Sonnentags' $70 million gift to UW-Eau Claire Foundation puts County Materials Complex on fast track

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (blugolds.com) – When John and Carolyn Sonnentag met as students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the 1960s, no one could have predicted that they would fall in love and marry. Or that the love they had for each other and the university that brought them together would one day change the face of life in northwestern Wisconsin.