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Olson named new president of Winona State
Last Updated: 3:26 PM 05/16/12 - He is currently the provost and vice president for academic and student affairs at Minnesota State, Mankato.
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Wisconsin's best high schools ranked
Last Updated: 7:18 PM 05/16/12 - Congratulations are in order for two high schools in our area that were ranked in Wisconsin’s top ten high schools. Eau Claire Memorial was ranked 3rd and Onalaska got 10th.
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CRIME ALERT: Racist graffiti found at UW-Stout stadium
Last Updated: 7:12 PM 05/15/12 - Campus police are turning to the internet to help find the suspects.
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NEW INFORMATION: Detention for students who walked out of class
Last Updated: 1:23 PM 05/15/12 - About 70 students walked out of the high school for a few hours last Wednesday to show support for four teachers who were given layoff notices because of a $2 million dollar budget shortfall.
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Students and staff spend last week in the old Davies Center
Last Updated: 5:46 PM 05/14/12 - They're not just saying goodbye to the class of 2012 at UW Eau Claire. They are also saying goodbye to the Davies Center, which has been around since the 1950s. This summer the people who work in the Davies Center will be moving into the brand new center right next door.
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Feds: Wis. proposal for education waiver lacking
Last Updated: 8:17 AM 05/14/12 - The U.S. Education Department wrote a letter to state education officials last month saying their waiver application had a number of deficiencies
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Stanley-Boyd students making fuel out of grease
Last Updated: 5:59 PM 05/11/12 - One class at Stanley-Boyd high school are getting hands on experience making their own renewable fuels that have powered one of the district's buses and this past winter heated the bus garage.
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Law Enforcement graduates step into real world
Last Updated: 7:53 PM 05/11/12 - 23 Law Enforcement students at the CVTC have graduated and the Wisconsin Attorney General J.B Van Hollen shared a few words before the grads head into the real world to protect the community.
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Emerald ash borer in western Wisconsin
Last Updated: 3:58 PM 05/11/12 - The emerald ash borer has been detected in western Wisconsin. The small destructive beetle is responsible for killing millions of ash trees all around the nation.
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SIU board OKs new Edwardsville chancellor
Last Updated: 8:40 AM 05/11/12 - The trustees voted Thursday in favor of Julie Furst-Bowe succeeding retiring chancellor Vaughn Vandegrift at the 14,000-student school. Furst-Bowe has worked for UW-Stout.
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Both Eau Claire public schools crack top 25 in the state
Last Updated: 6:26 PM 05/10/12 - U.S. News ranked Eau Claire Memorial High School 3rd in the state, while Eau Claire North High School was ranked 22nd in the state. Chippewa Falls High School comes in at 11th.
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Bullying expert speaks at Chetek-Weyerhaeuser
Last Updated: 10:42 PM 05/07/12 - UW-Eau Claire instructor Dr. Justin Patchin spoke to parents and students about bullying and its dangers.
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Students help nursing home patients celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Last Updated: 6:43 PM 05/07/12 - Kids from a Spanish class at Delong Middle School joined people at Dove Healthcare West for a celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
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Chi-Hi crowns teen with Down Syndrome prom king
Last Updated: 2:49 PM 05/07/12 - Saturday night, Chippewa Falls High School voted for its new prom king and queen. This year's prom king wasn't the school quarterback or the class president, but a guy that inspires the whole school.
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Students back to school Monday in Blair-Taylor following powerful storm
Last Updated: 11:30 PM 05/06/12 - Straight line winds and hail slammed parts of Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties Wednesday night, closing down two Blair-Taylor School District Buildings.
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Blair-Taylor school district votes down four-day school week
Last Updated: 4:15 PM 05/06/12 - The Blair-Taylor school district has decided to not adopt a four-day school week. Instead they voted for the regular five-day school week in a vote of 7-0.
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UW-Stout chooses interim provost
Last Updated: 10:02 PM 05/04/12 - Mary Hopkins-Best, the current Dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services has been appointed interim provost.
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Prom mock crash warns students
Last Updated: 7:44 PM 05/04/12 - The Cashton Fire and Rescue Department put on the mock car crash every couple years to remind students what could happen if they drink and drive, or text and drive.
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UW-Oshkosh closes Halsey lecture halls after flood
Last Updated: 5:24 AM 05/04/12 - School administrators have decided to keep lecture halls at Halsey Science Center closed on Friday.
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UW System's 3 newest regents to begin terms
Last Updated: 5:15 AM 05/01/12 - John Behling, a vice president at an Eau Claire law firm is on the Board of Regents.
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South Middle School rewards students with a Spring Fling
Last Updated: 10:44 PM 04/27/12 - Kids at South Middle School in Eau Claire were able to enjoy some spring fun Friday as a reward for good behavior.
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GOP ignores veto threat, passes student loan bill
Last Updated: 1:29 PM 04/27/12 - The White House and most Democrats opposed the $5.9 billion bill because of how Republicans covered the costs: eliminating a preventive health care fund in President Barack Obama's health care law. They say the program mostly benefits women, while Republicans call it a loosely controlled slush fund.
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Students wear traditional Hmong clothing as part of Hmong Heritage Month
Last Updated: 10:59 PM 04/25/12 - To mark Hmong Heritage Month, principals and students at Eau Claire’s Delong Middle School wore traditional Hmong clothing Wednesday. -
Scholarship in honor of fatal boat crash victim awarded Wednesday night
Last Updated: 11:01 PM 04/25/12 - Charles Piskula was awarded the Matthew Overhulser endowed nursing scholarship. Overhulser died in deadly boat crash on the Chippewa River last July. -
Black River Falls teacher honored by the President Tuesday
Last Updated: 10:20 PM 04/24/12 - Bradley Markhardt is an Agriculture Education Teacher at Black River Falls High School. He was named a finalist for the 2012 National Teacher of the Year.
