— Wisconsin’s agriculture department is looking for participants in its “Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin” grant program. The program will award $222,700 this year, with a maximum of $50,000 for an individual grant. Proposals are due in late September and need to show how they will stimulate Wisconsin’s agricultural economy by increasing the purchase of Wisconsin grown or produced food. In the first year of the program, grant recipients saw a $2 increase in sales for every dollar invested. See details: http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=166802 — Organizers are looking for today’s U.S. Oil Open golf tournament to raise more than $1 million dollars for charity. U.S. Oil, based in Combined Locks, markets petroleum products and distributes automotive parts throughout the upper Midwest. The company pays for all the expenses of the charity event, which will involve 700 golfers playing on four golf courses in northeast Wisconsin. The money raised is concentrated in organizations that address basic needs for children, working families, seniors and chronic health problems. See details: http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=166899 TOP STORIES Wisconsin agencies get $12.1M in stimulus block grants: Seventeen agencies in Wisconsin will receive $12.1 million in stimulus money to fund skills training, employment and economic development programs across the state, Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday. Mercury: Talks with union to continue: Negotiations between representatives of Mercury Marine and its hourly union employees — a key component as Mercury decides whether to consolidate all or part of its operations in Fond du Lac or Stillwater, Okla. — are expected to continue today. Company moving sheet metal work from Illinois to Grafton : Sussex-based Waukesha Metal Products is remodeling an industrial building in Grafton and will move work there from a plant in Illinois, company and municipal officials said.
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