Author: Heather Perkins

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Meaningful words of wisdom

This display of hands, created by Lakeview Elementary School students, features words that were important to Martin Luther King, Jr. Words students wrote on the hands include: peace, hope, love, freedom, justice, dream, happy, kindness and equality. Emily Calcaterra, a school counselor in the Whitewater Unified School District, led the […]

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Eagle FD’s new vehicle now in service

Association president says community’s support vital to purchase By Heather Ruenz Editor The support of the community was essential in the purchase of a new Utility Terrain Vehicle, according to Dave Rockteacher, president of the Eagle Fire Department Members Association and 45-plus year member of the department. “We saved for […]

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City’s landscaping guidelines under review

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent While announcements of new construction and development projects have generally been causes for celebration across Whitewater, there are a few issues that have brought forward concerns along the way. Landscaping — or lack there of — is one of those concerns. Another concern: decades-old trees that […]

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The joining of young voices

      Eight LINCS fifth grade choir students participate in the WI Choral Director’s Association All-State Children’s Choir last weekend in Appleton. The students, Maria Verduzco, Alexandra Martin, Andrew Swartz, Joshua Kirley, Emma Clarksen, Marco Wence, Angela Phillippi and Emma Weigel, are pictured with guest director Greg Douma, a […]

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Steam bath

      With the air temperature below zero, these Canadian geese take in an early morning steam bath surrounded by frosty plants in the relatively warm, spring-fed waters of Bluff Creek in the Kettle Moraine Forest southeast of Whitewater Monday. (Bob Mischka photo)