Bids come in at $200K higher than anticipated By Dave Fidlin Correspondent George Street, the seemingly unassuming residential corridor near Whitewater’s Armory building, has generated a significant amount of discussion in recent months as officials have reviewed plans to reconstruct roadway and install infrastructure. The city’s plans, which were met […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent Last Sunday, 130 teenagers crossed a threshold from being Whitewater High School seniors to becoming WHS alumni during the Class of 2015 commencement program – in about the same amount of time it would takes to watch a couple episodes of “Big Bang Theory.” When Principal […]

In 2012, artist Stasia Wilson, like so many across America, was overcome with emotion and grief at the news of the innocent children who died during a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. As a way to deal with the emotions Wilson painted a portrait of each […]

Area districts join forces against proposed education budget By Tom Ganser Correspondent In an unprecedented joint effort, leadership from 12 area school districts hosted a news conference last Friday in Milton to release an 11-point statement sharing their collective concerns regarding public school policy embedded in the Wisconsin legislators’ Joint […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The amount of money on the City of Whitewater’s tax rolls has increased slowly, but steadily, as new property development continues to move on a similar upward trajectory. The revelation the city collected $3.07 million in taxes in 2014 — up from the $2.85 million in […]

Amateur and professional artists are invited to exhibit their photography at the Sixth Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition to be displayed from July 9 to July 26 at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center on 402 W. Main Street in Whitewater. Entries are due June 18 though entries received […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent On the heels of receiving a grant from a state agency, Whitewater officials have announced plans to restore sections of Whitewater Creek. The Common Council on May 19 voted to enter into a contract with Fort Atkinson-based Valia Excavation for a so-called streambank restoration project. The […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A final pretrial hearing is scheduled for Aug. 5 for a Madison man who allegedly stabbed a woman at her Whitewater apartment in November. A jury trial is scheduled for Aug. 10 to 12 for Jason L. Grant, 28, who was charged Nov. 25 in […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent For years, it’s been loosely referred to throughout the city as the “Bridge to Nowhere.” A group of Whitewater residents recently came before city officials with a request to make that bridge, located at the intersection of Walworth Avenue and Indian Mound Parkway, a transition to […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff writer A Whitewater man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of extended supervision for first-degree sexual assault of a child causing great bodily harm. A jury found Larry M. Shannon, 43, of Whitewater, guilty Feb. 12 of that offense, 10 other felony offenses […]