HIGHLIGHTS

General

• Waushara County Demographic Presentation (46 pages, 1.43 MB)
• Waushara County Deomgraphic Presentation (46 slides, 2.42MB)
• Waushara County Demographics and other Statistics
• Waushara County Hispanic/Latino Focus Group Study
• 2006 Waushara Hispanic Coalition
• Waushara County Fair (August 13-16, 2009)
• Tri-County Leadership Initiatitve
• Overview of Cooperative Extension provided by Dean Rick Klemme on Wisconsin Public Radio

Agriculture

• Economic Impact of Agriculture in Waushara County
• Waushara County UW-Extension Agriculture Program

Community Development

• Tri-County Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club meeting - Monday, October 13 at 6:00 in Room 268 at the Waushara County Courthouse, 209 S Ste Marie Street, Wautoma. Call (920) 787-0416 for more informtation. For the October 13th I&E Club meeting, we are looking for another local inventor/entrepreneur to volunteer to talk about your business idea without going into all the minute details, but enough to peak our interest in your business or product idea as you would need to do if are seeking financial investors, partners, applying for a loan, applying for permits, talking with suppliers or manufacturers, or seeking assistance from the many resources available in the area.  This is a friendly informal interactive opportunity and you will be coached through the presentation.  As an added bonus for those who volunteer to speak about their business or invention at an I&E Club meeting, they will have the opportunity to present to a local investor/resource at a future Tri-County Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club Meeting.  The first four speakers, including October’s volunteer, will be offered the opportunity to give their pitch to an area investor/resource at the November 10th Tri-County I&E Club Meeting.
• Small Business Basics Workshop: Health Insurance Options for Small Business - This two-hour workshop will discuss the various local, state and federal permits and regulations needed to start and operate a small business. There will also be a discussion of specific tax permits, business licenses, trade name registration and import/export licenses needed for a small business. Tuesday, October 21 , 2008 in the Demonstration Room of the Waushara County Courthouse in Wautoma, 6 - 8 pm. Cost: $25
• Comprehensive Planning in Waushara County Municipal meetings: Town and Village of Coloma (Oct. 29, 6:30, Coloma Library and Community Center), Town of Leon (Oct. 22, 7:00, Leon Town Hall), Town of Mt. Morris and Town of Springwater (Oct. 23, 7:00, Springwater Town Hall), Town and Village of Hancock (Oct. 21, 7:00, Hancock Community Cener), Village of Lohrville (Oct. 15, 6:30, Lohrville Village Hall), Town of Oasis (Oct. 15, 7:00, Oasis Town Hall), Town of Plainfield (Oct. 14, 7:00, Plainfield Town Hall), Town of Saxeville (Oct. 14, 7:00, Saxeville Town Hall)
• Waushara County UW-Extension Community Development Program - Information on Organization development, Economic development organizations, Sources for demographic, economic, natural resource, and other data, maps, studies, and information about the Waushara County Area, Planning in Waushara County / Planificación el Condado de Waushara, and government operation.
  
  
  

Family Living

• Waushara County UW-Extension Family Living Program
• 2003 Waushara County Key Informant Interview Study

4-H Youth Development

• Waushara County UW-Extension 4-H Youth Development Program
• 4-H Clover Clipper

Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program (WNEP)

• WNEP provides community based education programs within a research-based content. We serve Wisconsin citizens in 64 Counties.

MISSION

With an office in each Wisconsin county, Cooperative Extension develops practical educational programs tailored to local needs and based on university knowledge and research.

County-based Extension educators are University of Wisconsin faculty and staff who are experts in agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, natural resources, family living and youth development.

Extension county-based faculty and staff live and work with the people they serve in communities across the state. Extension specialists work on UW System campuses where they access current research and knowledge. Collaboration between county and campus faculty is the hallmark of Cooperative Extension in Wisconsin.

ABOUT US

State funded universities and research officially began in 1862 with Abraham Lincoln's ratification of the Morrill Act which endowed states with large parcels of land that were sold to help fund universities and research stations.

These universities were a great success. They were often free or of nominal cost to state residents and in many cases the only source of non-biased information for state residents. This success paired with more progressive governors of the early 1900's, mainly Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin and Teddy Roosevelt of New York, helped influence county level university agents (Wisconsin's first was in 1912) and eventually the 1914 Smith-Lever Act with provided federal support for university extension services in all land-grant universities.

Those progressive notions of making the universities resources available to every state resident and never letting research that could improve our lives sit on a shelf are what we try to make a reality for Waushara residents. We are located in the basement of the Wautoma Courthouse and offer information in the areas of agriculture, community resource development, family living, and youth development.

Feel free to call, email, or drop in during normal business hours.

University of Wisconsin – Extension provides equal opportunities and programming, including Title IX and ADA Requirements.

El Departamento de Extensión de la Universidad de Wisconsin proporciona igualdad de oportunidades en empleo y programas, incluidos los requisitos del Title IX y ADA