Wednesday marks one of the quarterly deadlines to enroll in the state’s no call list. Sandy Chalmers is with the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Enrolling today should free you from unsolicited sales calls for two years beginning January 1st, according to Sandy Chalmers with Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. More than half the numbers on the list are now cell phones, and voice over Internet service can be listed as well.

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It’s a good time to get a furnace check up before the mercury drops.

We Energies spokesperson Brian Manthey says if you wait too long for that maintenance check, you’ll be competing with everyone else while sitting in the cold. At a cost of about 75 bucks, a qualified technician will check for efficiency, change the filter, look for failing parts, and clean up blockages. “If it’s plugged … it takes more natural gas to then try to get your house up to the temperature you want it. So, you’re really not running your heating system as efficiently as you could.” [Read more...]