By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Lady Whippets basketball team is off to a phenomenal start to the 2014 season. In addition to remaining undefeated, the team has focused on increasing its intensity throughout entire games and it shows. Whitewater put its recent game against Evansville on ice by using […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Making waves and breaking records
Whippet swimmers continue to improve times in the pool By Adam Knoll S Correspondent During last week, the Whitewater High School boys swim team took part in a conference meet and a large tournament and did well in both outings. Against Badger High School in a dual meet, the […]
Wrestlers survive marathon on the mats
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent Last Saturday, the Whitewater High School wrestling team took part in a tournament in Beloit that featured five matches against other schools from throughout the area and the Whippets held their own, going 3-2 as a team. Whitewater began by falling to Union Grove, 46-27, […]
Council considering ordinance for bicycle, pedestrian traffic
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent An ordinance aimed at making accommodations toward pedestrians and bicyclists — in addition to motorists — on city streets is under consideration in Whitewater. The Common Council on Dec. 16 held a first reading of a so-called complete streets ordinance. A second, more definitive reading of […]
JAMES “JIM” E. OLSEN
James “Jim” E. Olsen, 57, of Big Flats, formerly of Whitewater died on Dec. 27, 2014, in Friendship. He was born on May 20, 1957, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, to Bernellyn “Bernie” and Ramona “Mona” Olsen. He was a member of First English Lutheran Church for many years while living in […]
KATHRYN L. KOENIG
Kathryn Leah Koenig, 71, of Fort Atkinson, passed away Dec. 28, 2014, at the University Hospital in Madison. She was born in Fond du Lac on Feb. 6, 1943 to Leonard Kohlman and Marion (Hassman) Kohlman. She graduated from Fort Atkinson High School in 1961 and attended St Mary’s School […]
ELEANOR B. STONE
Eleanor B. Stone, 95, a cancer survivor and longtime resident of Whitewater went to be with her Savior on Dec. 24, 2014. She was born to Edward Jacobs and Anna Meudt Jacobs in Woodruff on March 16, 1919. Eleanor attended Whitewater High School. She married Ralph Edward Stone on June […]
SHIRLEY I. LEANNA
Shirley Ilene Leanna, 71, of Palmyra, passed away on Dec. 24, 2014, in her home surrounded by loved ones, ending her fight against cancer. She was born Shirley Ilene Casey in Woodstock, Ill., the daughter of Dorothy and Kenneth Casey. Shirley graduated from Woodstock Community High School in 1961and has […]
DENNIS PHILLIP ROGERS
Dennis Phillip Rogers, 73, of Delavan and formerly of Park Falls, died in Delavan on Dec. 27, 2014. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Betzer Funeral Home in Delavan. Friends may call two hours before the services at the funeral home.
ROBERT A. HERTEL SR.
Robert A. Hertel, Sr., 75, passed away on Dec. 23, 2014. He was born on April 21, 1939 in Kenosha to William and Martha Hertel. Bob served in the U.S. Air Force from Jan. 1961 to Jan. 1965. With the aid of the G.I. Bill, he earned a Bachelor of […]
