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By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com La Crosse – With a new Logistics Health building only a couple months away from completion, and some renovation projects underway in the historic area, downtown La Crosse seems poised to start a new phase of a renaissance which actually began more than a decade ago. “This really started in the early 1990s and before, with some...

CONTACT: Richard “Bubba” McDonald Lower Gas Prices – Now! (920) 374-0983 Rise of ethanol blend sales one more reason to...

MILWAUKEE – A new collaborative effort among free health clinics in the Milwaukee area will be kicked off at a reception Thursday, May 4, from 5-7 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Continuing Education, Plankinton Building, seventh floor, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. This new effort will take a comprehensive approach to addressing barriers to health care, leveraging community...

CONTACT: Samantha Thompson, (608) 445-9780, slthompson@wisc.edu MADISON - Twelve schools, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will see if their canoes, made entirely of concrete, sink or swim at the Great Lakes Regional Concrete Canoe Conference on Friday, April 28. The concrete canoe competition challenges participating schools to create a canoe entirely out of concrete that is able...

Dave Cary, Communication Specialist Orion Energy Systems Plymouth WI (920) 892-2935 dcary@oriones.com Karen Fiedler, Solid Waste Supervisor Waukesha County, Waukesha WI kfiedler@waukeshacounty.gov What does changing the lighting at a recycling facility have to do with the environment? If the lighting uses less power than what preceded it, the power saved does not have to be generated at all. And the pollutants that would have been...

CONTACT: Carol S. Weber, APR, Director of Public Relations PHONE: 414-755-4108 (direct); 414-315-9321 (cell) E-MAIL: cweber@wda.org Three-Day Event Sets Guest Room Revenue Record for Association WEST ALLIS, WIS. – More than 1,500 dental professionals, staff and students from seven states will converge on the Kalahari Waterpark Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells on May 3 – 5, 2006 for the Wisconsin Dental Association’s (WDA) 136th...