University of Wisconsin-Whitewater officials are considering layoffs as the school grapples with declining enrollment. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Chancellor Dwight Watson wrote in a campus-wide letter that the school will face $12 million in budget cuts over the next two fiscal years to make up for lost tuition revenue. Watson wrote in his letter that the school will have to enact a combination of contract non-renewals, reduction in appointment times and layoffs. He said two-thirds of the cut will come out of academic affairs. The university’s enrollment has decreased 8% over the past three years.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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