On Monday, Boldt Construction will be erecting a tower crane using the 100 block of N. Mills Street between West Dayton Street and Spring Street. 

This will require the closing of N. Mills Street from Monday until Wednesday, Nov. 24. 

Motorists are encouraged to use different routes to avoid delay during this project.

Skaters and swimmers at the University of Wisconsin will be getting a new state-of-the-art facility next to the Kohl Center in Madison that will give them a centralized location for all their events.

The state building commission approved the project at its meeting on Wednesday.

The complex will have three levels, including a new ice arena that will seat 2,400 spectators, and serve as the new home for UW women's hockey. It will also allow the men's and women's hockey teams to practice in one location instead of having to go to other facilities around town, WISC-TV reported.

The men's and women's swimming teams will also get new facilities as part of the complex.

The new La Bahn Arena will be named after Charles and Mary Ann La Bahn, who are the lead donors for the project.

University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of soil science Teri Balser has been named U.S. Professor of the Year, and she's headed to Washington, D.C., to be honored on the national stage.

The U.S. Professors of the Year program is sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Started in 1981, it is the only national program that recognizes excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

Just four professors are selected nationally each year, one each from doctoral, masters, and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions and community colleges. Balser is this year's winner in the "doctoral and research universities" category.

"This is a huge honor, and I still sometimes feel like it is happening to somebody else. But I'm absolutely thrilled," Balser said.