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Contact: Tom Still at 608-442-7557 MADISON – Business leader Tom Hefty has been elected president of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, which held its organizational meeting this week in Madison. Hefty, of counsel to the law firm of Reinhart, Boerner and Van Deuren, is the former co-chairman of the Governor’s Economic Growth Council...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON-Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that Heiden, Inc., Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, will $25,000 in Community Development Zone (CDZ) credits from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to expand its business by purchasing equipment. "My Grow Wisconsin 2005 Agenda calls for upgrading and expanding our manufacturing sector because it is...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com From Trollhaugen in northwest Wisconsin to Tyrol Basin in the south, Badger State ski and snowboard areas are focusing on children as a way to stoke business now and create it in the future. They are doing it by offering free lift tickets, beefing up programs for kids, improving terrain parks for the younger set and making their resorts...

For further Information contact: Dave Cary, Communication Specialist Orion Energy Services 1204 Pilgrim Rd. Plymouth WI 53073 (920) 892-2935 dcary@oriones.com Tim Fredman Jr., President Fredman Bag Company 5801 Bender Ct. Milwaukee WI 53218 (414) 462-9400 tfredmanjr@fredmanbag.com Although cost reduction, rather than environmental considerations, was the driving factor in Fredman Bag’s recent lighting retrofit, the 90,857 kilowatt-hours (kWh) the company saved annually has qualified the firm for Orion’s Environmental Stewardship Award. The...