Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Dairy Events in Clark County

June is Dairy Month and it's time to celebrate in Clark County!  This month is filled with yummy breakfasts in many communities.

But the dairy fun starts with Dairy Days this weekend, June 1st-3rd at Northside Park in ThorpAdmission is free, and includes Tractor Pulls, Barstool Races and this year Belt Sander Drag Races!  See all the details on their Facebook Page Thorp Dairy Days

And you will find a fantastic Breakfast every weekend this month!  See this Clark County Dairy Breakfast Flyer for a list of all this month's events.

June 3rd - ABBOTSFORD DAIRY BREAKFAST - 7AM to Noon at the Ken Christensen Family Farm, W316 Oak Rd in Colby. Pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham, sausage, applesauce, cheese curds, ice cream, beverage. $5/adults $3/kids 6-12 Free/kids 5 & under.

June 3rd - GRANTON DAIRY BREAKFAST- 7AM to 12:30PM at Romadka View Holsteins, W2886 Tree Rd in Granton. Pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham, sausage, applesauce, cheese curds, ice cream, beverage. Tickets: $5/adults $3/kids 6-12 Free/kids 5 & under.

June 10th - NEILLSVILLE DAIRY BREAKFAST - 7AM to Noon at Jim and Walter Wetzel Farm, W5147 Granton Rd in Neillsville. Pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham, sausage, applesauce, cheese curds, ice cream, beverage. Tickets:$5/adults $3/kids 6-12 Free/kids 5 & under.

June 10th - THORP/STANLEY-BOYD DAIRY BREAKFAST - 7AM to 1:00PM at Steve and Cindy Derks, 115th Ave in Stanley. Pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham, Nolechek's sausage, applesauce, cheese curds, ice cream, beverage. $5/adults $3/kids 6-12 Free/kids 5 & under.

June 17th - LOYAL DAIRY BREAKFAST -  7AM to 12:30PM at the Jim Froeba Farm, W3637 Twenty Six Rd in Loyal. Pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham, sausage, applesauce, cheese curds, ice cream, beverage. $5/adults $3/kids 6-12 Free/kids 5 & under.

June 24th - GREENWOOD DAIRY BREAKFAST - 7AM to 1:00PM at Terry and Carmie Lindner, W5833 County Rd OO in Greenwood. Pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham, sausage, applesauce, cheese curds, ice cream, and beverage. $5/adults $3/kids 6-12 Free/kids 5 & under.

June 24th - COLBY DAIRY BREAKFAST - 7AM to Noon at Mike and Melissa Gaetz Farm, W2190 Riplinger Rd in Spencer. Pancakes, scrambled eggs with ham, sausage, applesauce, cheese curds, ice cream, and beverage. $5/adults $3/kids 6-12 Free/kids 5 & under.

What a delicious month to be in Clark County!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Abbotsford Factory Keeps Sewing

A local man finds a way to get financing and buy the factory he worked in and saved 61 jobs. Story by Glen Moberg, Ashland Current.
A rural central Wisconsin man is being hailed as a hero for keeping the factory he worked at from shutting down, and putting 61 people out of work.

Dan Hannula walks the floor of the Abbotsford factory that's been his second home since 1976, "All of our product comes in on the north end of the building here and we have basically three production lines that run the length of the plant," he says.

Women sit behind row after row of humming sewing machines, and cut fabric as it rolls out of industrial quilters. They're making draperies, bed spreads, and pillow cases for hospitals and the biggest hotel chains in the world, like Days Inn, Super 8, Howard Johnson, Ramada, Wingates, and more.

Hannula says they do a lot of business -- 200 properties a month..

Full Story Man Buys Wisconsin Factory To Save The Jobs
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

In Clark County Business Is Thriving

Clark County businesses are growing even in these tough times.  Article from the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

Go ahead, you can call it a comeback. Sheila Nyberg sure is.

I interviewed the executive director of Clark County Economic Development Corporation twice in the past two weeks about business development in her county. She gushed about how well Clark County has rebounded from the Great Recession, a positive trend she said she began seeing clearly in her area last July.

She used words and phrases like "comeback," "booming," "furious pace" and "growth" in her conversations with me and in the CCEDC annual report released this month.

Full Story Business Desk: You can call it a comeback
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