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MARTEN TRANSPORT MEDIA COVERAGE

• 10-1-05 Chippewa Valley B2B Magazine: Marten Transport named best place to work in the Chippewa Valley... MONDOVI -- Greg Van Pelt has worked at Marten Transport for nearly 24 years. He was the second dispatcher hired at the company and was one of only seven people in the office when he first started...

• 6-21-05 e-Trucker: Randy Marten named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year... Marten Transport, Ltd. President and Chairman of the Board, Randy Marten was...

• 3-10-05 WEAU TV-13 Eau Claire: Trucking Company Wins Safety Award... MONDOVI -- The truck driving industry is plagued by companies and drivers who don’t make safety a priority. They endanger other drivers, rigs and the customers they drive for when they skirt regulations and drive too many hours. The industry itself is trying to counter that by offering incentives like a National Safety Competition...

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• 1-1-05 OTR/Pro Trucker Magazine: COVER STORY: Tim Ridley-Marten Transport, Ltd... Right out of college in the early 1980s, Tim Ridley found a good job doing engineering work for the Department of the Interior. He reviewed wiring diagrams for pumping plants that were an integral part of the Central Arizona Project, an ambitious effort to deliver water to arid regions of the state....

• 12-05-04 Eau Claire Leader-Telegram: In it for the long haul, Marten cherishes small town roots... MONDOVI — An additional 162 jobs are a boost for any community, but they’re especially appreciated in a city of 2,600...

• 12-04-04 Eau Claire Leader-Telegram: Marten expansion boost for area... Marten Transport is important to the economy of the Chippewa Valley, especially Mondovi, where the company is based...

• 12-03-04 The Bottom Line Business Newsletter: Marten to receive tax credits...Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle this week announced that Mondovi-based Marten Transport Ltd. will receive $250,000 in Agricultural Development Zone tax credits from the Department of Commerce to assist the trucking firm with the $1 million expansion of its corporate headquarters...

• 11-30-04 WQOW TV-18 Eau Claire: Local company adds jobs...Some extra money should get a Mondovi company on the road to more jobs.

• 11-30-04 WIAL I-94 Eau Claire: Tax break mean more jobs in area...Governor Jim Doyle announced Tuesday that Marten Transport in Mondovi is getting $250-thousand in tax credits to help the company expand its corporate headquarters... 

• 8-1-04 Chippewa Valley B2B Magazine: Best places to work in the Chippewa Valley... Carol Forde's written response to a house ad in Chippewa Valley B2B soliciting nominations for a Best Places to Work competition speaks volumes about the relationship she has with her employer... 

• 5-30-04 UW-Eau Claire News Service: Randy Marten receives lifetime achievement award...  Randolph L. Marten, Mondovi, who graduated in 1974 with a bachelor of business administration degree in management, received the Lifetime Excellence Award, presented to UW-Eau Claire alumni...

• 4-1-04 Mondovi News Herald: Randy Marten named VFW Citizen of the Year...  Approximately 150 people attended the annual VFW Citizen of the Year banquet held Saturday evening at The Valley Country Club to honor the 2004 recipient - Randy Marten...