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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...

Contact: Bob Worthington, H&E Equipment, 801-450-1006, Steve Heins, Orion energy Systems, 920-892-5800 H&E Equipment Services Partners with Orion to Offer Advanced Lighting Systems that Guarantee Savings of Up to 50 Percent, Enhance Light and Deliver Positive Environmental Benefits December 15, 2005. Salt Lake City, UT and Plymouth, WI. H&E Equipment Services, one of America’s largest distributors of heavy equipment, has announced...

Contact: Rose Lynch (608) 266-6753 Highest November job total in the history of the state Adjusted Data Madison – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that Wisconsin’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was estimated at 4.7 percent, which is lower than the national rate estimated at 5.0 percent. The Wisconsin rate shows an...