Members of the Stone School 4-H Club, in honor of the 100th birthday of 4-H in Wisconsin, filled 100 birthday bags for the Whitewater Food Pantry Sunday at First United Methodist Church in Whitewater April 13. Hannah Hoffmann (from the left) Dakota Donnelly, Elizabeth Katzman and Emily Heckert fill bags […]
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Lady Whippets respond to OT loss with win
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School girls varsity soccer team lost a close game to Big Foot this past week, losing 1-0 in overtime and bringing the team’s record to an even 1-1. The Whippets tried to be aggressive during the game, but it didn’t seem to […]
Egg hunt rescheduled for Saturday at WMS
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater/Community Optimist Club has rescheduled the annual Easter Egg Hunt for Saturday, April 19. A press release that included an apology from the club said inclement weather and a miscommunication caused the cancellation of last weekend’s event. Plans are to hold the 12th annual event beginning at […]
Two people injured in crash Monday
A crash in Whitewater early Monday afternoon involving two trucks – one of which was a semi – resulted in two people suffering serious injuries and a portion of Highway 12 being closed for about three hours. According to a press release, at approximately 12:32 p.m. April 14, Walworth County […]
Whippets take second at Clinton Relays
By Adam Knoll Sports correspondent The Whitewater High School boys track team has been a few steps ahead of the girls unit so far this year, finishing in second place at the Clinton Relays last weekend while the girls finished sixth as a team. The boys team won four events […]
City to conduct controlled burns
The City of Whitewater has announced it will be conducting controlled burns of Meadowsweet Park, 601 N. Tratt St. and the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve (formerly Indian Mounds Park), 288 S. Indian Mound Pkwy in the next week. The burns will be conducted between the dates of April 9-18 when […]
Parkinson Support Group to host speakers
The Whitewater Parkinson Support Group, which meets at Fairhaven Retirement Community, 435 N. Starin Road, will host guest speakers at its April 14 and May 12 meetings, both of which begin at 1 p.m. On April 14, Thomas Fritsch, PhD, director of the Parkinson Research Institute at the Wisconsin Parkinson […]
City looks to fill multi-faceted position
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With the recent resignation of one of its top staff members now in place, Whitewater officials are in the process of seeking out the successor to Latisha Birkeland, who held the role of neighborhood services director and city planner. City Manager Cameron Clapper discussed short- and […]
Parade of champions
The Warhawk mens basketball and gymnastic teams celebrated their 2014 National Division III Championships Tuesday in a parade of fire trucks through downtown Whitewater and the campus. The UW-W gymnastics team rode on the lead fire truck (shown) followed by the mens basketball team on two smaller fire trucks with […]
City issues update on running water
On Monday, the City of Whitewater issued an update on the order put in place last month requesting that customers run water to prevent water service lines from freezing. The majority of residents and businesses in the city can safely discontinue keeping a faucet running though there are a few […]
