Golf wins 20-plus team invites, conference meet By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School tennis team wrapped up the Southern Lakes Conference championship Saturday by winning the SLC tournament at Waterford. Winning the tournament gave Badger 28 total points toward the conference championship. Westosha Central came in second […]
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Officers cleared in Jan. 8 fatal shooting
Town of Geneva man shot 11 times after lunging at police, reports say By Vicky Wedig Editor Two Town of Geneva police officers are able to return to work after being on administrative leave since fatally shooting a man Jan. 8 on Lincoln Drive. A state Department of Justice investigation […]
Lock box ordinance put on backburner
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After fielding concerns from commercial, industrial and multi-family property owners, Whitewater officials have decided to put the newly enforced lock box ordinance on the backburner for an indefinite period. After wrangling over the pros and cons of the ordinance, the Common Council on May 3 agreed […]
Stained glass mural to be unveiled
Whitewater Middle School to host ceremony for art project The Whitewater Middle School stained glass project, a collaborative art project, began in the fall of 2013. The completed work will be unveiled at a ceremony next week. With the help of Sonja Kipper, a local stained glass artist and retired […]
Officials approve study of Police Department
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With budget crunches becoming a common occurrence and crime climbing upward, Whitewater officials have signed off on a plan to embark on a long-range study of the city Police Department’s operations. The Common Council on May 3 began preliminary discussions of the study, which could be […]
CORNELIA CLEMENT
Cornelia (Connie) Clement, 91, passed away May 14, 2016, at Kindred Hearts of Elkhorn. She was born Feb. 7, 1925 in Wassenaar, The Netherlands, Europe to Hein and Anna Bayer. She married Harry Clement on Jan. 17, 1951. They immigrated to the United States on Dec. 10, 1953. Harry and […]
RICHARD KORPELA
Richard “Dick” D. Korpela, 78, of Kenosha, formerly of Delavan, passed away peacefully May 14, 2016, at Hospitality Nursing and Rehab. He was born Nov. 25, 1937, to the late Sulo and Laila (Ollie) Korpela in Hurley. He was educated in the schools of Hurley. He attended a vocational school […]
CATHERINE C. JOHNSON
Catherine “Catzy” Charlotte Johnson, 102, of Williams Bay, passed away April 22, 2016, in Williams Bay. She was born June 7, 1913, in Superior, to Horace R. and Gusta (Reiton) Slater. When Catzy was 13 years old, her mother died very unexpectedly leaving her father, a captain of freighters, to […]
CHERYL M. CUSHMAN
Cheryl Mae Cushman, 71, of Delavan, formerly of Belmont, died May 8, 2016, peacefully in her home surrounded by family. She was born Nov. 10, 1944, in Platteville, to Cletus and Vera (Nicholas) Cushman. She graduated from Belmont High School. She married Doug Speth on July 6, […]
EUGENE J. PYRZ
Eugene “Gene” J. Pyrz, 94, of Delavan, died May 13, 2016, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn. He was born in La Salle, Ill., Oct. 27, 1921, to Adam and Joanne (Wisniewski) Pyrz. He married Doris Jenkins Oct. 28, 1950, in La Salle, Ill. He attended […]
