Business briefs

Beth Pabst attends seminar

St. Croix County Register of Deeds Beth Pabst was among registrars and treasurers statewide who attended the WACO Summer Conference in La Crosse June 10-12. Participants took classes on public management, heard speakers from the state Departments of Revenue and Vital Statistics, viewed vendor software and attended association meetings.

A presentation on the 2008 floods in the Cedar Rapids area and the damage to real estate and vital records “was eye-opening and encouraged me to take action toward digitizing and protecting our oldest records in St. Croix County,” Pabst said. “We have the old real estate books filmed as a back-up but need to be aggressive in getting these records in the most up-to-date format to ensure that if a natural disaster occurred in our area that our records would be safe.”

Gives money to groups

St. Croix Electric Cooperative in Hammond donated $5,000 to area organizations in the first half of this year in grants ranging from $100 to $500. Local groups receiving money were Girl Scout Troop 50810 in Roberts, Salvation Army - Grace Place in Somerset and Youth Action, Hudson. Another $5,000 is slated for donation the second half of the year. For an online application, go to www.scecnet.net. Paper applications are available by calling the co-op office weekdays at (715) 796-7000.

Tags: business, people, grants