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Whitewater

Acting out

 Whitewater Middle School’s production of “Peter Pan, Jr.” April 10-11 entertained kids of all ages. Director Liz Elliot (left) shares a laugh with Weston Lema between sets. The performance was a modern version of the timeless tale featuring new arrangements of classic Disney songs. (Tom Ganser photo)

Whitewater

100 birthdays

Members of the Stone School 4-H Club, in honor of the 100th birthday of 4-H in Wisconsin, filled 100 birthday bags for the Whitewater Food Pantry Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Whitewater April 13. Hannah Hoffmann (from the left) Dakota Donnelly, Elizabeth Katzman and Emily Heckert fill bags […]

Whitewater

Egg hunt rescheduled for Saturday at WMS

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater/Community Optimist Club has rescheduled the annual Easter Egg Hunt for Saturday, April 19. A press release that included an apology from the club said inclement weather and a miscommunication caused the cancellation of last weekend’s event. Plans are to hold the 12th annual event beginning at […]

Whitewater

Two people injured in crash Monday

A crash in Whitewater early Monday afternoon involving two trucks – one of which was a semi – resulted in two people suffering serious injuries and a portion of Highway 12 being closed for about three hours. According to a press release, at approximately 12:32 p.m. April 14, Walworth County […]

East Troy

See the bunny jump

  Skydive Milwaukee, East Troy’s sky-diving school, will continue its more than decade-long Easter tradition for local kids by featuring an airborne Easter Bunny on Sunday, April 20, at the East Troy Airport, W1341 Highway L. Refreshments and free photos with the Easter Bunny begin at noon. The Bunny Jump […]

Whitewater

City to conduct controlled burns

The City of Whitewater has announced it will be conducting controlled burns of Meadowsweet Park, 601 N. Tratt St. and the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve (formerly Indian Mounds Park), 288 S. Indian Mound Pkwy in the next week. The burns will be conducted between the dates of April 9-18 when […]

Whitewater

Parkinson Support Group to host speakers

The Whitewater Parkinson Support Group, which meets at Fairhaven Retirement Community, 435 N. Starin Road, will host guest speakers at its April 14 and May 12 meetings, both of which begin at 1 p.m. On April 14, Thomas Fritsch, PhD, director of the Parkinson Research Institute at the Wisconsin Parkinson […]

Whitewater

City looks to fill multi-faceted position

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With the recent resignation of one of its top staff members now in place, Whitewater officials are in the process of seeking out the successor to Latisha Birkeland, who held the role of neighborhood services director and city planner. City Manager Cameron Clapper discussed short- and […]

Whitewater

Parade of champions

The Warhawk mens basketball and gymnastic teams celebrated their 2014 National Division III Championships Tuesday in a parade of fire trucks through downtown Whitewater and the campus. The UW-W gymnastics team rode on the lead fire truck (shown) followed by the mens basketball team on two smaller fire trucks with […]

Whitewater

City issues update on running water

On Monday, the City of Whitewater issued an update on the order put in place last month requesting that customers run water to prevent water service lines from freezing. The majority of residents and businesses in the city can safely discontinue keeping a faucet running though there are a few […]