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FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Kris Naidl, (414) 276-6237 PURCHASE STRENGTHENS WPS’ PRESENCE IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN, BRINGS RESOURCES OF STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION TO REGIONAL HMO MADISON –Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS Health Insurance) announced it has formed WPS Health Plan, Inc., a new wholly owned health maintenance organization (HMO) subsidiary. This new subsidiary has purchased the assets of Prevea...

(Mequon, WI – June 3, 2005) Great Lakes Media Technology has hired Bruce Cameron as Regional Account Manager. Located in the Detroit, MI area, Cameron will manage GLMT accounts in Michigan, as well as Ohio. Cameron comes to GLMT with a 5 year background in media duplication sales, business ownership experience, and a longtime member of...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today announced that three recipients will share $193,000 in Customized Labor Training (CLT) grants from the Wisconsin Development Funds to assist with labor training. The awards were made at the Wisconsin Development Finance Board meeting held May 24, 2005 in Madison. "Through my Grow Wisconsin plan, we are working hard to...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that two Wisconsin businesses will share $120,000 in loans from the Department of Commerce Rural Economic Development (RED) Milk Volume Production (MVP) Program. The loans were made at the RED Board meeting held May 17 in Madison. "My Grow Wisconsin plan calls for investing in our agricultural industry...

MILWAUKEE, June 3, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Dr. Edward Gramlich, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will be in Milwaukee June 7 and 8 to speak on the topics of community reinvestment and Social Security reform. On Tuesday, June 7 at 7:00 p.m. CDT, Dr. Gramlich will address a community redevelopment forum regarding...

Join an afternoon briefing on Friday, June 3 from 1:30PM to 5:00PM at the MG&E Innovation Center - Room 50. The JETRO Chicago biotechnology program had its very beginnings one cold and rainy October morning back in 02 when the community came out to learn about the Japanese biotech market at a program at the Biotechnology Center. This time, please...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com JANESVILLE – Business, labor and civic leaders here will be paying close attention to news coming out of the General Motors shareholders meeting that starts Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware. That's because the struggling auto maker has a huge impact on Janesville and Rock County, either directly or through its suppliers employing as many as one in...

Media Contacts: BCBSWi: Jill Becher 414-226-5413 Atrium/BCBSMN: Joel Swanson, APR 651-662-2882 MILWAUKEE, Wis. – CompcareBlue, the HMO subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin (BCBSWi), announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Atrium Health Plan, Inc., a Hudson, Wis., based health plan serving 28 counties in northern and western Wisconsin. Atrium Health Plan is a non-Blue Cross Blue Shield...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- In order to meet the future energy needs of its growing customer base in northwestern Wisconsin, Northern States Power Company, a Wisconsin corporation (NSP-Wisconsin) d/b/a Xcel Energy, today filed an application with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) for an increase in base electric and natural gas rates effective Jan. 1, 2006. "We have...