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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The MIT Club of Wisconsin will honor two high-tech companies and a UW-Madison biomedical engineer at its Technology Achievement Awards Banquet on March 10. The event will be held begin at 6 p.m. at The Rotunda, 235 West Broadway in Waukesha. Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, will deliver the keynote address, "The...

By Brian E ClarkWisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE – Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday night lauded the state's manufacturers for creating new jobs at a pace during the past year that he said has made Wisconsin the "envy of the nation." Speaking at the 2004 Wisconsin Manufacturers of the Year banquet at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee, Doyle told more than 800 people...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Businesses, communities and individuals interested in learning about the Wisconsin Main Street Program can now receive The Wisconsin Main Street Annual Report 2004, a free publication detailing its activities for the past year. The report also lists the program's 2003-2004 reinvestment statistics. The Main Street Program promotes the historic and economic development of...

Sue McGovern 781 648 7157 sue@mcgov.com Molly Gaines 612 372 6454 molly@habermaninc.com Nation's largest organic cooperative seeks dairy, livestock, produce and grain producers La Farge, WI - As part of its ongoing effort to educate farmers about the benefits of organic agriculture, Organic Valley Family of Farms, America's leading organic farmers' cooperative, today announced it full support for "Help Wanted: Organic...

Contact: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156   Mission Includes Meeting With President Fox, Tour of Holstein Dairy Farm, & Groundbreaking Ceremony for Valsi/Tecumseh Plant Governor Jim Doyle will lead a delegation of Wisconsin business and government leaders to Mexico from March 6 to 11, 2005. Mexico is now Wisconsin's second largest export market next to Canada.  Exports to Mexico...

This is a new edition of WisBiz People, a column from WisBusiness Editor Brian Clark. If you know someone with a good business story to tell, write to clark@wisbusiness.com with your idea. By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – But for a near fatal traffic accident that left John Imes with a broken neck, he might never have read Rachel...