Five Dane County businesses are among 12 to be honored with the Governor’s Trailblazer Awards for Women in Business. This year’s selection was announced by Gov. Jim Doyle and the Wisconsin Women’s Council.

The awards recognize businesses with sole or majority ownership by a woman, or a series of women, for at least 25 years.

Three of the 12 recipients will receive the Torch citation, which honors family-owned businesses that currently are majority-owned by women and have been in operation for three generations or more.

An awards luncheon will be held in Madison, with the date to be announced.

More information is available at www.womenscouncil.wi.gov.

Dane County winners were:

• Far Horizons Travel, owned by Patricia Nemec, McFarland.

• Middleton Travel, owned by Pam Wencel and Mary Miller, Middleton.

• A Room of One’s Own Feminist Bookstore, owned by Sandra Torkildson, Madison.

• Terese Zache Designs, owned by Terese Zache, Madison.

• The Widget Source, owned by Sue Ann Kaestner, Madison.

Other awards, listed by county:

Brown County: Hasselblad Machine Co., owned by Kathryn Hasselblad-Pascale, Green Bay.

Buffalo County: Mondovi Hardware Store, owned by Sara Erickson, Mondovi. (Torch citation)

Grant County: Wedige’s Badger Bar, owned by Donna Diane Clark, Platteville. (Torch citation)

Jefferson County: Jefferson Travel Agency, owned by Christine Ingersol and Patricia Ziwisky, Jefferson.

Milwaukee County: AJA Enterprises, owned by Bevelyn Johnson, Milwaukee, special recognition.

Racine County: Graceful Aging, owned by Delilah Souter, Racine, special recognition.

Walworth County: Alder Cos., owned by Debra Alder, Delavan. (Torch citation)