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• Design project for new Menomonie airport terminal building gets funding
• Doyle to speak at technology symposium at UW-Stout Thursday

The Menomonie Municipal Airport will be able to start design work on a new terminal building after getting funds from state, local and federal governments.

The State of Wisconsin and City of Menomonie are throwing in $1,459 each while the Federal Aviation Administration is contributing $58,353.

According to Kim Kaarto, airport engineering specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the new terminal building is needed to replace the undersized and poorly functioning existing building.

The design is expected to be completed this summer, with construction to take place during the summer of 2009.

Menomonie Municipal Airport has two runways. Currently, 23 aircraft are based at the airport, and approximately 13,550 take-offs and landings occur each year.

Gov. Jim Doyle will address an audience of researchers, entrepreneurs and investors during a morning session of the Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium Thursday, July 17, at 9:20 a.m on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

The symposium will be held in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center which is located at 302 10th Ave. East in Menomonie.

The two-day event, which will be held July 17-18, is intended to encourage interdisciplinary research, information sharing and networking opportunities.

Participants will include academic and industry researchers, entrepreneurs, business leaders and interested community members. Government officials and representatives from key companies also are expected to attend.

The symposium will feature the latest interdisciplinary research from the UW System, Marshfield Clinic and Wisconsin private industry. Leading researchers in the areas of biotechnology, nanotechnology, medical science and bioenergy will give short presentations during the two days.

The symposium is being organized by WiSys Technology Foundation Inc. and UW-Stout. It is being sponsored by UW System, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point and Marshfield Clinic.