USDA invests $749K to expand distance learning in Wisconsin

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WKOW) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $749,400 grant to Cooperative Educational Service Agency 10 in Chippewa Falls to expand distance learning access for more than 14,000 rural students and 1,900 educators across 12 Wisconsin counties.

USDA Rural Development Wisconsin State Director Andrew C. Iverson announced the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant on Tuesday. The funding will reach students and educators in Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Marathon, Rusk, Trempealeau, Washburn and Wood counties.

"This investment will go much further to help enrich and strengthen the lives of people who will then be able to make a difference in the lives of others across rural Wisconsin," Iverson said...