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Cole McPherson (left) and Joe Blake wait for the small ducks from the Kiwanis Club’s duck race on Saturday. The annual event attracts families and businesses from all over East Troy to the yard of Nick and Robin Stuht to watch the plastic ducks float down the stream, racing against […]
First female African-American major general shares inspiring message By Tom Ganser Correspondent Major General Marcia Anderson concluded the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater “Women in Higher Education Leadership” event Aug. 27 with her speech titled, “My Personal Journey of Service and Patriotism,” in Timmerman Auditorium. Anderson is the Army’s first female African-American […]
Trial set for February for man who allegedly stabbed girls in 2012 By Vicky Wedig Staff writer A judge denied a plea agreement last week in the case of the stabbing of two girls in Whitewater nearly two years ago, according to online court records. Larry M. Shannon, 42, of […]
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Foreclosure proceedings for a property near Milwaukee Street and Elkhorn and Bluff roads could soon come to an end, based on a recent decision by the Whitewater Common Council. After meeting in closed session Sept. 2, council members voted to accept a reimbursement payment from Walworth […]
By Tracy Ouellette Editor Much of Monday night’s meeting of the East Troy Village Board was spent cutting items from the proposed 2015 budget to get it to balance. One of the things cut in Department of Pubic Works Director Mike Miller’s budget revisions was the new street sweeper purchase […]
Kite auction set for Sept. 28 at Cultural Arts Center Don’t miss out on the last chance to bid on one of the unique and colorful kites that graced downtown Whitewater this summer. On Sunday, Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m., 58 one-of-a-kind kites will be auctioned off to the highest […]
The Whitewater Historical Society is pleased to announce a public reception for its new temporary exhibit, ‘At Home on the Job: Women’s Work 1830-1930,’ beginning at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24 in the Depot Museum, 301 W. Whitewater Street. Nikki Mandell, Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, […]
Most people know Culver’s makes a delicious burger and fresh, frozen custard. But to get the scoop on how “ButterBurger” became a household term and his last name synonymous with a sweet treat, attend next week’s Elements for Success seminar at the Whitewater University Technology Park Innovation Center and hear […]
Whitewater receives Bird City Wisconsin designation By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In the weeks ahead, signage touting Whitewater’s efforts toward preserving bird habits will be posted throughout the community. The city this year was one of six governing agencies named to the four-year old Bird City Wisconsin program. Modeled after the […]
Students, parents, staff and members of the community recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the gymnasium at Lincoln Inquiry Charter School in Whitewater during the Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial Celebration last Friday. The event featured speakers, special presentations by students including facts about, and the history of, the Star-Spangled Banner as […]
