By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Efforts to bring a full-service grocer back into the city of Whitewater continue, and a cross-section of residents and grassroots groups are working to ensure no stone remains unturned. Council member Stephanie Goettl is among the city organizers taking steps toward looking into different possibilities. The […]
Month: March 2016
Thanks for making waves
Whitewater High School swim team members recognized at the team’s awards banquet March 9, from the left, are: Andrew Gildner, unsung hero; Jack Downs, most improved; Benny Liang, most valuable and most dedicated veteran; and Michael Kuhl, most dedicated rookie. (Bob Mischka photo)
Hot off the line
Erik Buell Racing bikes back in production By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When Erik Buell Racing locked its doors in April 2015 and went into receivership, laying off 130 workers, many people thought it was the end of the line for the motorcycle production company. It was the second […]
‘He’s the most genuine person I’ve met’
Miller remembered as a friend, mentor and biggest fan of university By Kevin Cunningham sports correspondent James “Jim” B. Miller III, a former UW-Whitewater head baseball coach, passed away at the age of 74 on March 9. Simply calling him a former head baseball coach, however, does not even begin […]
Lady Whippets awarded
Members of the Whitewater High School girls basketball team receive awards at a banquet March 14, from the left: Cheyenne Minton, captain; Keely Fiedler, Whippet heart award and captain; Rebekah Schumacher, captain, most assists and most steals; Myriama Smith-Traore, captain, best defense, most rebounds and most valuable; […]
Gymnasts honored
The Whitewater High School gymnastic team’s year-end banquet March 8 saw several athletes honored, from the left: (front) Autumn Lesar, most improved; Nicole Tomomitsu, most dedicated; Meikayla Korf, most improved; (back) Sydney Treder, most positive attitude; Amanda Kraayvanger, captain and overall star winner; and Kelly O’Hara, captain […]
Digital storytelling workshop in the works
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As it continues its evolution, the Whitewater Community Television organization is hoping to enhance citizen engagement with a new program this spring. Alan Luckett, community TV and media services manager with the operation, came before the Common Council on March 1 and discussed the organization’s latest […]
For the birds
Artists, sponsors sought for public arts project Birds will soar from downtown lamp poles this summer as the next generation of the Whitewater Arts Alliance Public Arts Project lands in downtown Whitewater and artists and sponsors are needed. After 10 years of public art on the lamp poles the organizers […]
Meth lab busted in Genoa City
A meth lab was discovered and two people arrested on Highway H in Genoa City on Sunday. While conducting an investigation Sunday, the Walworth County Drug Enforcement Unit and Genoa City Police Department discovered a methamphetamine manufacturing operation in apartments 202 and 204 at 1201 Highway H. […]
VERA MORTON
Vera Morton passed away Jan. 22, 2016, at Congregational Home in Brookfield. She was the much-loved mother of her six children: John (Willow), Carl (Elaine), Jane (Tyke), Tom, Suzanne (Tony) and Tim (Cindy); grandmother to seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her […]
