By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The cost of providing services to City of Whitewater residents, business owners and visitors totaled $11.35 million last year. That statistic was one of many highlighted in a report outlining the city’s audited financial statements throughout 2015. As is the case with all municipalities, Whitewater is […]
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Raptor Day Camp for Kids offered
Children are invited to take part in a unique opportunity for hands-on learning and up-close encounters while learning about birds of prey and their role in the environment in an upcoming camp. Hoo’s Woods Raptor Center, located outside of Milton, will host two separate Raptor Day Camps for Kids this […]
City, university look to strengthen relations
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Adding clauses in landlord-initiated leases, adopting an ordinance around large-group gatherings and encouraging responsible celebratory events are among some of the recommendations being handed down by a committee as efforts to strength relations between the City of Whitewater and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater continue. With backing by […]
Learning through his wisdom and passion
Don Norman honored; former students thankful for support By Tom Ganser Correspondent Don Norman described it as “one of the best days of my professional life,” when he was presented with the 2016 Carl A. Whitaker Award at the annual meeting April 3 of the Wisconsin Association for Marriage and […]
City, university look to strengthen relations
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Adding clauses in landlord-initiated leases, adopting an ordinance around large-group gatherings and encouraging responsible celebratory events are among some of the recommendations being handed down by a committee as efforts to strength relations between the City of Whitewater and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater continue. With backing by […]
New school still nameless
School Board forms committee to help name new school By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District Board of Education didn’t make a decision on a name for the new elementary school at the June 13 meeting, instead voting to form a committee to look at the […]
For the dogs
Whitewater Police Officer Joe Matteson and K9 officer Boomer (above) participate in the department’s K9 Run/Walk, a fundraiser for the department. Liz Elliott (below from the left), Bev Bonge-Ganser and Stacy Johnson along with four-legged friends Poppy and Fern smile big while walking at Cravath Lakefront Park. There were 30 people […]
Traveling with the rodeo
Local youth qualifies to compete at world’s largest junior high rodeo East Troy Middle School eighth-grader Austin Pogreba has earned a position on the Wisconsin Junior High National Rodeo Team. Pogreba will be with fellow teammates in Lebanon, Tenn., June 19 to 25 to compete at the National […]
Elkhorn Street Dance tonight
Entertainment to be provided by the Rabid Aardvarks By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The Elkhorn Area Fire Department is having its 46th annual Elkhorn Firefighters Street Dance from 6 p.m. to midnight tonight outside of the fire station on South Broad Street in Elkhorn. The event will kick off with […]
Projected costs climb on treatment plant revamp
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As contractors and city staffers begin digging into the extensive revamp of Whitewater’s 34-year-old wastewater treatment facility, new, unexpected twists and turns are cropping up, increasing the cost of the project. Assistant City Manager Chris McDonell came before the Common Council with a second so-called change […]
