Features in the Feb. 22 Elkhorn Independent include: • The city gets the ball rolling on moving to a full-time fire department, a process expected to take a couple of years with a tentative plan to move to referendum in 2020; • Elkhorn Area High School is hosting a series […]
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School Board postpones decision on Chester Byrnes
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community Schools Board of Education delayed its decision the fate of Chester Byrnes building until Monday. The board has been in discussion on three separate offers to purchase the building for months and had planned on making a decision at Monday night’s […]
UPDATED: Resident found dead in home ravaged by fire
Cause and origin of fire remains under investigation, authorities report Authorities confirmed a person living in the home that was ravaged by fire in the Town of Spring Prairie Friday morning was found dead inside. The name of the victim has not been released. “The fire was extinguished quickly and […]
Celebrating courage and determination
VIP Services honors clients, community partners By Heather Ruenz Staff writer The bitter cold didn’t stop nearly 200 people from gathering at Evergreen Golf Club on Feb. 1. There was a celebration to be had, that of VIP Services’ 33rd annual recognition dinner. The event is an opportunity for the […]
Whitewater Rotarians updated on honors program, Fairhaven
Also hear speech from Rotarian about experience at Chevrolet By Tom Ganser SLN correspondent In a trio of recent meetings, members of the Whitewater Rotary Club rode aboard a virtual time machine from the early 1950s to the near future. On Jan. 23, former Whitewater Rotary Club member Paul Hulick […]
In this week’s Times/Reporter…
Highlights of what’s in the Feb. 16 Times/Reporter include: • The new administrator/clerk-treasurer in the Village of Sharon brings new ideas to the table and has goals that include revitalizing the downtown while the former longtime clerk-treasurer shares her plans for retirement • A review of what’s on the ballot […]
In this week’s Independent…
Below are highlights of what’s in the Feb. 15 Elkhorn Independent: • Army Pfc. Lloyd J. Lobdell, who was born in Elkhorn, died in World War II in 1942, and whose remains were identified last summer through DNA testing, is laid to rest at the National Cemetery of the Pacific […]
CDA reviewing traffic counts as economic development tool
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A Whitewater city panel is in the midst of reviewing traffic counts in the hopes of using the data as a tool toward bolstering economic development throughout the community. The Community Development Authority on Jan. 25 combed through the information they have on hand, which, in […]
CDA officials hope to bring groups together, create coherent branding message
By Dave Fidlin SLN Correspondent What is Whitewater? This was a question members of the city’s Community Development Authority grappled with recently during a discussion of branding and marketing Whitewater’s amenities and virtues. CDA chairman Laurence Kachel discussed past — and, in his desire, future — efforts to market all […]
In this week’s Whitewater Register …
– Community Development Authority officials focus on the marketing of the city – Whitewater native and current Warhawk Brooke Trewyn is recognized for her women’s basketball tenure at UW-Whitewater – Six Whippet wrestlers qualify for sectionals – A man killed in World War II is finally put to rest – […]
