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The renovated UC re-opened to students Monday. The $20.4 million project began in the Summer of 2006 and was completed in January 2008. The new UC offers a variety of dining areas, a recreation center, an art gallery, a ballroom, student meeting rooms, a retail store and study spaces.
Samantha Young, the driver who rear-ended and killed UW-Whitewater psychology professor P.B. Poorman on I-90 last June pleaded no contest to homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle last Wednesday.
University Police are looking for thieves who broke into the Center of the Arts twice in three months and stole nearly $49,000 worth of equipment.
Royal Purple staff members held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to celebrate their office's relocation back to the University Center.
With the reopening of the University Center, Chartwells, the campus food service provider, has hired an additional 100 students.
Beginning with energy and emissions, UW-Whitewater is planning to make the new campus buildings more energy efficient, Director for Facilities Planning and Management, Greg Swanson said.
Steck's owners Rick and Kathy Vultagsio will be transferring Steck's Class A beer and liquor license over to a liquor depot that is to be a part of the East Towne Development project on Bluff and East Milwaukee streets.
Renovation of the former Kentucky Fried Chicken and A&W franchise into a combination Cousins Subs and coffee shop have once again been delayed.
A 26-year-old Delavan man crashed his minivan into Genoa Pizza Dec. 8 causing severe damage. According to police reports, Alexander Wimer was identified as the driver and was issued citations for hit and run, reckless driving and failure to stop at a stop sign. He received approximately $550 in total citations.