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CONTACT: Erica Laughlin, (608) 265-2408 MADISON - Thirteen area high school students will receive certificates of graduation for completing an intensive information technology training program through the University of Wisconsin-Madison called the Information Technology Academy (ITA). ITA is a four-year precollege program that provides hands-on training and access to technology for talented students of color and economically disadvantaged students attending Madison...

RELEASED: May 24, 2006 EAU CLAIRE — Last fall a new system to control the boilers that produce steam to heat the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's 28 buildings and its private heating customers was completed. The project was designed, installed and programmed by consulting engineering firm OMNNI Associates, working closely with UW-Eau Claire's Heating Plant crew. Recently the State of Wisconsin...

MILWAUKEE – Sebastian Edwards, Henry Ford Professor of International Business Economics at UCLA, will speak at the Bradley Distinguished Lecture Series from noon-1:30 p.m., Friday, June 2, at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, 333 W. Kilbourn Ave. He discusses “South America and the Growing Importance of the Brazilian Economy.” The Bradley Distinguished Lecture Series is co-sponsored by The Lynde and...

For more information, contact: Cindy Lorentzen, Marketing Specialist 414-287-9622 <a href="mailto:clorentzen@gklaw.com">clorentzen@gklaw.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (May 24, 2006). The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. has announced the addition of Timothy J. Feldhausen to its Corporate Practice Group in the Green Bay office. Feldhausen’s practice is focused on general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions,...

A highway connects Milwaukee and Madison. What ideas and initiatives can help this relationship bloom for the good of the state? Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett share their visions for greater cooperation in a presentation hosted by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Questions from: Jim Haney, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce; Cory Nettles, Quarles...

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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – The American Transmission Co. unveiled three possible route options for a 345-kilovolt electric power line across Dane County Tuesday morning - including one that would follow Madison's Beltline. That option quickly drew fire from Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, who said he would fight it before the state’s Public Service Commission – which has final...

By Gregg Hoffmann MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers hope to be involved in a pennant drive this season, but even if they fall out of the race they will still have ties to driving of another kind. In separate business deals, the Brewers recently announced a partnership with The Milwaukee Mile motor speedway and Mercedes-Benz. In the first marketing initiative...