HUDSON, WI – The St. Croix County Board of Supervisors is proposing to cut the UW Extension Services budget from $255,703.00 in 2024 to $69,321 for 2025. That is a severe cut of over 70 percent.
The county begins work on the budgets in April and drafts are back by August/September. Area Extension Director (AED) Dr. Kari Weiss, UW-Madison, Division of Extension Pierce, Polk & St. Croix Counties met with the county budget committee in September and was informed of the proposed drastic budget cuts at that time.
Weiss and Jason Hausler, Assistant Dean UW-Madison, Division of Extension wrote a letter to the County Board of Supervisors addressing the proposed Extension budget cuts.
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