MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin Extension is making plans to reduce staff and leave vacancies open amid the largest cut in state support it’s ever faced. The $5.2 million reduction is part of the state budget signed by Gov. Scott Walker. It represents an 8 percent cut in state funding for UW Extension, a university system whose mission includes educating communities that lack a four-year campus. Under the new budget, the agency’s Cooperative Extension division could lose 10 percent of its positions. The dean of the division, which includes agriculture agents, says about 7 percent of the positions are already vacant. Every county in Wisconsin has at least one UW Extension agent. Now more counties will probably have to begin sharing agents.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
todayMarch 27, 2025
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