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Week In Review Podcast: Season 2, Episode 6

Week In Review Podcast: Season 2, Episode 6

Jacob Link, Managing Editor March 7, 2025

Week In Review is a weekly podcast from the Advance-Titan that reports on the top UW Oshkosh campus, local, state and national news from the previous week. This week's episode features a story about a...

Jess Duch / Advance-Titan -- UWO sophomore Vladyslav Plyaka speaks in a video podcast about the affects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Reeve Memorial Union Feb. 26.

‘It’s so hard to be in a safe place’

Jacob Link and Suzy Dawood March 6, 2025

UW Oshkosh sophomore Vladyslav Plyaka, from Rivne, Ukraine, hosted an exhibition, “Ukrainian Student Stories: 3 Years of Russia’s War in Ukraine,” on Feb. 26 in Reeve Memorial Union. The event featured...

Graphic by Jess Duch / Advance-Titan

Baldwin co-authors bill to protect farmland from foreign investors

Jacob Link, Managing Editor March 6, 2025

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2025 to the senate floor Feb. 26, which aims to protect farmland from being bought up by foreign investors. Baldwin,...

Courtesy of the Oshkosh Police Department -- The Oshkosh Police Department cruiser waits near a park in town last year.

Former UWO student killed in car crash

Jacob Link, Managing Editor March 6, 2025

A former UW Oshkosh student was killed in a collision with a commercial truck March 1 on Wisconsin Highway 26 near Neitman Road in the town of Waupun. Alexa Dunn, age 20, was pronounced dead on the...

Graphic by Josh Lehner

UWO sees improvement in retention numbers

Josh Lehner, News Editor March 3, 2025

UW Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt said that 93% of the university’s fall undergraduate student population returned for the spring semester, a benchmark the school was aiming for to improve declining...

Vladyslav Plyaka / Advance-Titan -- A child holds a sign in support of Ukraine at a rally held hosted by Wisconsin Ukrainians, Inc., in Milwaukee Feb. 23 in the wake of the third year of the Russian invasion.

Ukrainians rally in Milwaukee as Russia’s full-scale invasion marks its third year

Vladyslav Plyaka, Assistant News Editor March 3, 2025

Ukrainians and supporters of Ukraine gathered in Milwaukee to show unwavering support for the country on Feb. 23, as Russia’s full-scale invasion marks its third year this month. City, county and community...

Courtesy of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Wisconsin DMV reports rise in online vehicle sale fraud

Jacob Link, Managing Editor March 3, 2025

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) reported 1,259 instances of online vehicle sale scams last year, and the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said Feb. 24 that vehicle scams are continuing...

Courtesy of Flickr -- Joann Fabrics, a popular craft store chain located at 1226 S. Koeller St. in Oshkosh, will close its doors later this year and is among 16 locations across the state to shut down after the company filed for bankruptcy last year.

Joann Fabrics announces all businesses will close

Isaac Pischer, Staff Writers March 3, 2025

Joann Fabrics announced Feb. 24 that the company is going out of business and all stores will be closing. This comes after previous announcements of 500 stores, including 16 in Wisconsin were closing....

Week In Review podcast: Season 2, Episode 5

Week In Review podcast: Season 2, Episode 5

Jacob Link, Managing Editor February 23, 2025

Week In Review is a weekly podcast from the Advance-Titan that reports on the top UW Oshkosh campus, local, state and national news from the previous week. This week's episode features a story about a...

Week In Review podcast: Season 2, Episode 4

Week In Review podcast: Season 2, Episode 4

Jacob Link, Managing Editor February 23, 2025

Week In Review is a weekly podcast from the Advance-Titan that reports on the top UW Oshkosh campus, local, state and national news from the previous week.  

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