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March 2015 Contact: Roger Schmidt, (608)316-0550, roger.schmidt@wisc.edu Madison, Wis. – The more information farmers have about farming, the more successful they might be. Growers often combine experience and science when making management decisions. However, finding the time to read textbooks or long journal articles can be challenging, so University of Wisconsin- Extension specialists recorded videos…
read more >A longtime downtown professional building is being reinvigorated, and those using the services it houses may soon feel the same. Stefanie Tatro and her husband, Joe, have purchased the former Clermont Centre at 612 Clermont St., remodeled it to attract new clients, and renamed it Unique Professions. “Ideally I would like to enhance the salon/spa…
read more >Women who own or manage farmland in Wisconsin are invited to a free workshop in May to support female landowners in learning about conservation practices and building local connections. Women Caring For the Land is an innovative program facilitated by the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) and the Women, Food & Agriculture Network…
read more >Johnson Electric Coil Company started in 1934 in the basement of Lawrence Johnson’s home in Elmwood Park Ill. While expansion and relocation has occurred, they remain a family owned business doing about $11 million in business per year. They currently employ about 75 people. Johnson Electric Coil manufactures custom transformers and inductors for industrial equipment.…
read more >Decades of furniture experience are converging on Antigo’s north side. Lakeland Furniture & Mattress, owned by Rich and Melissa Biller, has opened its doors in the North Town Centre, offering an amazing array of items in every price range. The Billers, together with manager Kory Walters, bring dozens and dozens of years of experience to…
read more >Antigo’s Zelazoski Wood Products began in 1924 as The Thos. Zelazoski Mfg. Co. and has grown to become a major supplier of everything from brush handles and ukulele necks to baseball bats and ice-fishing rigs. The original plant was a converted blacksmith shop in the area of Third Avenue and Superior Street in Antigo. Tom…
read more >SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – The Tyson Events Center is gearing up for this year’s NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. With 32 teams coming to the Tyson Events Center for the annual NAIA tournament, preparations are already underway to make sure the center is ready for the big event that starts Wednesday. One of the biggest…
read more >Wisconsin Seed Potato Improvement Association present Andy Merry of Crop Care of Langlade County, LLC, Antigo, with the Wisconsin Seed Potato Industry Leadership Award for his outstanding service and leadership in the seed potato industry over the past year. Andy Merry is on of our Langlade County Economic Development Corporation’s board members. Source: The Badger Common’…
read more >UW-Extension will sponsor the Tractor& Machinery Safety Course for youth ages 12-16 at the Resource Center in Antigo in April 2015. The course includes classroom safety instruction for tractors and farm machinery operation, hazard recognition and correction, general farm safety knowledge, and how to approach farm safety with a positive attitude. In addition, the course…
read more >Northern Steel Manufacturing, a custom metal fabrication and machining house. was founded in September, 2010 by Darrell Lake, Mike Scott, and Bob Van Schyndel. Collectively, the three had well over 60 years of metal fabrication and machining experience, and a thick file of customer contacts. They initially began leasing 9,000 square feet of a larger…
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