By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With last year’s extensive East Gateway project all but a memory, Whitewater officials are turning their attention toward another issue impacting the downtown area: parking. Chris Muntz-Pritchard, neighborhood services director, announced at a Common Council meeting June 2 that a series of efforts will take place […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Special serenade
Fairhaven resident Mary Ebbott (center) is surrounded by LINCS Elementary School fifth graders after the kids sang Happy Birthday to her following the concert at the facility June 4. Two days later, on June 6, Ebbott turned 101 years young. See more photos from the concert inside on page X. […]
Black Point program is Wednesday at library
The date of a Black Point Estate presentation at the Lake Geneva Public Library was incorrect in captions that accompanied photographs of the event in the June 11 edition of the Lake Geneva Times. The Black Point program, “Life in 1888 at Black Point Estate and Beyond,” will be presented […]
Setting it straight
The location of the display of a set of Adirondack chairs was incorrect in a story in the June 11 edition of the Delavan Enterprise. The Sunset Companion chairs, created by Clinton High School art teacher Mary Ziementz, are on display at Geneva Ridge Resort on Highway 50 west of […]
City streets lined with new trees
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Downtown Whitewater is looking greener after a coordinated effort between civic leaders and city staffers. Streets superintendent Chuck Nass came before the Common Council on June 2 with an update on recent tree plantings that have taken the place of at least a half-dozen ash trees […]
District to sponsor free summer lunch program
Stressing the importance of offering nutritious meals to children during the summer months, the Whitewater Unified School District will sponsor the Summer Food Service Program beginning June 22. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is administered by the Wisconsin […]
George Street project on back burner
Bids come in at $200K higher than anticipated By Dave Fidlin Correspondent George Street, the seemingly unassuming residential corridor near Whitewater’s Armory building, has generated a significant amount of discussion in recent months as officials have reviewed plans to reconstruct roadway and install infrastructure. The city’s plans, which were met […]
JOHN A. SCHMIDT
John A. Schmidt, 68, of North Augusta, S.C., and formerly of Delavan, died unexpectedly June 9, 2015. He was born in Delavan, Nov. 19, 1946, to Arthur and Elizabeth Schmidt. He was a 1964 graduate of Delavan-Darien High School and attended Spencerian Business College in Milwaukee where he earned a […]
DAVID BEETSTRA
David Beetstra passed away June 12, 2015, at his home in Harvard, Ill.. He was born Jan. 21, 1953, in Harvard, Ill., to William and Patricia (Fredrick) Beetstra. David grew up on the family dairy farm. He was an avid sports fan, especially of his beloved Packers. […]
ANNETTE DELORES SCHOENFELD
Annette Delores Schoenfeld, 96, formerly of Janesville and currently of Ridge Stone Village of Delavan, died at Mercy Walworth Medical Center on June 13, 2015. Shee was born March 1, 1919, in Lacrosse to Meyer Levy and Ida Goodman. She married Woodrow Schoenfeld on Aug. 3, 1940, in Chicago. He […]
