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Dunn County surveying residents on broadband needs

May 11, 2023

MENOMONIE. Wis. -- Dunn County residents should look for surveys the county is sending out to determine where broadband service needs are the greatest.

The surveys were sent out the week of May 7, said Dan Dunbar, Dunn County Chief Information Officer.

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Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

November 6, 2022

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Audit bureau report finds broadband grant program lacked oversight

September 7, 2022

by Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner
September 7, 2022

Broadband service providers that received millions of dollars in federal grants to expand internet access across Wisconsin were not required to document how much they actually spent on those projects, according to a report released earlier this month by the Legislative Audit Bureau.

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Hope on the Horizon for Rural Residents Facing Broadband Issues

August 19, 2022

By Julian Emerson

Wisconsin Farmers Union Communications Specialist

When Lauren and Caleb Langworthy saw a crew of workers digging and laying high-speed internet cable just up the road from their Dunn County farm one mid-July morning, they were ecstatic.

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Help on the way for rural Wisconsinites struggling with lousy internet? Maybe.

January 31, 2021

More help might be on the way for those in Wisconsin with snaillike internet.

After a tough 2020 in which many students endured remote learning and adults had to work from home, Gov. Tony Evers declared 2021 “The Year of Broadband Access” in his State of the State speech earlier this month. He proposed $200 million in state grants for the expansion of high-speed internet and aid for poor residents to pay for it.

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Gov. Evers Announces More Than $5 Million in CARES Act Funding for Broadband Expansion

September 24, 2020

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that more than $5 million of funding from the federal CARES Act will be awarded for the expansion of high-speed, broadband internet. Funding will be awarded by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) to applicants from the 2020 broadband expansion grants that did not receive funding and are able to connect customers by December 30, 2020, and satisfy the requirements of the federal CARES Act.