The Winnebago County Board of Supervisors approved of the outright purchase of the UW Oshkosh Fox Cities campus Tuesday night, meaning that Outagamie County gives up their share of the property that was originally owned by both counties.
Winnebago County Corporation Counsel Mary Ann Mueller said that the decision is the first step in saving the childcare center on the Fox Cities campus, which is set to close June 20.
“The bottom line is, families who have been informed of this situation are facing a prospect without daycare in essentially two months,” Mueller said. “There are 25 families, and 30 children, who will be without daycare. [This decision] is actually going to make things easier, because instead of dealing with two county boards [to make decisions] we will be dealing with one county board … This is an agreement that will try to get this [childcare] deal completed.”…