A university budget reduction plan for the 2010-11 fiscal year was put into action Wednesday. Each budget center, or area that spends money, was asked to prepare a suggestion of budget cuts of 3, 6 and 9 percent by Feb. 8.

Central Michigan University received $1,379,973 of the $787 billion in stimulus money through Oct. 30 from the federal government.

ALMA — Barrie Wilkes has his head in the clouds. And those clouds are more than 2,000 feet in the air.