Vernon County

The next Vernon Crawford Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting is Tuesday, January 13th at the Gays Mills Community Building, 212 Main Street. Program starts at 6:30 pm, doors open at 6:00 pm.  Everyone is welcome! The speakers this month will be Bob Starks and Loren Cade, co-owners of Vernon Vineyards Winery.  They established the vineyard in 2001 and the winery in the summer of 2006 as the first winery in Vernon County.  They will share what they learned through their experience on "How to Survive as a New Business" including researching your idea, risk management, marketing, budgeting and finances.  According...

Since Dairyland Power has decided against siting an ash landfill in Vernon County, this might seem like yesterday's news, but maybe not.  As UppityWis reported, there has been a major failure of a Tennessee ash storage facility that has polluted downstream areas with an polluting sludge.  Activists here had concerns about possible failures during flood events, and Tennessee is a case making the unfortunate point. [And more from Macastat]...

Click HERE to see a great slide show on the NYT website that highlights the world wide reaction to the Obama win.