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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Growing up in the Brazilian state of Goiana, Gabriela Cezar was deep in cattle country. And as far back as she can remember, she wanted to be a veterinarian. “My father was head of the national beef cattle research center in Brazil, so I was always exposed to animals,” said Cezar, who earned...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com LA CROSSE – The La Crosse Center continues to attract the interest of sports franchises and leagues, despite the rejections last year of minor league basketball and hockey. The Great Lakes Indoor Football League, a first-year, six-team league that is based out of Canton, Ohio, has expressed interest in putting a team in La Crosse as part of...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, www.uwsp.edu/news January 23, 2006 The lower section of the St. Croix River was named Wisconsin’s first-ever designated national scenic riverway in 1968. The upper (eight-mile) headwaters segment, which was not included in the riverway, lacked protections and current water-quality monitoring data. A local grassroots organization, the Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters in Gordon,...

(Madison, Wis.) – Planet Propaganda has hired Eena Ballard as a project manager specializing in interactive media for such passion-based brands as Gary Fisher mountain bikes, Bretford furniture and workspaces, PunchStock royalty-free images, and Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches. With an eye for detail and an ear for music, Ballard brings eight years of experience in developing, testing, deploying and maintaining...