Gov. Doyle: Wisconsin Again Leads Midwest in Job Growth
Contact: Ethnie Groves, Governor's Office, 608-261-2156
State Adds More than 48,000 Jobs in Last Year;
Significant Growth in High-End Jobs
Governor Jim Doyle announced today that in the past 12
months, Wisconsin has again led the Upper Midwest in job growth,
according
to the most recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Wisconsin
has led the Upper...
DWD: State’s Success Yields Additional Dollars to Expand Disability Navigator Program
Contact: Rose Lynch (608) 266-6753
Program assists people with disabilities to obtain resources, employment assistance
Madison - Governor Jim Doyle and Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin will receive $1.8 million in federal dollars to continue and enhance the Disability Navigator Program. Wisconsin is one of 17 states to receive continued funding, and...
Dept. Of Commerce: Gov. Doyle Announces Business Project in Greenville
Contact: Tony Hozeny, 608/267-9661
MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that Biax Fiberfilm Corporation, Greenville, Outagamie County, will receive a $150,000 loan from the Community Development Block Grant for Economic Development (CDBG-ED) Program administered by the Department of Commerce (Commerce).
“My Grow Wisconsin plan calls for investing in manufacturing,” Gov. Doyle said. “I am...
Smarttime Software: Appoints Tom Sinton and Garry Meier to Its Board of Directors
For Immediate Release
For additional information, contact:
Kevin Rhone, President & CEO
SmartTime Software, Inc.
508-598-3801
Garry Meier, Chairman
SmartTime Software, Inc.
508-598-3800
William Filip, Partner
Baird Venture Partners
610-975-0929
Meier Appointed Chairman of the Board
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., August 31, 2004 – SmartTime Software, Inc., Framingham, Mass., announced today that Tom Sinton, the former CEO of ProBusiness Services, Inc., and Garry Meier, an executive...
Dept. fo Commerce: 23rd Annual Governor’s Conference on Minority Business Development Offers Sales Opportunities For Minority-owned Firms
Contact: Tony Hozeny, 608/267-9661
MADISON – Minority-owned businesses seeking expanded sales opportunities and purchasing agents looking for quality minority vendors will want to attend the 23rd annual Governor’s Conference on Minority Business Development: Marketplace 2004. The event will be held Sept. 21-22 at the Ho-Chunk Casino Hotel & Convention Center, Wisconsin Dells.
"Gov. Jim Doyle’s Grow Wisconsin plan calls for expanding...
WisBiz In-Depth: Von Stiehl Winery of Algoma
By Gregg Hoffmann
Dr. Charles Stiehl was a physician who also liked wine.
The good doctor started making cherry wine in his basement. A student of ancient wine-making processes, Dr. Stiehl wrapped his bottles of wine in gauze and plaster of Paris, almost as if he was casting a broken arm or leg.
Thus was born the trademark bottle of...
WisBusiness: Small Northwoods resorts succumb to rising land prices
By Brian E. Clark
Wisbusiness.com
EAGLE RIVER – For the past hundred years, small resorts in Wisconsin’s
North Woods have been mostly mom-and-pop affairs.
That was the case with Diane Eliason Misina’s great grandparents, who
emigrated from Sweden in 1898 and ran the Murmuring Waters cabins and
tavern on Lost Lake for many years.
Today, the Eliason clan is still in the resort business, which...
