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Get your taxes done for free
By: Julia Fello – WKOW TV
The UW-Extension Financial Education Center coordinates a free income tax assistance site in Madison.
Published: Feb 08, 2012
State's public workers cope with reduced buying power
By: Steven Verburg – Wisconsin State Journal
Debra Neubauer, who runs UW-Extension's Financial Education Center, said that last year, more than 1,000 state workers and retirees attended more than three dozen classes on coping with pay cuts.
Published: Feb 05, 2012
Oshkosh Funding Consortium accepting grant proposals
The Oshkosh Northwestern
The UW-Extension/United Way Volunteer Tax Assistance program has been funded previously through the consortium.
Published: Jan 27, 2012
UW-Extension meeting gives mobile home residents options
Wausau Daily Herald
University of Wisconsin-Extension officials have stepped in to help residents of a Kronenwetter mobile home park figure out how to move forward should they have to vacate the park.
Published: Jan 30, 2012
Wisconsin Youth to attend 2012 National 4-H Conference
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Heather Schmitz, UW-Extension Rusk County 4-H Youth Development educator, will accompany the group as their advisor.
Published: Jan 30, 2012
High Speed Internet still eludes many
By: Lyn Jerde – Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
Ken Youra calls the Internet "the world-wide wait." At his home in Columbia County, near Pardeeville, service is so slow, he can't watch a YouTube video.
Published: Feb 01, 2012
Life in the tech lane
By: Emi Kram – Superior Telegram
Tech Fusion is an offshoot of UW-Extension's Building Community Capacity through Broadband project, in which Superior is a partner.
Published: Jan 25, 2012
Social media: A program for farmers and ag business training
Agri-View
This is a hands-on workshop where you will be able to set up a Facebook page and customize it to your farm business.
Published: Jan 19, 2012
Northland College Mining Education Week
WDIO-TV
Tom Evans, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, will speak on the role of resource regulation and democratic processes.
Published: Jan 20, 2012
Safe on the farm?
By: Sarah Kloepping – Herald Times Reporter
"There is a shortage of vets coming up in the future, especially large animal veterinarians," Manitowoc County University of Wisconsin-Extension Dairy Agent Scott Gunderson said.
Published: Jan 20, 2012
Garden Questions
By: Melinda Myers – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
See the University of Wisconsin Extension publications "Growing Blueberries in Wisconsin" at bit.ly/xwiifz, and "Growing Blueberries in Containers" at bit.ly/zkAwoRhttp://bit.ly/zkAwoR.
Published: Jan 20, 2012
Foundation awards grants in Waukesha
By: Laurel Walker – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The fourth quarter grants include $15,000 to UW-Extension in Waukesha County to support projects associated with the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative in a Waukesha west side neighborhood.
Published: Jan 12, 2012
Landowner plans on building small well ahead of controversial high capacity well
By: Doug Erickson – Wisconsin State Journal
The UW-Extension Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey staff will lower instruments into the test well to study the area's bedrock characteristics.
Published: Jan 17, 2012
Warm weather has been bane to some, boon to others
By: Deb Cleworth – Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Matt Lippert, UW-Extension Wood County agriculture agent, said, "It's probably a little more work for the cranberry growers because they are having to make ice and not having much success."
Published: Jan 11, 2012
Blue Top Farms, Feltz famil to co-host 2014 Farm Tech Days
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Portage County UW-Extension Agriculture Agent Ken Schroeder will serve as the local executive committee secretary.
Published: Jan 10, 2012

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