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VITA works to improve tax literacy in a new way
PRESS TIMES
GREEN BAY – By providing free tax assistance for the local community and invaluable volunteer experience for college students, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) aims to improve tax literacy in a new way.
The VITA program, established by UW-Green Bay and now partnering with St. Norbert College, provides free tax preparation assistance to the local community with the help of IRS-certified college students.
According to Zhuoli Axelton, assistant professor of accounting at UW-Green Bay and the director of the program, its intended recipients are “low- and moderate-income taxpayers (i.e., taxpayers with $60,000 or less household income), the elderly, individuals with disabilities and limited English-speaking taxpayers.”...
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Here's what to know about Hartman's Bakery reopening, and other Manitowoc business news
HERALD TIMES REPORTER
MANITOWOC - Can’t you almost smell the deliciousness of bread-baking and cake-making wafting from North 11th Street in Manitowoc?
After months of waiting, the iconic Hartman’s Bakery will reopen on March 10.
Perhaps you want to get in line now for what is sure to be a crazy weekend for the bakery, closed after a kitchen fire....
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Door County cheese is second-best in country, Kewaunee County cheese maker wins four classes
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
ASHWAUBENON - A Door County cheese was edged out of being named the best in the U.S., while a Kewaunee County cheese maker was a quadruple gold medal winner Thursday at the 2023 U.S. Championship Cheese Contest, which was held over three days at the Resch Expo near Green Bay.
The Vintage Cupola American Original Cheese made by the team at Door Artisan Cheese Co. in Egg Harbor was named first runner-up in the championship, scoring 98.613 points out of 100 in the final judging. The champion cheese is a Europa made by Arethusa Farm Dairy in Connecticut that scored 98.739. Door Artisan makes the Cupola line of cheeses for Red Barn Family Farms of Appleton, and they're available at the Door Artisan store and across the state....
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Wisconsin Technology Council: Federal small business dollars will build on existing Wisconsin efforts
WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL
MADISON – In Minnesota, about $97 million will be targeted to investments in early stage companies as well as loans and loan guarantees, all for small businesses.
Michigan will spread $237 million over direct equity-based capital investing as well as loans and loan guarantees, especially in manufacturing and technology industry sectors with the potential to create high-wage jobs.
Iowa will use its $96 million in four programs, including two venture capital funds, to invest in seed and early stage startups and to provide low-interest loans to similar young companies....
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