Volume 1, Issue 25
 
The Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation 20th Anniversary video is now available for viewing on Windows Media Player.  Click here to watch it. 


Value of U.S. flags imported from other countries in 2006, an issue that has moved some states to require that American flags purchased by government agencies be domestically manufactured: $5.3 million.

Source: Associated Press



SenatorFeingoldThe Honorable United States Senator Russell D. Feingold has written a letter to county officials relating to the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007.  He has respectfully requested that it be distributed to county officials. 
 
To read the letter, click here.

 

FBIThe phone rings, you pick it up, and the caller identifies himself as an officer of the court. He says you failed to report for jury duty and that a warrant is out for your arrest. You say you never received a notice. To clear it up, the caller says he'll need some information for "verification purposes," including your birth date, social security number, maybe even a credit card number.  This is when you should hang up the phone. It's a scam. 
 
Click here for more information from the FBI.

CMThe Wisconsin County Mutual recently announced a new scholarship program at their 20th Anniversary Celebration. For more information on the program, including eligibility requirements, click here

The DNR has announced dates, times and locations for hearings on the proposed revisions to the shoreland zoning administrative rule (NR 115). Click here to learn more. 

UW-Extension has announced a series of fall budget workshops being held around the state. For more information click here

The UW-Extension Local Government Center (LGC) is publishing this announcement of statewide programs on a monthly basis.  It includes Extension programming and other programs of interest relating to local government that are offered in Wisconsin. Asterisked (*) programs are Cooperative Extension programs.

 

Information about the UWEX Local Government Center and its programming may be found at www.uwex.edu/lgc. Additional information about UW-Extension local government educational programs may be found at www.govtraining.org.

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60 minutesDavid Walker, U.S. Comptroller General, totaled up our government's income, liabilities and future obligations. He concluded the numbers don't add up. View the 60 Minutes video segment here.
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