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County jail remodel gets delayed as board struggles to agree on funding source
EAU CLAIRE — The remodeling of the county jail got delayed, likely until next year, due to the County Board failing to get enough ‘yes’ votes Tuesday night to approve of loans, otherwise known as bonding, as a funding source for the project. “This goes back to that 2024 budget being passed with (the ambiguous language of) ‘bonding or other available revenue source’,” said Eau Claire County’s Finance Director Jason Szymanski. “We had an indeterminate funding source for our projects.” ...
Start your engines: Stout receives motorcycle engine donation for engineer lab opportunity
MENOMONIE — Working on motor skills has a completely different meaning to engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Through a collaboration between Stout and Polaris Industries, an automotive industry company, the university’s engineering department received a donation of two new Indian Motorcycle engines: one air-cooled and another liquid-cooled. The connection between the industry and university started about 10 years ago, said Engineering and Technology Department Professor Devin Berg. While...
Women's tennis defeats La Crosse for third WIAC win
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women’s tennis was jumped back into Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) play on Wednesday with a trip to UW-La Crosse to face the Eagles. With two of the top teams in the conference battling it out on the court, UW-Eau Claire powered through and found the edge over UWL, 5-4, for their third WIAC victory of the fall. HOW IT HAPPENEDSamantha Fuchs (Senior. — DeForest, Wis.) and Anna Lee (Senior — Buffalo, Minnesota) both went 2-0 on the day as...
Pablo, executive director part ways
EAU CLAIRE — Jason Jon Anderson stepped down from his position as the Pablo Center at the Confluence's executive director effective Oct. 1. "We recognize Jason's hard work, dedication and vision in leading Pablo Center to become a vital part of our community's cultural landscape," reads a news release from the Pablo Center at the Confluence. "His contributions have played an instrumental role in shaping who we are today, and we are deeply grateful for his leadership over the years." ...
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