The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is accepting applications from small businesses for grants between $5,000 and $50,000.

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Barry Adams covers regional and business news for the Wisconsin State Journal.The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association has announced that the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest being held Feb. 21-23 in Ashwaubenon will have 2,249 entries in 113 categories.
Baiting and feeding deer in Waupaca County will remain banned in the county after after chronic wasting disease was discovered there for the first time in a wild deer.
The Department of Natural Resources will hold a virtual public listening session at 4 p.m. on Feb. 7 for those who want to provide input on the proposed plan while the public review and comment period remains open until Feb. 28.
The first 300 young anglers will receive a pole, scoop and bait. All will receive an introduction into a lifelong sport.
The state Department of Natural Resources is considering a $6 million plan that would repair or replace the 75-foot-tall observation tower at Potawatomi State Park but add a massive ramp.
The flower shop was founded in 1954 in a log cabin near Blue Mound State Park and in the early 1960s was one of the first businesses in downtown Mount Horeb to convert a house into a retail space.
The U.S. Census Bureau has changed how it defines urban and rural communities.
An $11 million project turned a former butter and milk plant into a hotel and restaurant. Here are some things you'll find there.
Barry Adams commented on Electronic registration means fewer hunting stories at Northwoods registration stations
AB1234: So people who drink beer and eat cheese curds are hicks? Have you not been to any restaurant in Wisconsin? Many of us drink beer and eat cheese curds and most of us are not "hicks." Barry Adams, a born and raised Wisconsinite who lives in Madison, fishes Up North, eats chee…
Barry Adams commented on Madison area's retail landscape continues to expand and evolve
I'd like to respond on the age issue. (I won't respond to the inane scarf comment) I always ask a person's age. It helps to better paint a picture of the person we're interviewing, which is why I ask other questions to learn more about their background. And before some one says "you can…
Barry Adams commented on Verona Road construction: When a half-mile feels like 10
I like ages in a story. It helps paint the picture.
As for the no traffic signals, I stand by the story as 99 percent of through traffic doesn't go through the city, it goes around it rejoining 151 on the East Side or at Verona Road.
Barry Adams, the guy who wrote the story
Barry Adams commented on Power restored after car hits utility pole
River, I wrote the headline.