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Contact: Bill Steuer, Managing Partner Phone: 262-367-6600 Cell: 414-791-7193 Email: bill@managedpackaging.com Product demonstrations performed by industry vendors and seminars presented by the Jim W. Peters, CPP After completing the purchased commercial property at 955 Walnut Ridge Drive in Hartland, Wisconsin, managing partners Bill Steuer and Scott Fischer have scheduled an open house on May 4th, 2006 from 3:00pm to 8:00pm for customers and prospects to tour...

By: Cheryl McCollum, Wisconsin Bankers Association Sixty-one percent of teens know how to write a check, 54 percent can use a debit card, but just 41 percent know how to balance a checkbook. And while 66 percent say they can shop for the best deal, just 48 percent understand how to budget their money. Research statistics such as these by the...

JC Kow Farms Partnership recognized for energy efficient improvements at its 200-head cattle farm WHITEWATER - Agriculture Secretary Rod Nilsestuen today visited Whitewater-based JC Kow Farms Partnership to learn about energy efficient improvements that have saved the farm 56,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy a year. The improvements were made possible thanks to an incentive grant from Focus on Energy's...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, said Wednesday morning at a State Building Commission subcommittee meeting that he knew he’d look like a “nut” if he voted against accepting $100 million in gifts to fund the first phase of the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery. But Fitzgerald did it anyway. He cast the only nay on the state...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com La Crosse – A “cooperative conservation” effort – involving four states, the federal government and private sector organizations – kicked off Wednesday with the goal of restoring waterways in the so-called "Driftless Area." Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Mark Rey and representatives of Trout Unlimited and other organizations...

MADISON - Some of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's most illustrious graduates will be on campus on Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6, for Alumni Weekend 2006. On May 5, four graduates whose work has benefited the campus and the world will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards from the Wisconsin Alumni Association; two other graduates will accept Distinguished Young Alumni...

Grain Distributor and Third Party Logistics Provider Implements Second RedPrairie Distribution Center and Gains Multi-customer Capabilities and Increased Inventory Accuracy Milwaukee, WI – RedPrairie Corporation, a global leader in supply chain technology solutions that enable business process transformation, announced today that Almacenadora Mercader (Almer), a leading Mexican grain distributor and third party logistics provider, has implemented RedPrairie’s DLx Warehouse in...