JONAH is in the process of celebrating its 10th anniversary! The faith-based cross-denominational Chippewa Valley organization will celebrate its first decade – and look ahead – with a Sunday afternoon program at the Oxford Theater, 1814 N, Oxford Ave. The event will run from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25, payable at the door. […]
Plymouth Congregational UCC will break ground today to replace structure lost to fire
Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ (UCC) will celebrate its planned new church structure this morning (Sunday) with a groundbreaking ceremony at the building site. Plymouth’s building was destroyed in September, 2016 by a fire caused by a lightning strike. Today’s short service, on the site of the former church building at 2010 Moholt Dr., […]
Baseball book to be featured in program today at UW-Stout library — poet’s appearance cancelled
A local nonfiction author will discuss his book about Andy Pafko, a noted major league outfielder and a Dunn County native, from noon to 1 p.m. today (Oct. 25) at the University of Wisconsin-Stout library. Joe Niese of Chippewa Falls will discuss his book, “Handy Andy: The Andy Pafko Story,” in University Archives, room 504A. […]
Author and disability rights activist scheduled to talk at UW-Eau Claire on Thursday
Jillian Weise, a nationally-known author, speaker and disability rights activist will be featured at UW-Eau Claire’s ninth annual Schneider Disability Issues Forum on Thursday (Oct. 26) in Phillips Recital Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The program, “Permission and Provocation,” is scheduled for 5 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Weise […]
Public forums in Menomonie and Chetek will showcase results of UW-Stout summer research on Red Cedar watershed
New studies on the Red Cedar River watershed by students enrolled in a University of Wisconsin-Stout summer research program will be presented in early August at public forums in Menomonie and Chetek. The 13 student researchers included two from UW-Stout and one from UW-La Crosse. The students will discuss their summer research findings in Menomonie on Wednesday, Aug. 2 in Chetek on Friday, Aug. 4.
UW-Stout Art and Design students create abstract sculpture for Twin Cities’ festival
Fifteen students from University of Wisconsin-Stout’s School of Art and Design have collaborated to create an animated art installation for a Twin Cities festival this weekend. The project, “Myccorhizae,” is an abstract sculpture based on a fungus by the same name. The fungus forms a symbiotic or pathogenic relationship on and between plant roots, improving […]