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Flat Top Grill, a create-your-own stir-fry restaurant, has opened at Hilldale Shopping Center, near the south entrance of the existing mall where Sundance Cinema will be located and next to the four-level Arboretum Parking Garage.   Flat Top Grill specializes in designer stir-fry where diners fill their bowls with ingredients they select in an extensive fresh food live along with...

Governor Jim Doyle will announce a significant new business investment that will retain hundreds of jobs in Brillion tomorrow, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. Established in 1933 in Brillion, Ariens Company is a leading manufacturer of outdoor power equipment for both consumer and commercial use.  Ariens Company President Dan Ariens will discuss plans for restructuring and reorganizing two...

MADISON - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today issued a call forproposals for a new program to stimulate innovations in personal health informationtechnology.The project is directed by Patricia Flatley Brennan, professor of nursing andindustrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The national initiative, called "Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power andPotential of Personal Health Records," encourages technology pioneers to...

As of 3:00 p.m. today, WPPI reached a new record in demand for power, hitting a peak of 965 megawatts. Each megawatt represents the capacity to light and power about 500 residences. WPPI is a regional power company serving 43 municipalities that operate electric utilities in Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan. These community-owned utilities purchase all of their electric requirements...

APPLETON– New North, Inc. is excited to announce that Badger Mining Corporation (www.badgerminingcorp.com) has been named one of "The Best Small and Medium Companies to Work For in America." The Berlin, Wisconsin-based company won top honors in the small-size company category, beating 136 other small companies that qualified to participate. "Once again, the New North region is receiving national recognition...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com LA CROSSE – Opposition to the Comprehensive Plan for the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge could lead to legal action that challenges the federal government’s power to manage the 240,000 acre refuge. Wisconsin Atty. General Peg Lautenschlager has challenged the federal government’s power, contending that the new plan violates the state’s rights to manage...

MADISON-Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that T.E.C. Center, Madison, has received a $32,000 grant from the Department of Commerce's Community-based Economic Development (CBED) Program to enhance its services to entrepreneurs.  Department of Commerce (Commerce) Deputy Secretary David K. Storey made the award on behalf of the Governor at the T.E.C. Center.   "My Grow Wisconsin plan calls for improving our entrepreneurial...

APPLETON – Appleton has been named one of the top 150 affordable places to live in the country this week by Forbes Magazine.  (http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/25/cheap-places-to-live_05life2_land.html) The ranking shows why Appleton and the entire New North region is such an attractive place for businesses and families, said Jerry Murphy, executive director of New North, Inc.   “Appleton’s ranking only reinforces what we already...