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The National Association of Counties highlights county seals from around the country in their feature, "What's in a Seal?" It includes the history and meaning of the marking. If you would like your county's featured, please contact Chris Johnson at 202.942.4256 or cjohnson@naco.org. To see the latest seal, click here. |
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Loss to Washington State's $78 billion in public-employee retirement funds resulting from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers: $130 million.
Source: The Olympian |
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 The Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors was honored with the 2008 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Collaboration during the recent Chancellor's Awards Ceremony on September 18 at the Lowell Center in Madison hosted by UW Colleges/UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson.
Chancellor Wilson selected the board for the annual award as a result of the Sheboygan County Board's vision and support of expanded learning and outreach opportunities made possible by the co-location of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Sheboygan County Office on the UW-Sheboygan campus. The annual Chancellor's Awards recognize the exceptional teaching, outreach, collaborations and public services of both UW Colleges and UW-Extension employees, as well as valued partners and supporters, such as the Sheboygan County Board.
"These annual awards recognize the trailblazing university extension and undergraduate education work being done here in Wisconsin," Wilson said. "This year's recipients were honored for their work in providing maximum access to university resources and knowledge, so that the people of Wisconsin can enjoy healthy lives, qualify for well-paying jobs, and contribute to economically and intellectually vigorous Wisconsin communities," he added.
The Sheboygan County UW-Extension Office relocated from its Sheboygan Falls location to the UW-Sheboygan campus in spring 2008. The County Board spearheaded the move to the campus in an effort to provide a new synergy of support and collaboration between both institutions.
The newly remodeled lower level of the UW-Sheboygan Learning Resources Building (specifically the former UW-Sheboygan Battig Memorial Library space) is the UW-Extension Office's new home and features three classrooms, a conference room, modern offices and a work room. In addition, UW-Extension staff also partners with UW-Sheboygan to utilize other campus space as needed for Extension activities. |
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 Discover Wisconsin and Into the Outdoors, two television series with production headquarters at Discover Mediaworks, Inc. of Madison, have each garnered Emmy Nominations from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences.
The announcement was made Sept. 9 from the Trump Hotel & International Tower in Chicago. Emcee for the Emmy-nominations party was Chicago Sun-Times movie critic and television host Richard Roeper.
This marks the fourth Emmy-nomination for Discover Wisconsin, the longest-running tourism program in the country, and the eighth nomination for Into the Outdoors, a series dedicated to educating children about Wisconsin's natural resources and healthy recreational activities. Full Story... |
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Wisconsin Elections Division representatives are reminding state voters that absentee voting requires residence in the jurisdiction which issues the absentee ballot and proper voter registration.
Read the full media release from the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board here.
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The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has entered into an agreement with the American Farmland Trust (AFT) to provide technical assistance to organizations and local governments interested in sponsoring workshops regarding tools to protect working lands.
The tools that could be covered in the workshops include: land use or farmland preservation planning, agricultural zoning, agricultural districts, purchase of agricultural conservation easements, transfer of development rights, or other land use tools requested by the local sponsors and agreed upon by AFT and the department.
The workshops will also allow staff from DATCP to provide information on the proposals to implement the recommendations included in the August 2006 report from the Working Lands Steering Committee appointed by Secretary Rod Nilsestuen.
Workshops are targeted to occur later this fall through March 31, 2009. Applications for workshops proposed to be held in 2008 should be returned by October 3, 2008 and applications for workshops in 2009 should be returned by November 1, 2008.
Please visit http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/workinglands for application information. |
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 If you haven't registered yet for the WCA Annual Conference, you can do it quickly and easily online by clicking here, and going to "Upcoming Featured Events" on the left side. This year's conference is October 12-14 at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center and is packed full of timely educational sessions on some of the biggest issues facing county officials today.
To see a glimpse of this year's sessions, click here. |
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Wisconsin's unemployment rate for August was 4.7 percent, compared to the national rate of 6.1 percent.
The state Department of Workforce Development reports the state rate was unchanged from August 2007 and down 0.1 percentage points from July. The national rate was up 0.1 percentage points and up 1.5 percentage points from August 2007.
Over the year, August 2008 showed a decline of 13,800 Wisconsin nonfarm jobs. Goods producers were down 15,400, while service providers were up 1,600 over the year. Local government jobs increased 8,000 over the year.
Source: Associated Press |
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The 2008 Wisconsin Emergency Management Association (WEMA) Annual Conference will be held October 27 through October 29, 2008 at the Sheraton-Madison. This year's conference, "Anatomy of a Disaster: Planning for and Responding to Long-Term Power Outage," addresses all aspects of a long-term power outage for all types of agencies, governments, schools, special needs facilities and businesses.
The price for this year's conference is $45 for WEMA members and $60 for non-WEMA members. For registration information, please contact Ben Schliesman at 262-605-7904 or bschliesman@co.kenosha.wi.us. |
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ATC is beginning to develop the 2009 10-Year Transmission Assessment. (The 2008 10-Year Transmission System Assessment will be released in the coming month.)
ATC will host a meeting for customers and stakeholders on Thursday, October 16, 2008 from 9:30am - 1:30pm at MRA Conference Center near ATC's Pewaukee office. The meeting will provide an opportunity for customers and stakeholders to understand the scope and assumptions for the 2009 10-Year Transmission System Assessment study before the study begins, and provide feedback on an enhancement to the 2009 process. Full Story... |
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