By Kevin Cunningham sports correspondent The defending state champions had quite the scare on Feb. 4, as the Whitewater High School girls basketball team (18-1) defeated Edgerton (11-8), 35-28 on the road. The Whippets were described as playing uncharacteristic by head coach Judy Harms, and she said the team just […]
Author: Heather Perkins
City staff set to review contractor bids for 2016
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Spring construction season might still be several months away, but Whitewater officials are already working behind the scenes and planning the logistics of several projects on this year’s capital improvement list. One of those items went under the microscope Jan. 19 when the Common Council approved […]
JOAN MILITELLO
Joan Ruth Militello, 82, of Westshire Farms, Delavan Lake, died at Holton Manor Nursing Home on Feb. 1, 2016. She was born May 4, 1933 in Maywood, Ill., to Walter F. Schweiger and Minnie Behrens. She married Philip Militello, who died in 1987. She was a medical transcriber at Hines […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
NANCY E. FOLKERS
Nancy E. Folkers, 90, of Delavan, died Feb. 4, 2016, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. She was born in Delavan on Dec. 16, 1925, to William and Martha (Gubbins) Britt. She married Lawrence Folkers in 1948 in Delavan. He died in 1979. She was a member of the Christ […]
District, council approve agreement on Aquatic Center
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A new 5-year agreement for the Whitewater Aquatic Center has been forged between the City of Whitewater and the Whitewater Unified School District. A series of changes are planned, including making WAC staffers city employees, rather than persons working for an autonomous board. The agreement, which […]
