Trails to Tomorrow goes the distance for veteran suicide awareness By Heather Ruenz Editor “Statistically, the first three years of members leaving the military have the highest chance of committing suicide so we try to help them right away,” Casey Dean, co-founder of Trails to Tomorrow, said. The organization, based […]
Author: Heather Perkins
City leaders discuss increase in ethnic groups
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In 1989, Whitewater High School hosted three students of Hispanic origin. Today, 35 percent of the high school’s student body has some degree of Hispanic heritage. This rapid demographic change, revealed by former elected official Jim Winship at a Common Council meeting April 19, serves as […]
Whitewater ‘a great place to work’
Runez moving to Deforest Area School District this summer By Chris Bennett Correspondent The traits that made Eric Runez great in Whitewater made him wanted in DeForest. Runez, the District Administrator of the Whitewater Unified School District, is leaving the district to take the same job with the DeForest Area […]
Girls soccer team scores one goal in two games
Tennis loses to McFarland By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls soccer team lost one game and tied another this week while the tennis team lost its only match of the week. Girls soccer The girls soccer team played two games this week, and the offense scored one […]
Girls track wins Randy Lyon invite
Boys team comes in second By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Whitewater High School boys and girls track teams participated in three meets last week. On Saturday, the Whippets hosted the Randy Lyon Memorial Invitational. The invitational is named after Randy Lyon, a former Whippet track-and-field athlete who was a four-time […]
Softball team gets second win of season
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The season hasn’t been smooth sailing for the Whitewater High School softball team, as the team started off 1-7 overall. With only one game on its schedule this week, all the attention could be paid into that one game, on the road against Brodhead on Thursday. […]
Baseball beats Brodhead, loses to Evansville
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Whitewater High School baseball team started its season 3-0 and then went on to lose three of its next four games. Entering the week, the team was 4-3, but the Whippets had the chance to stay above .500 in a road game against Brodhead-Juda on […]
City announces hire of Aquatic Center staff
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With months to go before the Whitewater Aquatics Center undergoes a change in management structure, a new staffer with fitness-related expertise is being brought into the fold. Debbie Oas, whose background includes a role with the Geneva Lakes YMCA, has been named WAC’s new aquatic and […]
WHS athletes guest speakers at Rotary meeting
By Tom Ganser Correspondent On April 5, members of the Whitewater Rotary Club were charmed by three Whitewater High School athletes whose accomplishments during the recent winter sports season was one for their personal record book as well as Whitewater High School. “This past winter sports season was actually a […]
Downtown Whitewater director recaps first month
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With a new staffer at the helm of the organization, several innovative and tried-and-true activities are on tap within the Downtown Whitewater Inc. organization as the year progresses. Courtney Nelson assumed the role of Downtown Whitewater’s executive director in early March, succeeding Tamara Brodnicki. At a […]
