Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Doyle Announce Development Project in Wauzeka
Contact: Tony Hozeny, 608/267-9661
MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that Crawford Industries, LLC, Wauzeka, Crawford County, will receive $102,000 in Community Development Zone Program tax credits. Crawford Industries, LLC is a start-up company that will initially produce decking board.
“My Grow Wisconsin initiative calls for supporting regions of Wisconsin that are developing new economic opportunities,” said Gov. Doyle....
Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Doyle Announces Business Employees Skills Training Award
Contact: Tony Hozeny, 608/267-9661
MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that A.F. Gelhar Co., Inc. Readfield, Green Lake County, would receive a $10,000 Business Employees Skills Training (BEST) grant from the Department of Commerce (Commerce). The BEST program works to help small businesses meet employee training needs.
“A primary focus of my Grow Wisconsin Initiative is support for employee...
Tom Still: Higher ed cooperation will produce more skilled workers for Wisconsin
By Tom Still
MADISON – The task of producing tech-savvy workers and managers for Wisconsin's knowledge-based economy cannot be handled by any single institution. It will require partnerships between business, education and government – and, within that triangle, cooperation throughout the "K-through-gray" learning spectrum.
The latest example of fresh thinking in education is a proposal by UW-Stout to streamline transfer of...
WisBusiness: Minnesota Gov. Beats Doyle in ‘Photo-Finish’ Steamboat Race
By Gregg Hoffmann
La Crosse – Partisan politics were completely left out of the final outcome, but Tim Pawlenty, the Republican governor of Minnesota, defeated Wisconsin Democrat Gov. Jim Doyle in a steamboat race Wednesday afternoon.
The Governor's Race at the Grand Excursion was officially called a photo-finish tie, and both heads of their states took home brooms, the traditional trophy...
