UW-La Crosse Chancellor, Joe Gow, wrote a letter to the UW-La Crosse Foundation Board seeking answers about the planned Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex; Gow also announced that he and his wife will donate $15,000 to the project in honor of their fathers.
County supervisors voted 19-4 to direct funds to a vacant UW-Extension clerical position.
Two former Madison residents donated an undisclosed amount of money to create UW-Madison's first comprehensive undergraduate piano scholarship.
UW-Marathon County proposed a plan Tuesday to local officials for an $8.8 million Regional Learning Center; the plan would also displace 23 homes over a 25-year span to make way for growth.
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