Boys win two after losing to Fort Atkinson By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball team lost two games after winning its first game of the season while the boys team did the opposite. Girls basketball After a 62-60 win in Delavan-Darien High School girls basketball season-opener […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Author wants to find out what he doesn’t know
Area residents asked for information about Wright-designed home and its first owner By Vicky Wedig Editor An area author is leaving no stone unturned to learn as much about the original resident of Penwern, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed estate on Delavan Lake, before putting to bed a book about the […]
Warm holiday welcome
Santa and Mrs. Claus enjoy unseasonably warm temperatures while riding in their sleigh for Whitewater’s annual Christmas parade Dec. 5
Whippets finding their groove on the court
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent After going 5-18 a year ago, the Whitewater Whippets’ 2014-15 boys basketball season started off with a 62-46 loss to Union Grove at home. Following the defeat, the Whippets got a chance to get its first win against Jefferson, and did so, on Dec. 3. […]
Sentry will close its doors Monday
‘We were begging someone to come in here’ By Chris Bennett Correspondent A requiem is underway as you read this for the Daniels Foods Sentry, 1260 W. Main St in Whitewater. The store is closing on Dec. 14, and Whitewater – a community of almost 15,000 people with a university […]
MARK J. REHRAUER
Mark Joseph Rehrauer, formerly of Whitewater, died at the Veterans’ Home in Boulder, Nev., Dec. 4, 2015. Mark, the son of Luke (George) and Lioba Steffes Rehrauer, was born Aug. 16, 1923, in Chilton. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and was stationed in the […]
Lady Whippets add to winning record
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Following a 3-1 start to the 2015 season, the defending state champion Whitewater Whippets’ girls basketball team had a pair of games in a back-to-back format on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, the team travelled to play Delavan-Darien and came out victorious, 65-42. Despite the […]
Sweet sound of strings
Alpha Gamma chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma of Whitewater, the professional women’s educational organization, hosted a successful benefit concert recently at the Bassett House. More than 50 were in attendance for the UW-Whitewater Chancelor’s String Quartet and $1,150 was raised to put towards UW-W scholarships for women […]
SHIRLEY ELLORA MCKINNEY
Shirley Ellora McKinney, 81, of Darien, died at Mercy Medical Center in Janesville on Dec. 8, 2015. Memorial service is at 11a.m. Saturday at Betzer Funeral Home. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until the time of service Saturday at the funeral home.
Rezone approved for new tech park tenant
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A portion of Whitewater’s University Technology Park is being rezoned to accommodate a new anchor tenant within the development. The Common Council on Nov. 17 voted to rezone an 11-acre lot within the site to the technical designation of general manufacturing. The decision is in response […]
