity funding from Angel investors with another $100,000 available to the Company through grants and loans. NovaScan, located at the Cozzens-Cudahy Research Center in Milwaukee, is developing proprietary technology to improve cancer detection.   A co-winner of the first annual Governor’s Business Plan contest in 2004, NovaScan said that...