John Francis Leising, 83, of East Troy, died Oct. 9, 2015, at Burlington Memorial Hospital. He was born April 12, 1932, to Francis and Marie (Kuehne) Leising and grew up in Milwaukee. He married Ruth Therese Labiszak, his longtime school sweetheart, on June 27, 1953, at Holy Angels Catholic Church. […]
Month: October 2015
HOWARD KEGEL
Howard “Howie” Kegel, 72, of East Troy, died Oct 8, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born to Albert and Fay (Kray) Kegel on Oct. 30, 1942 in Appleton. He was raised and attended school in Suring. He married Patricia W. Pik on April 19, 1969, […]
FRANCES R. DOTZENROD
Frances R. Dotzenrod, 99, of Elkhorn, formerly of Sharon, died Oct. 11, 2015, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. She was born June 9, 1916, in Madison to Martin and Louisa (Grosse) Pregler. She attended and graduated from Madison West High School in 1934 and Milwaukee Accredited Beauty School […]
At the touch of a button
Area company partners with IBM to make customized sensors By Rumasa Noor Correspondent In 2003, a small manufacturing company in Wisconsin, known as DuckCo, was rebranded and became iButtonLink. Five years later, the company caught the eye of computer technology giant, IBM and the two have been collaborating ever since. […]
Former library purchase finalized
Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot to spend several months transforming it into museum and office By Fred Noer Contributor The sale of the former Walworth Memorial Library building to the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie for use as a museum and office formally occurred Wednesday, […]
PD promotes three officers
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Amid a series of staffing transitions, a Whitewater panel recently backed Police Chief Lisa Otterbacher’s request to promote a trio of sworn officers with the department. The city Police and Fire Commission on Sept. 22 voted to appoint David Gempler, Daniel Meyer and Shawn Reif to […]
Dancin’ the night away
Whitewater High School students show off their dance moves on the dance floor Oct. 3 to wrap up Homecoming week. (Tom Ganser photo)
Warhawks grind it out in front of record crowd
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent A week after defeating NAIA’s top-ranked team, Morningside College 33-30, the No. 1-ranked UW-Whitewater Warhawks’ football team ran into another ranked foe in then-ranked No. 14 UW-Platteville. The Warhawks played in front of its WIAC record-setting 15,287 fans at Perkins Stadium on Saturday for Family/Alumni […]
No. 1 doubles team advances to Sectionals
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent After dominating Rock Valley Conference play throughout the regular season, the Whitewater Whippets’ girls tennis team ran into tough competition once WIAA Tournament play began on Monday. Running into the No. 1-ranked team in the state, Edgewood, would prove to be one obstacle. Amanda […]
Whippets shut out by undefeated Evansville
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Overall records sometimes don’t tell the whole story. Take Florida State’s football team from last season for example. The Seminoles won every game they played in during the regular season, and then once the College Football Playoff rolled around, Florida State suffered a 59-20 loss […]
