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For further information, contact: Cindy Lorentzen, Marketing Specialist 414-287-9622 clorentzen@gklaw.com Milwaukee, WI (May 27, 2005). The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. has announced the addition of John T. Reichert to the Financial Institutions Practice Group in its Milwaukee office. He offers a unique business perspective based on his eight years of bank operations management experience. Reichert received his law...

By Brian Clark WisBusiness.com The Northeastern Wisconsin Economic Development Partnership is hiring the Chicago-based SamataMason public relations firm to do a branding study for is 18-county region. Kathi Siefert, a former Kimberly Clark executive, confirmed that the Illinois company had been chosen for the job. Siefert, co-chair of the non-profit partnership, now runs an Appleton consulting firm called Pinnacle Perspectives. The other...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON -- Managers at the Sheboygan-based Acuity insurance company have attended executive education courses at Harvard, the University of Chicago and other prestigious private schools. But as far as John Signer - head of Acuity's human resources department - is concerned, some of the best professional-level programs he has encountered are run by the UW-Madison School of...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com State Sen. Ted Kanavas said Thursday he's confident his proposal to provide $2.5 million for high-tech research in southeastern Wisconsin will make it through the budget process. The Brookfield Republican's plan was approved Wednesday night on a 15-1 vote by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee. "This will provide seed money that small businesses can use to apply for...

CONTACT: Heidi Fendos, PR Counsel, 414-778-0766 or heidifprconsulting@sbcglobal.net WISCONSIN DELLS – In honor of its 10th anniversary, The Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort will be open the Midwest’s tallest four-person family raft ride today, Friday, May 27! This exciting waterslide takes four thrill seekers down a long dark tunnel ride that plummets 58 feet...

By Gregg Hoffmann LA CROSSE – First, basketball was told “no thanks.” Now, the La Crosse Center Board has told hockey the same thing. The board voted last week to turn down an offer to bring a junior hockey team to the center. Earlier this year, the board expressed disinterest in a proposal to bring an All American Professional Basketball League...