Are You Ready? The College Transition
Workshop to help students and their parents plan ahead for a smooth transition to college. Workshop topics include relationships, healthy choices, academics and finances. See brochure for details and registration information.

Wisconsin Rapids - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - (6:00-8:00 pm)
Wood County Courthouse Auditorium - 400 Market St., Wisconsin Rapids

Marshfield - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - (6:00-8:00 pm)
UW/Marshfield Wood County, Rm. 131

Presented by: Connie Eisch, Family Living Educator and Chris Viau, Youth Development Educator

Click here to download a copy of the Help For Hard Times Guide for South Wood County.

This guide is for people who may be going through a tough time and need help understanding the resources that are available to them.

This guide is a collaborative project of: The Community Foundation of Greater South
Wood County, United Way's 2-1-1, and United Way of Inner Wisconsin.

Master Gardeners offer many activities for their members and the general public.
Go to the Horticulture page for more information.

Attention: Private Pesticide Applicator
Wood County UW-Extension has completed the 2010 private pesticide applicator sessions. You may still certify with the self-study option.
Read more about PAT training.

NOTE: Here's a reminder for people who missed the training dates, you have the option of self-study.
Contact Matt Lippert at 715-421-8440 to schedule a date and time to take the test. 

Wisconsin's Pandemic Flu Resource - pandemic.wisconsin.gov

For up-to-date information on the personal impacts and prevention measures for Influenza visit the Centers for Disease Control swine flu information at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/swineflu_you.htm

Other helpful resources include:
Wood County Health Department H1N1 Vacine Clinics
UW-Extension Animal Sciences http://www.uwex.edu/ces/animalscience/swine/swineflu.cfm
UW-Madison http://www.news.wisc.edu/flu/
EDEN (Extension Disaster Extension Network) Pandemic Flu
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services- http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

2007 Custom Rate Guide
The Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service conducts this mail survey every three years. Most of the rates in this release include the cost of hiring the machine with fuel and operator, but exclude the cost of any materials. This summary makes no effort to evaluate fairness of rates being charged. Latest custom rate guide

Wood County UW Extension 400 Market Street PO Box 8095 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-8095 Phone: 715-421-8440 (or dial 711 for Relay) Fax: 715-421-8476 Map & Directions Office Hours: M-F 8 am to 4:30 pm

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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.

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