Hi! My name is Heidi Ungrodt, and I began working as a Family Living Educator in Iron and Ashland Counties this past November. I have been working with UW Extension for over 15 years, both in the Family Living Program and the Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program. On both a personal and professional level, I value […]
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My name is Becky Holm. I am beyond excited to have started my position as Office Manager at the Iron County UW-Extension office. I will be training with the current Office Manager, Joyce Gayan for the next 2 months. She has been so helpful, knowledgeable and kind. I’ll be sad to see her retire at […]
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Charrette (noun): a meeting in which all stakeholders in a project attempt to resolve conflicts & map solutions. As part of ongoing efforts to expand non-motorized trails in Iron County, the Iron County Regional Trail Committee is hosting an exciting public visioning event. All interested community members, neighbors, & partners are invited to participate in […]
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Building On Our Assets Iron County UW-Extension continues to help the community strengthen the local economy. In addition to directly creating jobs, the community recognizes that it must also create the kind of place that people will want to live and where businesses will want to locate. To accomplish this, we our collectively working to […]
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Garden to Market concluded its 2015 season at the Iron County Farmers Market annual meeting and dinner this past Saturday. Please enjoy our season’s highlights and pictures below. Thank you to all who were a part of Garden to Market this year! 2015 Season Highlights New vendor cart, benches, picnic tables, and bike racks from […]
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As September drew to a close there was an abundance of local food events hosted by various tribal groups around the region. This blog post describes my experience at some of those events, and the ideas we may want to replicate in the Gogebic Range. The Local Food Producer Summit (September 25 and 26) was a 2-day […]
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The Gateway Regional Trail from Montreal and Hurley, Wisconsin to Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield Michigan was designed envisioned back in 2010 as a way for the Gogebic Range to build on its assets to attract and retain young people. As part of the Gogebic Range Next Generation Initiative, every municipality, school district and chamber of […]
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This summer STARS (Students Together After school Reach Success) had a busy and fun time in their Hurley School garden. Grades Kindergarten through 6th helped prepare the planting beds, weeded, watered, and harvested produce. While we worked we hunted for bees, caterpillars, and other good things that help the garden grow. For breaks the students sampled […]
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The Garden to Market Club made its first Farmers’ Market appearance of the season last week on Wednesday, July 1. Although there were some bumps to smooth out and cobwebs to shake off from last summer, it was an all-around successful first day! The kids met in the school garden and harvested kale, spinach, radishes, […]
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Amy Nosal, AmeriCorps VISTA with Iron County UWEX, recently completed her 2nd year of service (and started her 3rd!). To demonstrate her success working in Iron County, she shared the following report with AmeriCorps: A Painting of Youth Empowerment in Local Community Development Iron County is a rural county of approximately 6000 people located in […]
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