WisBusiness

Company: T. Wall Properties Contact: Terrence Wall, President Phone: (608) 241-2100 Cell: (608) 345-0701 Welton Enterprises Kurt Welton, President (608) 833-5590 ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Madison, WI – On Wednesday, June 29, T. Wall Properties purchased High Point Office Park from Welton Enterprises. High Point Office Park contains 11 buildings and has direct frontage on the West Beltline Highway. The buildings account...

MILWAUKEE - We Energies filed a comprehensive plan with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) today that will provide for: * Continued investment in Power the Future projects that have already been approved by the PSCW. * Recovery of American Transmission Co. charges that exceed the amount We Energies is currently collecting from customers. * Additional sources of renewable energy. * A rate freeze for normal operations until 2008. The...

Contact: Rose Lynch, 608/266-6753 Madison -- Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) will receive $1,288,614 National Emergency Grant (NEG) award funds from the US Department of Labor to assist agricultural workers throughout Wisconsin. "I am pleased that the Future Fields project will be continued," Governor Doyle said. "Our hope is by providing these...

Contact: Charlie Higley, Executive Director (608) 251-3322 MADISON – The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) blasted We Energies today for not doing more to reduce energy costs for ratepayers. We Energies today requested permission from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) to increase electric rates by $144 million. On June 1st the company requested...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – In July of 2003, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley created the Office of Corporate Relations in a major effort to build bridges with the Wisconsin business community. In the two years since the office was formed, OCR Director Charles Hoslet says its outreach has evolved from a group-focused approach to one with a narrower...

12:30 p.m., July 10 Nimblegen Systems, 1 Science Court, Madison Free and open to the public Please make reservations through MIT’s Smartrans system by clicking on: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=3140&groupID=195 or by calling Allyn Ziegenhagen at (262) 523-8405 or e-mailing him at lorlyn@execpc.com. A brief business meeting will be followed by a tour of NimbleGen’s facility. Participants may then join a guided tour...

INSIDE WISCONSIN By Tom Still MADISON – It would be misleading to suggest that scientists at UW-Madison or anywhere else in Wisconsin are cloning human embryos. They aren’t. In fact, no scientist in the state has even announced plans to do so. It would also be disingenuous to suggest the process for cloning a human embryo for reproductive purposes...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Preliminary placement figures for graduates of UW-Madison's MBA program are up about 20 percent over last year, and graduates are commanding salaries that average nearly $73,000 – an increase of almost 5 percent from 2004. That’s the word from Blair Sanford, director of the school’s Graduate Career Services office. She attributes improved job numbers for 2005...

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Rivera - (414) 276-6237 Cell - (414) 333-0899 Riverwest manufacturer to add 25-30 jobs, nearly double sales ...

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Knox (262) 797-3323 BROOKFIELD, Wis -- North Shore Bank today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Illinois State Bank. Illinois State Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank based in Lake in the Hills, IL. North Shore Bank is a federally chartered mutual savings bank based in Brookfield, WI. “We are very excited about this...