WisBusiness

Rising health care costs have hidden tolls Southeastern Wisconsin businesses have been hollering loud and hard about employee health care costs for years now. Understandably so, since this region's health care costs are among the highest in the nation. However, those costs to businesses only begin to tell the story of the impact of skyrocketing health care costs. The total impact...

By Joanne M. Haas For WisBusiness.com When the Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. stockholders approved the merger agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. on April 4, 2001, Thomas F. Power, the chief executive officer and president of the Wisconsin rail, praised the deal. "The merger...is the best transaction for our shippers, stockholders and employees," Power said that day. Things have changed. More than three years...

Contact: Jim O’Keefe, 608/264-7837 MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that the Village of Cadott, Chippewa County, will receive a Community Development Block Grant Public Facilities (CDBG-PF) grant totaling $150,000 to make public facilities improvements. “My Grow Wisconsin plan calls for investing in our infrastructure to improve the quality of life for all Wisconsin residents,” said Gov. Doyle. The...

By Jack Faris British Admiral Francis Beaufort has long since slipped into the mists of history, but the measurement scale of wind force he created nearly 200 years ago remains an invaluable tool for scientists and weather forecasters. Force 5, by his calculations, means just a fresh breeze that causes small trees to sway; Force 12, on the other...

Contact: Jamie Wall, 608/267-0770 MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that Heim’s Hillcrest Dairy, LLC, Algoma, Kewaunee County will receive a milk volume production loan totaling $50,000 to expand and modernize its dairy operation. “My Grow Wisconsin plan calls for modernizing farming facilities and equipment in order to increase milk production,” said Gov. Doyle. “By providing low-interest loans for...

Contact: Harry Cherkinian, APR McGlinchey & Associates 262-796-2220, ext. 125 harryc@mcglin.com Craig Haskins, Vice President Knight-Barry Title Group 262-754-8899 New location will meet growing customer needs RACINE, Wis. (August 6, 2004) – Knight-Barry Title Group continues its expansion throughout Wisconsin with its recent acquisition of the Madison office of Bay Title & Abstract. The office will operate under the name Knight-Barry Title Services and will take over the...