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UW System sends out Direct Admit letters to high school students
The Universities of Wisconsin System is sending direct admission offers to students in the Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin area in an attempt to connect students with universities for fall 2027 enrollment, according to a UW systems press release. The UW System, along with Neenah Joint School District, Milwaukee Public Schools...
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DPI board hears public input on Hustisford School District dissolution plan
HUSTISFORD, Wis. — The Hustisford School District is seeking state approval to dissolve after voters rejected five referendums over the past five years. It’s a move district leaders say is necessary because the district lacks the funds to keep operating. The Department of Public Instruction’s School District Boundary...
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Milton School District's years-long decrease in tax rate may be slowing
MILTON — The Milton School District’s tax rate continued to dip in 2026, but district officials say things could start to swing in the other direction in 2027-28 as the district’s tax base grows. Ross MacPherson, the school district’s business services director, has warned school board members and other administrators to be on the lookout that the district’s current tax rate, one he calls historically low, may not stay that way for long. As the district’s tax rate has fallen, its rate of property value has climbed. The district recently saw property growth of 12% fueled in part by the closure earlier this year Tax Increment Finance District 6 in the city’s Crossroads Business Park, MacPherson said. Millage rates move opposite to property values in a given taxing jurisdiction, to keep total levy value constant. “TID closures are kind of a mixed bag. I mean, the tax base is good to spread out what we levy in the first place, but it does tell the state that we have more ability to pay, and that’s what the original funding model really did when it was proposed in the early 90s,” MacPherson said. Other factors are in play. “We have quite
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UW-Madison plan to add two dorms advances through Board of Regents
The Cap Times is an independent newsroom serving Madison and Wisconsin. Sign up for the Morning Update to receive news in your inbox each morning. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a step closer to building two residence halls that administrators say would help alleviate overcrowding in campus dorms. The UW...
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UW-Madison students and staff simulate prison reentry, hear from formerly incarcerated
Around 100 University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staff gathered at Nancy Nicholas Hall to participate in social justice nonprofit JustDane’s prison reentry simulation and hear from formerly incarcerated people Oct 9. JustDane is a Madison-based nonprofit providing social services for “justice-impacted individuals,” including prison reentry programs for recently...
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Fox Brothers Piggly Wiggly High School Athlete Of The Week – Mia Nortman
Fox Brothers Piggly Wiggly High School Athlete Of The Week. As of right now I plan to go to UW Madison to study biology, with the goal of becoming a pediatrician or cardiologist. Primarily, I would love to live in Wisconsin. -What is one thing you’ve learned from sports that...
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Kingston Allen breaks Wisconsin high school football career rushing touchdown record
(WFRV) – Notre Dame Academy senior running back and Wisconsin Badgers commit Kingston Allen has cemented his place in Wisconsin high school football history yet again. In Friday night’s regular season finale, the nation’s leading rusher broke the state record for most career rushing touchdowns, surpassing the previous mark of 106 set by Columbus’ Collin […]
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Several Local and Area High School Football Teams Begin Their March to Madison
The WIAA released the 11-man football playoff brackets today. Manitowoc Lutheran, which earned its second consecutive Big East Conference championship on Friday night, has a top seed in its Division Six bracket and will host Living Word Lutheran of Jackson in a first-round game Friday night, October 23rd, at Coach Heidrich Field.
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The Beloit Teacher Who Created The Purple Knights
(10-16-26) Every student wearing purple at Beloit Memorial (Wisconsin) High School is carrying a name that one young Beloit teacher suggested nearly 70 years ago. His name was Fran Fruzen, and his suggestion became part of Beloit’s identity. Fruzen arrived in Beloit in 1956 as a social studies teacher....
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WIAA Football playoffs set to begin Friday, brackets released
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The high school football postseason officially began Saturday morning with the unveiling of the WIAA 2026 Football Tournament brackets, after a full slate of regular season games Friday night. The first-round games are set for Friday at 7 p.m. Division 1. Seventh-ranked Sun Prairie East will...
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Friday Football Blitz: Week 9 features two “Games of the Week”
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Week 9 was the final week of the regular season for WIAA high school football season. To emphasize how important the final week of the regular season was, WMTV 15 had two “Games of the Week.”. Darlington 49, Platteville 20. WMTV’s Mike Jacques was at...