University of Wisconsin Stout News

Tuition is set to go up at all UW campuses starting this fall. That means a $287 dollar tuition hike at UW-Eau Claire and a jump of $222 a year at UW-Stout. A spokesman for the UW System says the Board of Regents is expected to finalize the 5.5% increase next week.

De Pere residents Cassandra Glover, Thomas Harke and Matthew Hockers and Wrightstown resident Kristin Vanevenhoven graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stout in May.

Ten years ago, Kia Thao planted several rows of sunflowers, zinnias and black-eyed Susans at her family's five-acre hobby farm just east of Plymouth, in a stretch of land where wild turkeys, peacocks and pheasants regularly outnumber people.

As the world's No. 1 ranked men's disc golf player and the first ever to win all five disc golf cups, Dave Feldberg of Eugene, Ore., still enjoys going to clinics and teaching those just discovering the sport or others hoping to improve their game.

The following students from west-central Wisconsin have earned advanced degrees: UW-Stout Fall Creek: Denise Amrhein-Sprunk, master of mental health counseling.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason Henderson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Bloomington -- Tami Langmeier. Boscobel -- Barry Birkholz and Ginger Kinder. Cuba City -- Russ Droessler.

Stout dietetics majors will demonstrate fruit and vegetable recipes and offer samples through August at farmers markets in Eau Claire: -Phoenix Park - 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays.

She was a wholesome young woman at UW-Stout. A member of the pom squad, dancing her heart out for the boys on the football and basketball teams.

Owner Cathy Johnson and store manager Katie Carlson. Staff writer Reopening Luna Blu Coffee Co.

This presentation takes the audience on a ghostly journey to some of the most haunted places in Wisconsin.

Eighty-four-year-old UW-Stout alumni Carroll Brusen still is happily surprised he had an opportunity to sing at St.

To comply with state-imposed furloughs, UW-Eau Claire plans to encourage professors to take time off between semesters.

The Menomonie Police Department chaplain volunteer program steadily has grown in stature and scope in its five years of operation.

Stout is hoping to start renovating its student center next spring, if the state legislature approves the project in its budget.

A drug and addiction expert says the country is experiencing a growing problem with older adults addicted to pain killers.

Jerry McCarthy has been named general manager of Medtec Ambulance Corp. He will be responsible for managing and directing sales, marketing and operations.

Stout is revising its mission statement, last changed more than 10 years ago. The university added the slogan "Wisconsin's Polytechnic University" a year ago and needs a mission statement to reflect the direction in which the university has grown, said Julie Furst-Bowe, provost and vice chancellor.

A high-tech company is expanding its presence at the NanoRite Center for Innovation in Eau Claire.

An October wedding is planned. Netzke - Westphal The Free Press Amanda Netzke daughter of Cedric and Carmel Netzke of Nicollet.