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Wisconsin broadband speed test aims to find slow service, dead zones
5 May 2022
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With high-speed internet considered essential for Wisconsin’s growth and prosperity, consumers and businesses have been asked to take speed tests to determine where coverage is lacking.
The latest free test, promoted by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., will help show where internet speeds are below the Federal Communications Commission definition of broadband — an always-on connection of 25 Megabit per second downloads and 3 Mbps uploads — adequate for ordinary tasks such as streaming a video or posting items on social media.
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BID program proposed for downtown Osceola
May 5 2022Property owners in downtown Osceola will be receiving a letter about the development of a Business Improvement District (BID).
According to the BID proposal letter signed by the committee, “The purpose of this program is to remain a Main Street community while attracting new residential growth and commercial development...
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED! New rankings from the Princeton Review list UW-Stout’s game design and development art program as No. 7 nationally among public universities and colleges, out of a pool of 150, No. 26 overall in the U.S., and No. 1 in Wisconsin. The Master of Fine Arts game design program...
Land within the town of Garfield has been given the green light for development from Polk County’s Environmental Services committee.
Jason Kjeseth, zoning administor for Polk County, presented information to the committee concerning several ordinance updates for Garfield, one of which was land development.
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