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MADISON - A powerful noon-hour storm that dropped more than three inches of rain incentral Madison caused a rash of flooding problems across the University ofWisconsin-Madison campus. No major safety issues were reported involving eitherhumans or animals. The campus is open for the remainder of day and will be open onFriday.Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities, said immediately...

MILWAUKEE - Governor Jim Doyle today announced a state training and investment partnership with Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, awarding the company $1.25 million in tax credits and $255,000 for job training. Governor Doyle was joined by Miller Brewing Company president and CEO Norman Adami and Department of Commerce Secretary Mary Burke for the announcement at the company's brewery...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – The Saris Cycling Group is hoping for a hefty bump in sales of its indoor cycles and trainers, bike computers and racks, especially abroad, thanks to Sunday’s Tour de France victory by Floyd Landis. Saris has sponsored Landis since 2004, following his breakout year in international bicycle racing. Waterloo-based Trek also hitched its star to...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com CASHTON – This small community in Monroe County always has been known for its surrounding farms and beautiful natural landscape. It’s now also gaining a reputation for having a “green” approach to business, and that’s not just the green of money. It’s the type of green that fits in perfectly with those farms and natural landscape while also making money. Cashton...

MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today announced a $100,000 grant from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment (BEBR) program to the Town of Windsor to assist Sanderson Properties Partnership in the redevelopment of six blighted downtown area buildings.   "By returning these properties to productivity and investing in infrastructure - we will strengthen this community and...

MADISON – The Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association (WSTA) is urging citizens to be aware of fraudulent activity involving consumers of telephone service in Wisconsin. According to William Esbeck, WSTA Executive Director, callers identifying themselves as representatives of various companies – some fraudulent and some well-known – are contacting both business and residential customers, offering large discounts off their long-distance...

SUN PRAIRIE, Wisconsin, July 25, 2006 - Trachte Building Systems is pleased to announce the addition of four new employees. Denise Anderson has accepted a position in administrative/accounting support for Store-N-Save Self Storage, a Canadian subsidiary of Trachte Building Systems. In this position, Denise is responsible for assisting with purchase orders, employee and vendor records, contractor communications as well as...

 MILWAUKEE, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines has been awarded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) top honor in its Aviation Maintenance Technician awards program. The program recognizes exemplary training of maintenance technicians. The program's top honor -- the Diamond Award -- is the highest within five FAA categories. During the past six years, Midwest Airlines has earned the...

After wearing several different hats at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) and traveling the globe as the university’s study abroad representative, International Programs Director David Staszak will retire August 1. During his 26 years at UWSP, Staszak served as the dean of Graduate Studies, professor of biology, director of the Title III Computer Literacy Project, associate vice chancellor of...

MADISON - While completing summer engineering internships at the University ofWisconsin-Madison, six students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) areorganizing relief efforts they hope will aid some 750,000 Lebanese civiliansdisplaced as a result of recent bombings."For us, being outside Lebanon is a daily torture," says Samer Sobh, a computer andcommunications engineering student from Alley, Mount Lebanon. "We are...