By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With last year’s discovery of emerald ash borer still at the forefront of many peoples’ minds in Whitewater, a proposed ordinance outlining what steps can be taken in potentially hazardous situations is under consideration. Council member Ken Kidd asked to have an item placed on the […]

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Music Department has created the Music Mosaics Series featuring the talents of various faculty members and ensembles in the Light Recital Hall in the Greenhill Center of the Arts. The fifth concert the series features a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale” (L’Histore du Soldat) […]

The Whitewater Kiwanis welcomed Dan Nelson, a 13-year veteran deputy of the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department to their recent meeting. Nelson presented a locally developed slide show explaining the reasons for the use of the rotary, or roundabout, at an intersection and how to navigate the rotary from various directions. […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With a specially trained K9 about to join the Whitewater police force, city officials have approved the purchase of a new squad car that will be able to accommodate the four-footed crime fighter. The Common Council on Feb. 18 voted in favor of allocating $21,488 toward […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent Dana Prodoehl and Anna Thompson Hajdik presented lectures in the Spring 2014 Fairhaven Lecture Series, “The Legacy and Lessons of the Age of Lincoln,” on Feb. 24 and March 3, respectively.  Prodoehl and Hajdik are colleagues in the Department of Languages and Literatures at UW-Whitewater, where […]

Event to feature displays, presentations and workshops Throughout recorded history, and maybe even before that, humans have sought to adorn their bodies to exemplify beauty, power, ceremony and/or status. The Whitewater Arts Alliance will recognize that human activity in a two-month show on Body Adornment. The show will run from […]

The Whitewater Historical Society will host its third annual Whitewater Collects Program March 15. The program gives people of the Whitewater community and surrounding area an opportunity to display their collection of Whitewater memorabilia or any other collection that they may have. This year the Whitewater Collects Program will include […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent There was little evidence of the cold outside at the Feb. 3 late-night meeting of UW-Whitewater’s campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity as two checks totaling $52,600 were presented to support the work of the organization really fired up a room packed with students attending the […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The organizational structure of Whitewater’s fire and emergency medical services (EMS) agency could be tweaked in the near future. Last year, a task force was convened to look into the city’s various options for fire and EMS providers. City Manager Cameron Clapper presented the Common Council […]

The 6th Annual Grandma Laurine Maas Blood Drive held Feb. 20 at Whitewater Middle School collected 51 units of blood – enough to save 153 lives. Bev Bonge-Ganser, WMS school counselor known as Ms. B-G to students, organizes the event and also walks the talk by donating blood. (Tom Ganser […]