Archive for May 8th, 2008

Local employees concerned over Walgreens opening

By Jessie Vretenar • May 8th, 2008 • Category: News

Scheduled to be completed August 2008, Walgreens may bring some big changes to the surrounding Platteville community.
Platteville community planning director Joe Carroll said Walgreens had been actively looking into the community for the past five years. Outside developers needed to bid for Walgreens, who chose which location to go with. After coming up with a […]



‘Chicago’ latest broadway musical brought to UW-P campus

By Dani Mumm • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Features, Lead Story

The Broadway musical Chicago came to UW-Platteville on Wednesday, May 7 for performances at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Chicago is presented by Troika Entertainment, a New York based company that has been producing musicals for the past 20 years. Some of these musicals include: Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats and Evita, which came to UW-P […]



Pioneer athletics looks forward to future

By Peter Schmidtknecht • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Sports

As we near the end of the 2007-08 sports season, it is important to look back on the year and see what the Pioneers have accomplished. We have had national champions in track and field and also cross-country and saw the return of a dominant men’s basketball teams here at UW-Platteville. To look forward to […]