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Local students take part in statewide distracted driving summit
Last Updated: 4:52 PM 04/24/12 - Students from Eau Claire North and Memorial High Schools joined several hundred others to learn about the dangers of texting while driving Tuesday.
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Cyber bullying ordinance passed in Viroqua
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 04/24/12 - The city of Viroqua passed a new ordinance that prohibits harassment via texting or on the computer in the city itself. Violations are punishable by a hefty fine.
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Teacher to be honored by the president next week
Last Updated: 10:28 PM 04/20/12 - Bradley Markhardt is an agriculture education teacher at Black River Falls High School. He was named a finalist for the 2012 National Teacher of the Year.
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UW-Stout to hire monitors to try to stop smoking on campus
Last Updated: 7:00 PM 04/20/12 - Friday, the chancellor of UW-Stout announced the campus will hire tobacco monitors to try and stop people from smoking on campus.
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Children learn about nursing, health care
Last Updated: 9:57 AM 04/20/12 - They spent time with a nurse on Wednesday, had questions answered, and drew pictures.
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State giving $32.5 million in aid to school libraries
Last Updated: 9:47 PM 04/19/12 - The money is coming from the Common School Fund and is the only state aid specifically used to buy library materials.
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DeLong faces moving challenges ahead of big construction project
Last Updated: 6:24 PM 04/19/12 - Big changes are already happening at DeLong Middle School in Eau Claire as a massive construction project is set to begin the day after school gets out.
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CVTC holds Earth Day celebration
Last Updated: 5:51 PM 04/19/12 - Students and faculty set up exhibits on everything from biofuel processing, solar panels and greenhouses to hybrid vehicles, wind turbines and rain barrels.
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Local elementary students’ art work displayed in city bus
Last Updated: 10:59 PM 04/18/12 - Local artist Paula Gorki has decorated the inside of a bus with posters of art projects created by students from Roosevelt Elementary.
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iPads and MacBook Air's coming to the Cameron High School
Last Updated: 6:12 PM 04/18/12 - High school students in Cameron are going to have some flashy new hardware come September.
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Bousquet appointed interim UW-Eau Claire chancellor
Last Updated: 4:46 PM 04/18/12 - The president of the UW-System made the announcement on Wednesday. His one-year appointment starts July 15.
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Drake Hall fire made into documentary
Last Updated: 6:41 PM 04/17/12 - The fire at Drake Hall is going to be part of a documentary. Campus Firewatch along with the Minger Foundation is putting together a video on the dangers of fires at universities.
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Sorority teeter-tottering for 24 hours for Autism Speaks
Last Updated: 5:54 PM 04/17/12 - Members of Alpha Xi Delta at UW-Eau Claire started taking turns on the playground equipment in one-hour shifts at noon Tuesday and will continue until noon on Wednesday.
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Teacher cuts looming close
Last Updated: 4:13 PM 04/13/12 - The La Crosse school district has a 3.1 million dollar deficit for the next school year. Most of it will have to come out of teacher’s health benefits, and by cutting personnel.
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UW-Stevens Point plans recycling seminar
Last Updated: 9:23 AM 04/13/12 - "Rethinking Recycling" is scheduled to run at the Specht Forum on campus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.
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ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS: Governor explains why schools are still slashing budgets
Last Updated: 12:57 PM 04/13/12 - For the last year there has been a constant back and forth between Governor Walker and school districts across the state.
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Eagles4Kids hatching a lesson
Last Updated: 6:32 PM 04/11/12 - Third and fourth grade teacher Mike Lawrence first introduced us to eagle couple Larry and Lucy last spring. This year his student run website eagles4kids.com is bigger and better, thanks in part to Lucy laying two eggs last month.
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UW-Stout may start smoking fines come fall
Last Updated: 9:33 AM 04/12/12 - A new plan is in the works at UW-Stout to help keep people from smoking on the tobacco free campus.
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UW-Stout vice chancellor among finalists for SIUE chancellor's job
Last Updated: 9:58 AM 04/10/12 - A committee eventually will make a recommendation to SIU President Glenn Poshard. The university system's board then will vote on the matter, with a successor to the retiring chancellor to be named next month.
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School vouchers, do they help or hurt?
Last Updated: 6:44 PM 04/09/12 - Small school districts in the Chippewa Valley say new legislation allowing more school vouchers could have big implications for the future of public schools.
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Altoona School District returns to drawing board after referendum fails
Last Updated: 6:37 PM 04/04/12 - Now that the Altoona referendum has failed, the school district is looking into a budget cut of about 400 thousand dollars for the next school year.
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Approved Bloomer referendum means a new school
Last Updated: 6:45 PM 03/29/12 - The Bloomer School District is asking community members to vote on a $17.5 million referendum to build a new school.
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Altoona referendum hopes to bring back programming
Last Updated: 6:53 PM 03/28/12 - The Altoona School District is asking the community to approve a referendum worth $900,000 per year for four years. The impact on taxpayers is sizable, but the superintendent says a quality education is at stake for area kids.
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Cadott community forces school to go to referendum
Last Updated: 6:48 PM 03/27/12 - People in Cadott have handed in close to 500 signatures to force the school district there to go to a referendum rather than taking out a loan on its own to pay for improvements.
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UPDATE: Overcrowding solutions to Eau Claire early learning center sites
Last Updated: 11:06 AM 03/27/12 - The district has had to increase the number of 4K classes it offers every year for the past four years, and the number of kids entering the program is expected to grow.
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