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MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. – Consumption of organic foods is booming – growing 20 percent annually since 1990, according to the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service.  At the same time, evermore hectic schedules leave Americans with little time to devote to preparing healthful meals from scratch, leading them to continue making less-healthy choices or rely on fast food and take-out.   Menomonee...

If the recent heatwave didn’t convince people that we need to strengthen our electric transmission system then nothing short of a blackout will.  Electricity consumption records were knocked down and re-set like bowling pins with startling regularity during the extreme heat and nearly every utility in the state publicly appealed to its customers to conserve.    Providers routinely invoked their...

MADISON, WI, August 4, 2006 – First Business Bank - Madison announced today Steven B. Mixtacki has joined its Board of Directors. First Business Bank is a part of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ). Steven B. Mixtacki, CPA is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for American TV & Appliance of Madison, Inc. Steve has been with...

MADISON - After conducting research at Scotland's Roslin Institute (birthplace ofDolly the cloned sheep) and creating in-vitro models of obesity and Parkinson'sDisease for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Gabriela Cezar has returned to theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.Not just any university could lure such a talented researcher away from the privatebiotech industry. But Wisconsin is not just any university when it comes...

MADISON - A bit of food prehistory will come back to life at this year's UrbanHorticultural Field Day.As part of the Renew America Food Traditions program, visitors will be able to viewvegetables grown from seeds discovered in prehistoric Anasazi ruins located in thenation's Southwest region.The field day will take place Saturday, Aug. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m....

MADISON - Robert O. Ray, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of forest ecologyand management, has been named associate dean of academic student affairs at theUW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.  In his new position, Ray will have overall responsibility for the college'sundergraduate instruction, student recruiting and career services, farm and industryshort course and alumni programs.Ray has been with the...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Wisconsin businesses and utilities will be closely monitoring the huge “Mercury as a Global Pollutant” conference that kicks off Sunday and runs through Friday at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. The gathering is expected to attract more than 1,000 scientists, academics and policy makers from 44 countries, as well as representatives of industries and...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com August roared in like a blast furnace, but Wisconsin utilities managed to get through the recent hot spell – which featured several days of 100-degree-plus temperatures -- thanks to conservation, imported electricity and voluntary interruptions of service. Yet, for part of Wednesday at least, it all came down to one 345-kilovolt transmission line keeping the power on in...

Green Bay, WI and Chicago, IL – WPS Resources Corporation (NYSE: WPS) and Peoples Energy Corporation (NYSE: PGL) today filed an application with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to combine the two companies. Both companies are seeking expedited approval of the application by January 1, 2007. This is one of several regulatory approvals necessary to complete the merger of...

Governor Doyle will give the keynote address at a national stem cell symposium in Washington, D.C. on Friday, August 4, 2006.  The symposium, presented by the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan research and education institute, is entitled, "Can States Override the Stem Cell Veto: Advancing Stem Cell Research in the Face of Federal Inaction."  The symposium will bring...