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Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton will deliver the keynote address at the eighth annual Women's Health Leadership Conference at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 10, 2006 at the Fluno Center on the University of Wisconsin campus.  The theme of the daylong conference, sponsored by the Center for Women's Health Research, is Women and Mental Health: Research, Resources and Resilience. Lt. Governor...

MADISON  - After an extensive search, two finalists have been named for the topposition at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL), Wisconsin'sprimary testing facility for animal diseases and education and consultationservices. Finalists for the post are Thomas McKenna, laboratory director for the ForeignAnimal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL) in Plum Island, N.Y.; and PeterVanderloo, case coordinator and chief of client...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Niceware(R) International is excited to announce the release of the NiceLabel Enterprise Series of bar code and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) labeling software. This new product family is designed to offer rugged software solutions for labeling that consolidate enterprise-wide system management, monitoring and alerting of printer and print job status, and high-volume printing. The NiceLabel...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) today approved American Transmission Company’s (ATC) request to construct and upgrade transmission lines in northern Wisconsin.  The project has been commonly referred to as the Cranberry-Conover-Plains project and is in Vilas, Forest and Florence counties. “As with all proposed transmission projects, the Commission must determine a need for the facilities and...

MADISON, Wisc., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, today announced that Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) has expanded its use of the Mediasite(TM) web communications system from providing online seminars to the local medical community to delivering multimedia information statewide to every health professional and resident in the...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Electric Supply Co. was honored by the Milwaukee Business Journal as one of the recipients of its annual Mid- Market Growth Awards. The Mid-Market Growth Awards honor companies that have experienced substantial revenue growth over the past three years. In 1989, when Larry Stern, President, joined the company, Standard Electric produced annual sales of...

SPOONER, Wis., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Pet Hall of Honor recognizes and celebrates our pet friends with a framed certificate of induction into the Pet Hall of Honor and their own web page with photos and story. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061109/NYFNSR15 ) These "everyday pets" may never make the headlines with a heroic deed or win a ribbon to gain the...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE – Susan Winter’s young company – Micrablate – makes medical devices that zap tumors with microwaves. At least that’s what it hopes to do. For now, the two-year-old, Middleton-based start-up is one of scores of young Wisconsin firms that is seeking funding to advance the dream of its founders, who include radiologist Fred Lee and...

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Airlines is offering its lowest fares of the year for travel Nov. 28 through Dec. 19, 2006. The fares are available for three days only -- Tuesday, Nov. 7 through midnight Central time Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. A 21-day advance purchase is required. Fares as low as $67 one way are available to all...