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PLATTEVILLE - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will award a $1,000 Ritchie Implement Inc. Agricultural Business Scholarship to an incoming freshman who plans to major in agricultural business or business.

The scholarship will be awarded over two years - the first $500 during the second semester of the student's first year and the second $500 during the second semester of sophomore year.

The Ritchie scholar must be: a graduate of Barneveld, Darlington or Iowa-Grant high schools; a declared major in agricultural business or business; and enrolled at UWP as a full-time student during the fall semester and finish that semester in good standing. Preference will be given to students with an agricultural background.

Ritchie Implement Inc. is Southwest Wisconsin's leading distributor of new and used farm equipment since 1961. The company has locations in Cobb, Darlington and Barneveld. For more information on the scholarship, contact Jaclyn Bevan, development officer with the UWP Foundation, at (608) 342-1864 or zimmermanj@uwplatt.edu.

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