Limited tickets are available for children of all ages who would like to ride in special passenger trolley cars that will follow the East Troy Electric Railroad’s Santa Train on Saturday, Dec. 5, when it makes its annual journey into town. Presented by the East Troy Electric Railroad in […]
Month: November 2015
Levy approved with 1.5 percent increase
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After months of discussion, Whitewater officials have minted the city’s 2016 operating budget, which reflects in a 1.5-percent increase in the property tax levy and a 3.12-percent increase in the overall operating budget. Compared to prior years — when the city’s participation in Janesville’s Innovation Express […]
City tax levy to increase 2.4 percent
Average homeowner will pay about $90 more By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Delavan Common Council approved a 2016 city budget Nov. 17 that includes a 2.4 percent increase in the tax levy and an increase in the mill rate of 4.04 percent. Alderman Bruce DeWitt said the tax levy […]
Wild Wild West
Badger High School’s cast of “Wild Pecos Bill and Tales of the West” is composed of (front to back, from left) Piper Radtke, Briana Pankonin, Mercedes Sharkus, Jackson Bruns, Nathan Hancock, Sofijia Djurjulov, Kelly Gerlitz, Kori Maclay, Hope Oberg, Kelly Locander, stage managers Lilliann Weintz and Ashley […]
Hanging on
This female cardinal catches her balance in the blustery winds that blow in Sunday following the first snowstorm of the season Nov. 20 and 21 with amounts between 7 and 12 inches reported in southeast Wisconsin. (Bob Mischka photo)
Badgers drop season opener to Milton
By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School girls basketball team opened the 2015-16 season by dropping a 55-46 decision to Milton at home on Nov. 19. The Badgers traveled to Watertown on Tuesday. Milton opened up a five-point lead at halftime and then held on in the second […]
Delavan man gets 25 years for June shooting
By Vicky Wedig Editor A Delavan man was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison and 15 years extended supervision for shooting a man in the leg outside a Delavan bar in June. The family of Tyler Montour, 25, pleaded for a lighter sentence, saying Montour was protecting himself and […]
No business like snow business
Lakeland Players children’s holiday musical, “Snow Biz,” set for Nov. 28-29, Dec. 5-6 The Lakeland Players are again gearing up for another production. However, unlike “The Rocky Horror Show,” the Lakeland Players upcoming production of the children’s holiday musical “Snow Biz,” is a bit more family friendly and focuses on […]
Ambulance for sale by fire and rescue dept.
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Hoping to capture some income from surplus, unneeded inventory, staffers within the Whitewater Fire and Rescue Department have been given the go-ahead to sell an unneeded ambulance. The Common Council on Nov. 3 voted to sell the ambulance on Wisconsinsurplus.com, a state auction website. The ambulance […]
Library selected for Americorps, DPI program
The Whitewater Community Foundation’s Board of Directors recently announced the presentation of $1,000 to Stacey Lunsford, Director of the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library. These monies are matching funds that will be spent toward an Americorps and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Play & Read program. The local library […]
