Mar 12, 2026, 9:41 AM CST
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Alliant Energy named 14 Wisconsin communities to receive grants totaling $50,000 through the company’s Community Tree Planting program, part of its One Million Trees initiative. Across Wisconsin, communities are eligible to apply for grants up to $5,000 to fund new trees for planting projects on public land. Among the communities awarded grants this year are Baraboo/Devil’s Lake receiving $3,000; the City of Baraboo $3,000; Boscobel $4,000; and Platteville receiving $4,700.
Alliant Energy partners with Trees Forever to help communities develop, select and plant a diverse mix of trees. A tree expert works with the communities to select the best species for their areas and create care and maintenance plans to ensure the new trees have long, healthy lives.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at joann.krulatz@civicmedia.us.
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