By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The amount of money on the City of Whitewater’s tax rolls has increased slowly, but steadily, as new property development continues to move on a similar upward trajectory. The revelation the city collected $3.07 million in taxes in 2014 — up from the $2.85 million in […]
Month: June 2015
Fran Achen photo competition approaching
Amateur and professional artists are invited to exhibit their photography at the Sixth Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition to be displayed from July 9 to July 26 at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center on 402 W. Main Street in Whitewater. Entries are due June 18 though entries received […]
Whitewater Creek restoration project moves forward
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent On the heels of receiving a grant from a state agency, Whitewater officials have announced plans to restore sections of Whitewater Creek. The Common Council on May 19 voted to enter into a contract with Fort Atkinson-based Valia Excavation for a so-called streambank restoration project. The […]
SANDRA KITTLE-KOZAK
Sandra “Sandy” Kittle-Kozak, 80, died Feb. 10, 2015, at Angel’s Grace Hospice in Oconomowoc. She was born May 1, 1935, in Alva, Okla., to Earl and Claudia (Atherton) Sanders. She married Leonard A. Kittle in September of 1950 in Caney, Kan. He died in a military plane crash in Alaska […]
HELEN M. GEHL
Helen M. Gehl, 94, of Brown Deer, died May 25, 2015 at her home. She was born on Jan. 26, 1921 in Itasca Ill, to the late Fred and Louisa Wille Engel. She married the late Lawrence Gehl Sr. on June 28, 1941, in Roselle, Ill. They were residents of […]
Local man is dead following abduction, police pursuit
He told victim she had broken his heart A “heartbroken” 24-year-old Burlington man killed himself while fleeing from police Monday after allegedly abducting a woman from a Walmart in Mukwonago, according to authorities in Eau Claire. The suspect, Mitchell F. Owens, 24, was found dead Tuesday in a wooded area […]
LOIS C. FRITSCH
Lois C. (Head) Fritsch passed away June 3, 2015. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Lois will be missed by her sons, Bill (Colleen) and Rick (Melissa); daughter, Linda; granddaughters, Shaula (Rob) Halberg; Meredith and Katherine Fritsch; great-granddaughters, Julia and Madelyn Halberg. She is reunited in death with […]
Trial set for Madison man charged with stabbing Whitewater woman
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A final pretrial hearing is scheduled for Aug. 5 for a Madison man who allegedly stabbed a woman at her Whitewater apartment in November. A jury trial is scheduled for Aug. 10 to 12 for Jason L. Grant, 28, who was charged Nov. 25 in […]
Pool opening delayed
City votes in favor of reducing season pass by 25 percent By Kellen Olshefski Editor The opening of Elkhorn’s new Sunset Park pool is now expected to be delayed a few weeks due to some changes in the construction timeline. Mayor Brian Olson said at Monday’s City of Elkhorn Common […]
City explores adding additional green space
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent For years, it’s been loosely referred to throughout the city as the “Bridge to Nowhere.” A group of Whitewater residents recently came before city officials with a request to make that bridge, located at the intersection of Walworth Avenue and Indian Mound Parkway, a transition to […]
