Category Archives: State News
$34 Million in Payments for 2017 Losses Part of Broad Suite of Programs Aiding Ag Operations
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $34 million to help agricultural producers recover from 2017 natural disasters through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-r...
Apr 15, 2018
Green Bay Woman Recognized By Alzheimer’s Association
National Volunteer Week is April 15 through April 21 this year, and it is an annual celebration to promote and show appreciation for volunteerism in the United States. As the world's leading Voluntary...
Apr 14, 2018
Schoenborn Joins Wisconsin Agri-Business Association & Wisconsin Corn Program
The Wisconsin Agri-Business Association (WABA) has named Sara Schoenborn their Director of Marketing and Public Relations. In this role, Schoenborn will also be contracted to serve as the Communicatio...
Apr 14, 2018
Grants Fund Expansion of Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has awarded four $250,000 grants to one county, one tribe, and two nonprofit organizations to support the expansion of medication-assisted treatment f...
Apr 14, 2018
Spring Fish and Wildlife Hearing Results Available
More than 6,800 people came out to participate in the 2018 Spring Fish and Wildlife Hearings and Wisconsin Conservation Congress county meetings that were held in every county statewide on Monday, Apr...
Apr 14, 2018
Volunteer with the Green Bay Garden Blitz
The Fifth Annual Green Bay Garden Blitz, a local partnership of New Leaf Foods and Brown County UW-Extension that aims to empower residents to grow food and be part of a sustainable urban agricultural...
Apr 14, 2018
4 Northwoods Counties, Town Of Minocqua To Combine 9-1-1 Systems
Four Northwoods counties and the Town of Minocqua will start taking bids on a shared 9-1-1 system in the next week or two. Officials in that city, plus Marathon, Vilas, Oneida, and Langlade counties s...
Apr 14, 2018
Weekend Cancellations
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Apr 14, 2018
Overpayment Scam Targets Local Small Business
The Better Business Bureau Serving Wisconsin (BBB) is warning businesses of a scam circulating called the "check overpayment" scam. In this scam, the person you are doing business with sends you a che...
Apr 14, 2018
Comments Open for Special Registration of Ginseng Fungicide
The public can comment until April 16 on a proposed special pesticide registration to help ginseng growers control Alternaria blight in years when the crop is not to be harvested. The special registra...
Apr 14, 2018
