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Contact: Rose Lynch, (608) 266-6753 Wisconsin Counties Madison – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that local unemployment rates for February 2005 were generally lower compared to February 2004. Of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, 46 had lower unemployment rates, 19 had higher unemployment rates, and the remaining counties were the same. "Overall, Wisconsin...

Contact: 608-663-5300 Madison, WI – Application materials are now available for the 2005 Wisconsin Forward Award (WFA) Board of Examiners. Serving on WFA’s Board of Examiners is an exceptional personal and professional developmental opportunity with veteran Examiners comparing their experience as completing a “mini MBA.” Wisconsin Forward Award, the state's premier honor for performance excellence, is Wisconsin's equivalent to...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Steve Heins, Orion Energy Systems, Ltd., 920-892-5800 Project Will Bring Up To 100 Jobs Back To Former Mirro Plant MANITOWOC - Governor Jim Doyle today announced that...

Contact: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Governor Also Officially Launches Financial Literacy Council Governor Jim Doyle today designated April as "Savings and Investing Awareness Month" in Wisconsin and signed an Executive Order officially creating Wisconsin's first Council on Financial Literacy. "This Council will advise me on how we can work cooperatively to improve financial literacy in Wisconsin, especially...

For additional information contact Neil Fauerbach, Director of Marketing Smith & Gesteland 608-828-3110 – neil.fauerbach@sgcpa.com MADISON, WI March 30, 2005: An award honoring family businesses in Wisconsin has drawn 28 nominations from across the state. The companies are competing for the Second Annual Wisconsin Family Business of the Year Award. The nominees are from a wide array of service and manufacturing industries...

By Brian Leaf Parents raise children; entrepreneurs raise companies. Children grow up with dreams of what they’ll be someday. A small company’s aspirations depend on the vision and direction of its owner. Your business may still be young, but what do you want it to be when it grows up? The Service Corps of Retired Executives says that business operations, structure and...

Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce “A.B.L.E. - Active Business Leads Exchange” March 30, 2005 7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Hosted by the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. Held at Bluemound Gardens. 11703 W. Bluemound Road, Wauwatosa $12 members with advance reservations $15 members without advance reservations $15 non-members Register at 262-786-1886 or www.brookfieldchamber.com.

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com A soft Madison office market is going to get even softer when Epic Systems leaves behind nearly 400,000 square feet of space this fall to move into its new Verona headquarters. And while Madison's economy remains strong, it may take five years to fill up the offices being vacated by the software giant, according to Neil...

Contacts: Mark Harings, Department of Natural Resources, 715-831-3263 Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Agreement Spurs Construction on Three Expansion Projects, Reduces Hazardous Pollutants, and Encourages Efficient Energy Use MENOMONIE - Governor Jim Doyle today announced the details of a new Environmental Cooperative Agreement that allows the...