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Contacts: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Funding Will Help Company Equip New Facility in Oconomowoc, Create Almost 100 New Jobs, and Retain More Than 50 Jobs Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Ace Precision Machining Corp. of Oconomowoc will receive $150,000 in Technology Zone tax credits from the Department of Commerce to help the...

By Brian E. ClarkWisBusiness.com MIDDLETON – By this time next year, Scott Fulton hopes his start-up, BioSystems Development, will be selling products to at least one major drug firm. "That's our goal, anyway," mused Fulton, whose company shared the grand prize with a fledgling Milwaukee firm, NovaScan, in the 2004 Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest. NovaScan has a new breast-scanning technology...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that two Wisconsin businesses will share $65,000 in loans from the Department of Commerce Milk Volume Production (MVP) - Rural Economic Development (RED) Programs. The loans were made at the RED Board meeting held Dec. 15 in Madison. "My Grow Wisconsin plan calls for investing in our agricultural...

Contact: Rose Lynch, (608) 266-6753 UNADJUSTED DATA Madison - Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced November unemployment rates below 4.0 percent in 29 of Wisconsin's 72 counties. Three counties had rates below 3.0 percent: Dane, 2.2 percent; Ozaukee, 2.5 percent, and Iowa, 2.8 percent. Oconto County had the highest unemployment rate, estimated at 8.5 percent, followed...

Contact: Karmen Wilhelm (319) 786-7788 Alliant Energy encourages customers to make safe choices, seek assistance CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Dec. 21, 2004 – When temperatures drop, many families turn to alternative heating sources out of necessity or to avoid the rising cost of utility bills. Alliant Energy encourages families to stay safe this heating season and seek financial assistance if...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: Bill Mitchell, Executive Director Waukesha County Economic Development Corp. 262-695-7900 Melissa Eriksen, CBC McGlinchey & Associates 262-796-2220, ext. 145 melissae@mcglin.com BROOKFIELD, Wis. (December 21, 2004) – The Waukesha County Economic Development Corporation (WCEDC) has chosen McGlinchey & Associates, a full service marketing communications agency headquartered in Brookfield, to assist WCEDC in all areas of marketing communications planning and programming. The WCEDC...