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Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

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Winnebago County issues immediate countywide Safer at Home

May 14, 2020

The Winnebago County Health Department issued a countywide Safer at Home order today. The move comes one day after the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to invalidate the statewide Safer at Home order issued...

Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was one of four to rule that the Evers' administration overreached its authority when Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm extended the Safer at Home  ruling to run until May 26.

Wisconsin Supreme Court overrules Safer at Home

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor May 13, 2020

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 today that Gov. Tony Evers' administration overreached its authority when Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm extended the Safer at Home to run until...

Wikimedia — The Oshkosh Public Library launched contactless curbside pickup on April 24.

Evers expands operations for nonessential businesses, Oshkosh charges first business for violating Safer at Home

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 27, 2020

On Monday, Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order to expand operations for nonessential businesses, which takes effect at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The order allows nonessential businesses to offer curbside...

UW Oshkosh announces 15% salary cut for some administrators, 180 to be placed on continuous furlough

UW Oshkosh announces 15% salary cut for some administrators, 180 to be placed on continuous furlough

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 24, 2020

Today, UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced the university is taking new steps to balance its budget, which include a 15% salary reduction for himself and vice chancellors. In a campus-wide...

Advance-Titan file photo

Leavitt announces plans to furlough UWO employees

Carter Uslabar, Editor in Chief April 20, 2020

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced plans Monday to furlough employees as the institution faces economic challenges in the fallout of COVID-19. The UW System defines furloughs as “a leave...

Gov. Tony Evers at a DHS Media Briefing.

Evers extends Safer at Home

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 16, 2020

Today Gov. Tony Evers directed Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to extend the Safer at Home order to May 26, and amended the order to open up select parts of the economy. In...

Oshkosh Correctional Institution is one of many prisons in Wisconsin imposing a lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus within their facilities

Oshkosh prison takes action after 8 inmates test positive for COVID-19

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 16, 2020

In response to eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 among inmates at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution, the housing units those inmates were in have been placed on lockdown, according to state Rep. Michael...

UW Oshkosh announces virtual commencement ceremony

UW Oshkosh announces virtual commencement ceremony

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 10, 2020

In a campuswide email Friday, Chancellor Leavitt announced that UW Oshkosh will host a virtual commencement program on Saturday, May 16. “We plan to include as much of the Pomp and Circumstance that...

April Lee / Advance-Titan — City of Oshkosh poll workers at the Oshkosh Seniors Center wore masks and took other preventative methods Tuesday to stop the spread of the coronavirus during the spring  election.

State election on, off and on again after Supreme Court vote

Joseph Schulz, Managing Editor April 6, 2020

On Monday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 4-2 to block an executive order from Gov. Tony Evers that would have suspended in-person voting for Tuesday’s spring election. The order would have moved...

Winnebago County sees first death associated with COVID-19

April 6, 2020

The Winnebago County Health Department confirmed today the county’s first death associated with COVID-19. The individual was a hospitalized male in his 60s with underlying medical conditions. “We...

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