By By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent During the 77th annual Janesville Midwest Invitational Saturday, the Whitewater High School cross country team found out a lot about its resolve. The Lady Whippets did well in an event that featured more than 3,000 runners, from an astounding 400-plus schools. Allisan Barrett ran […]
Author: Heather Perkins
Doubles crew saves the day for Whippets
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls tennis team has played a long line of 4-3 matches this year. In every contest but one, the Whippets have either won by a match, or lost by one. This last week was no different as Whitewater pulled off a […]
Celebrate Treyton’s Field of Dreams Saturday
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After a yearlong construction project, an extensive fundraising appeal and a heavy dose of dreaming, the wraps will be taken off a community amenity this weekend. The grand opening celebration of the much-anticipated Treyton’s Field of Dreams development will take place at 3 p.m. this Saturday, […]
GEORGE J. ADAMS
George J. Adams, 84, passed away on Sept. 27, 2014 at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn. He was born in Chicago on Nov. 18, 1929 to Michael Adam (Hungary) and Marie (Goeller) Adam. He had two brothers and two sisters. In 1954, he married Jennice Wilson. While their family […]
Arts Alliance to host members show and sale
The annual Whitewater Arts Alliance Members Show and sale will be exhibited at the Whitewater Cultural Arts Center from Oct. 9 to Nov. 1. The gallery will be open Thursday through Sunday each week from 12 to 5 p.m. The Whitewater Arts Alliance invites the public to an opening reception […]
WHS Marching Band presents ‘Defying Gravity’
By Tom Ganser Correspondent The Whitewater High School Marching Band gave its first performance of the season during the halftime of the WHS vs. Parkview football game on Sept. 12. This year’s production is entitled “Defying Gravity” and includes three musical selections: “Ascend” (by Sam Hazo arranged by Michael Sweeney), […]
LWV to host candidate forums for local Senate, Assembly races
The League of Women Voters – Whitewater Area will sponsor two candidate forums on Saturday, Oct. 4 in advance of the Nov. 4 general election. A forum for State Senate District 15 candidates, Janis Ringhand and Brian Fitzgerald, will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with League member […]
LORRAINE I. POWELL
Lorraine I. Powell, 87, of Delavan, passed away on Sept. 27, 2014 at her home in Delavan. She was born in Antigo on Aug. 2, 1927, to Harry and Ellen (Merrill) Page. Lorraine was united in marriage to Ervin Powell on March 31, 1950, in Antigo. Ervin passed away on […]
Delays continue for Irish-themed pub
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A prospective restaurateur has been given a drop-dead deadline for his Irish-themed pub or could face the prospect of having a beer and liquor license rescinded. In a narrow 4-3 vote, the Common Council on Sept. 16 gave Patrick Monahan, agent of the proposed Blackthorne Scribe […]
BicycleWise named one of America’s Best Bike Shops
BicycleWise & Sports Fitness of Whitewater has been named one of America’s Best Bike Shops for 2014 by the National Bicycle Dealers Association. The NBDA’s America’s Best Bike Shops program is designed to identify and reward bicycle stores in North America against the highest performance standards in the industry. There […]
