Marathon County

June is Dairy Month! In Marathon County, the Northcentral Technical College Agriculture Center of Excellence will host the 2012 breakfast. Located on 6625 County Road K, near the Township of Maine. The breakfast will be Sunday, June 3, 2012 and will be hosted by Marathon County PPA and NTC [...]

Saturday, February 11th, during the afternoon at the Town of Berlin Center, members of the Kitchen Kookies HCE (Home and Community Education) club met with the families of the Naugart Knights 4-H club. This inter-generational group worked together to design and sew pillowcase dresses for young girls in Haiti affected by the 2010  earthquake that devastated Haiti . Ten sewing machine hummed all afternoon [...]

In the November/December issue of the Marathon County Family Focus newsletter: Upcoming MASS Programs & Events Central Wisconsin 4-H Shooting Sports Orientation Meeting Avian Quiz Bowl 4-H Teen Winter Camp 4-H Leader Orientation Adopt-a-Family Program Marathon County Humane Society is Looking for Help Family Focus Newsletter for November/December 2011 (PDF, 505 KB)

Thank you to the nearly 1,500 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days volunteers who made the 2011 show a success.  By nearly every measure, the Marathon County event was considered very successful based on feedback from exhibitors and attendees alike.  Attendance for the three-day show was estimated to be just under 60,000. The slideshow below represents just some of the hard [...]

Articles in the May/June issue include: Awards given at 79 Annual Farm City Dinner Buy Local with a Food/Ag Emphasis Seminar Agriculture Pumps $2.4 Billion Into Marathon County Economy Are high energy costs getting you down? Volunteers Needed for June Dairy Breakfast Pernsteiner Retires as Director AgLink – May/June 2011 (PDF, 566 KB)

Sign-up to become an Master Gardener. The Marathon County UW-Extension will be offering 12 sessions on Tuesday evenings beginning January 25th and continuing through April 12. Classes are from 5:45-9 pm. Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who assist the University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension staff by helping communities better understand gardening and their environment. This national program was introduced to [...]

Collegiate 4-H offers college students an experience after high school of volunteering with 4-H youth, serving their communities, and growing as a young 4-H volunteer leader. Collegiate 4-H is a nationwide program that can be implemented at any college campus. The website helps in providing resources in starting or finding a Collegiate 4-H club at [...]

Resources for community service organizations are available through the UW-Extension Center for Community Economic Development. The web library links learners to articles, organized by topic, from board governance to volunteer management. Access a listing of other resources available on the Internet is also available through the Learner Resources Center Non-profit Web sites >>>