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Manitowoc's Orion Energy Systems honored for environmental innovation

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Buy Photo Orion Energy Aug. 5 in Manitowoc. (Photo: Josh Clark/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) Buy Photo Orion honored for environmental innovation Manitowoc's Orion Energy Systems , Inc., was one of nine Wisconsin companies honored Aug . 17 with a Business Friend of the Environment Award for leadership in sustainability,  environmental innovation and environmental stewardship by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. OTHER NEWS:  Fiscal Concierge Ponzi scheme petition rejected OTHER NEWS:  No charges issued in overdose death of Valders man in police custody Orion was honored in the Environmental Innovation category , along with Beloit companies Frito -Lay and Regal Beloit Corporation . Other winners included the following: Environmental Sustainability category : Nelson and Pade, Inc., of Montello;  Masters Gallery Foods , Inc., of Plymouth; and UPS of Elm Grove. Environmental Stewardship category : T.Wall Enterprises of Middleton;  American Transmission Company of Waukesha; and A...

Cancer's Newest Miracle Combines Genetics and Immune System

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With the usual mix of anticipation and apprehension, Kaitlyn Johnson is getting ready to go to her first summer camp. She's looking forward to meeting new friends and being able to ride horses, swim and host tea parties . She's also a little nervous and a little scared, like any 7-year-old facing her first sleepaway camp. But the wonder is that Kaitlyn is leaving the house for anything but a medical facility . Diagnosed with leukemia when she was 18 months old, her life has been consumed with cancer treatments, doctors' visits and hospital stays. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common cancer among young children, accounting for a quarter of all cancer cases in kids, and it has no cure. For about 85% to 90% of children, the leukemia can, however, be effectively treated through chemotherapy. If it is not eliminated and comes back, it is, more often than not, fatal. Rounds of chemotherapy can buy patients time , but as the disease progresses, the periods of remissio...