By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After months of discussion, Whitewater officials have minted the city’s 2016 operating budget, which reflects in a 1.5-percent increase in the property tax levy and a 3.12-percent increase in the overall operating budget. Compared to prior years — when the city’s participation in Janesville’s Innovation Express […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Hoping to capture some income from surplus, unneeded inventory, staffers within the Whitewater Fire and Rescue Department have been given the go-ahead to sell an unneeded ambulance. The Common Council on Nov. 3 voted to sell the ambulance on Wisconsinsurplus.com, a state auction website. The ambulance […]

The Whitewater Community Foundation’s Board of Directors recently announced the presentation of $1,000 to Stacey Lunsford, Director of the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library. These monies are matching funds that will be spent toward an Americorps and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Play & Read program. The local library […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Two Whitewater patrol officers recently received promotions to lieutenants as part of a larger scale staffing reorganization of the Whitewater Police Department. After meeting behind closed doors to interview an unspecified number of candidates, the Whitewater Police and Fire Commission on Oct. 27 appointed James Elder […]

On Sunday, Nov. 22, at both the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. worship services, First United Methodist Church, 145 S. Prairie St., Whitewater will celebrate the music ministry of Jim Athas, who has been the church’s organist for 40 years. The worship services will include an organ presentation, arrangements of […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent When the curtain opens for the Whitewater High School Players production of “Once Upon a Mattress,” tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Whitewater High School Auditorium, the audience will find itself riding back to the Middle Ages as they view a 15th-century stone castle where the […]

Fifth graders Hallee Peters (top photo from the left), C.J. Tomomitsu and Claire Tourdot toot their horns during the first concert of the season at Lakeview Elementary School Oct. 15. Director Josh Barrett (above) leads the band at Lincoln Inquiry Charter School Oct. 13. Washington Elementary School also held its […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Six unincorporated townships will continue to receive ambulance service through the City of Whitewater’s fire and rescue department in 2016, as part of a plan adopted recently. The Whitewater Common Council on Oct. 20 issued contracts for ambulance service in the towns of Cold Spring, Johnstown, […]

    Two goldfinches, displaying their darker, fall/winter colors, share a drink of water together over the weekend in the Southern Kettle Moraine State Forest just outside of Whitewater. (Bob Mischka Photo)