Month: February 2016

Whitewater

TIF amendment approved by council

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After deliberation by a number of different governing bodies, a plan to amend the scope of one of Whitewater’s tax-incremental financing (TIF) districts has been set in stone. The changes are designed to spur additional development on the city’s northeast side. After receiving a strong recommendation […]

Elkhorn

Vehicle purchases met with opposition

Purchase of new public works truck sent back to committee level By Kellen Olshefski Editor Purchases for three new vehicles were met with opposition from some alderman at Feb. 1 City of Elkhorn Common Council meeting. The first vehicle purchase that came out of last week’s Finance and Judicial committee […]

Whitewater

City officials approve utility rate hike

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The long and winding road toward a user rate formula for Whitewater’s wastewater treatment plant and the sanitary sewer utility has come to a close. After extensive deliberation throughout 2015, the Common Council on Jan. 19 adopted a new user rate structure and a connection fee […]

Obituaries

JOSEPHINE M. DRAKE

      Josephine M. Drake (Kryzaniak), formerly of Palmyra, went home to our Lord on Feb. 6, 2016. She was born July 27, 1926 to Albert and Helen Kryzaniak in Oshkosh. She went to St. Joseph’s Parochial school until the 8th grade and graduated from Oshkosh High School. Upon […]

Obituaries

SANDRA E. MATTISON

Sandra (Punky) Ellegard Mattison, of Delavan, died Feb. 5, 2016. She was born in Springfield, Ill., and a graduate of the University of Illinois. She raised her two loving children Rebecca (Michael) D’Amato and Mark (Lisa) Ellegard with her first husband Jack Ellegard in the Milwaukee area. After his passing, […]

Obituaries

CARLEEN G. KELLER

      Carleen G. Keller, 81, a lifelong resident of Genoa City, died Feb. 6, 2016, at her home. The former Carleen Gladys Bauman was born in Genoa City on Jan. 15, 1935, to the late Carl Frederick and Ruth Mary Doyle Bauman. On Sept. 1, 1976, she married […]

Obituaries

MARILYN L. MEILLER

Marilyn L. Meiller, 80, of Lake Geneva and formerly of Elkhorn, died Feb. 6, 2016, at Village Glen of Lake Geneva. She was born Nov. 4, 1935, in Milwaukee, to the late Donald James and Miriam Ruth (Anderson) McKelvey. She married Donald Elmer Meiller on Aug. 9, 1958, in West […]

Obituaries

DOLORES HINTZ

Dolores Hintz, 87, of East Troy, died Feb. 3, 2016. She was born on Nov. 12, 1928, in Milwaukee, to Henry and Mary Rzechtalski. She married the late Edwin in Milwaukee and was a longtime resident of East Troy. She was a member of St Peter’s Catholic Church and the […]