By Ann Knoedler Energy Generating System using Star Trac Pro Fitness Bikes for the University of Wisconsin Recreation and Sports Facilities, McPhee Physical Fitness Center, Room 111, 509/503 University Drive, Eau Claire If all goes as planned, the students at ...

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By James Briggs A last-minute deal between the University of Wisconsin System and Gov. Scott Walker has guaranteed the construction of major building projects that had been left out of the original 2011-13 capital budget. The state Building Commission on ...

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By Jan Basina Behold the mighty oak. It’s a tree that brought the planned construction of the $48.8 million University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student union to a temporary standstill and forced the powers-that-be to move the building site. All this ...

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By Jan Basina Behold the mighty oak. It’s a tree that brought the planned construction of the $48.8 million University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student union to a temporary standstill and forced the powers-that-be to move the building site. All this ...

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By Paul Snyder A Sierra Club lawsuit seeking the results of a state review of four campus power plants could be the beginning of a massive drain on the budgets of university building projects. The Sierra Club wants to know ...

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FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, READ THE DAILY REPORTER’S RELATED ARTICLES: UW-Eau Claire will save historic tree Campus tree leaves project in limbo

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s plan for a new student union won’t require a tree with historic significance to be cut down or moved after all. The university said last fall its $48 million union would ...

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By Paul Snyder Gov. Jim Doyle on Monday drew a line between wish and need by vetoing a bill that could have given state universities louder voices for campus project approval. “I would be happier if we had a regent ...

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Newport, Minn., neighbors can’t figure out shaking houses Newport, MN (AP) — Owners of several homes in the St. Paul suburb of Newport say their houses regularly shake — and no one can figure out why. Homeowner Crystal Oswald said ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Emboldened by the conversion from coal at the Charter Street power plant in Madison, environmental groups now want a schedule for similar changes around Wisconsin. But state leaders say they do not know where the money will ...

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