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University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson announced five finalists for the position Monday. An 11-member Search and Screen Committee, led by Regent Scott Beightol, chair, and Professor of Dairy Science Sylvia Kehoe, vice chair, recommended a list of finalists. The Special Regent Committee determined that the following finalists will continue in the selection process. The finalists, listed in alphabetical order are: Constance Foster, interim chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Rive...

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The upshot River Falls Holdings has high hopes for the project. That includes attracting an estimated 160,000 people to the area each year as well as benefits such as increased property values and job creation, according to a city staff report. The city would put forward around $3.7 million for bridge and street maintenance, utilities, potential property acquisitions and other related expenses. The development will have a taxable value of more than $10 million and generate enough revenue throug...

Even though she already sent a cheque to the Central Asia Institute, Liz Scroggins is still running into enthusiastic locals who want to give her their pennies. And shes happy to keep collecting them. In October, Scroggins launched a local version of

All three regional universities will hold virtual graduation ceremonies on Saturday. UW-Eau Claire A ceremony will celebrate 702 UW-Eau Claire students who are graduating at the end of the fall 2020 semester while also honoring 1,433 May graduates whose ceremonies were canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic. “During these extraordinary times, our 2020 graduates have shown what it truly means to be Blugolds,” Chancellor James Schmidt said in a news release. “Their perseverance and resi...