Carol Ann Hill, 72, of Sharon, passed away Sept. 9, 2015, at her home in Sharon. She was born Sept. 11, 1942, in Chicago, to John and Anna (Franczyk) Lepkowski. She loved spending time with her grandkids, great grandkids and entire family. She loved watching her hummingbirds and putting out […]
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‘We are committed to our rich tradition’
New UW-Whitewater Chancellor delivers State of the University speech By Tom Ganser Correspondent Beverly A. Kopper delivered her first State of the University speech Aug. 24 as the 16th chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Young Auditorium. Kopper, who served as UW-W’s provost and vice-chancellor for academic affairs […]
New coach expects Warhawks to keep winning
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent When it comes to football, the Badger State has seen its fair share of icons, regardless of the level of play. In the NFL, Brett Favre will go down as one of the best quarterbacks of all time. Heck, even his replacement could prove to […]
Lady Whippets strong on tennis courts
Plus lowdown on soccer, cross country and volleyball teams By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent On Sept. 3, the Whippets girls tennis team took on McFarland and came away with a 5-2 victory. McFarland was without its No. 2 singles player. “I was worried about our depth at the beginning of […]
Whippets earn first win of season
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent The Friday night lights were glistening above the Whitewater Whippets football team as it was looking for its first win of the 2015 season against an in-conference foe, in McFarland. McFarland entered the game at 0-2 overall as well, but for the first time this […]
Determination
Whitewater High School’s Jake Riemer (on left) fights for the ball with the East Troy goalie in the Sept. 8 game that ended in a 2-2 tie. (Peter Mischka photo)
View of art in ‘eye of beholder’
City to handle ‘junk’ issues on case-by-case basis By Dave Fidlin Correspondent When does something fall under the classification of junk? And when does it fall under the category of a work of art? That sometimes fuzzy line was explored recently by local municipal leaders. This is a question Whitewater […]
Young Auditorium to host free concert
Young Auditorium ushers in the official start of its 2015-2016 performance season with the 2015 World Music Festival public concert on Wednesday, Sept. 23. This year, three of the five performances will take place outdoors starting earlier in the afternoon. Evening performances will be held inside on stage at Young […]
City to review zoning, land-use processes
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In the coming months, Whitewater officials will compare and contrast how similar-sized municipalities — many with universities based in the community — address zoning and other land-use issues. Chris Munz-Pritchard, neighborhood services director and city planner, was directed recently by the council to investigate such technical […]
Get immersed in art
Downtown Whitewater to host festival of all things artsy The 2nd Annual Whitewater Main St. Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Whitewater. A celebration of the arts, it will be an immersion of all forms of art for festivalgoers. A […]
