Orientation meeting slated June 14 Habitat for Humanity of Walworth County will soon be accepting homeowner applications for a home to be built in Whitewater this year. To qualify, a family must meet the following criteria: • Demonstrate a need for suitable housing; • Have an ability to pay a […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent The fourth Thursday in May, a nearly perfect spring day in the area, was made even more memorable for a local company and some local students thanks to a visit by Kristin Olson, the 66th Alice in Dairyland and Wisconsin’s most famous agriculture ambassador. Olson’s day […]

Council requests plans for capitol projects By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After years of operating in the red, leaders behind the Whitewater Aquatic and Fitness Center have painted a rosier picture on the amenity’s future. But questions continue to permeate, including how a series of capitol improvement projects will be funded […]

Last Thursday, a group of 10 volunteers from the UW-W/Community Optimist Club spent part of their day cleaning up a 2-mile stretch of Highway 59 for the Rock County Adopt-A-Highway program. The club, in cooperation with the Wisconsin DNR and the UW-W Fishing Club, will be sponsoring a Free Fishing […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Whitewater officials recently took the second step in a two-pronged effort aimed at funding a series of upcoming capitol improvement projects. The Common Council on May 20 voted in favor of financing terms associated with plans to take out $4.28 million in general obligation bonds. The […]

The Whitewater Arts Alliance is hosting “Eyes of Whitewater,” an exhibition of the works of UW-Whitewater faculty and staff photographers, on display Thursdays through Sundays, June 8-29 at the Cultural Arts Center, 402 West Main St., Whitewater. An opening reception will be held on Sunday, June 8 from 1 p.m. […]

The planning committee of the Whitewater Relay for Life event stated in a recent press release that it is hoping to have a large number of cancer survivors and teams from Whitewater and the surrounding area attend the event. Slated Saturday, June 28 at Whitewater High School track and field, […]

In cooperation with the UW-Whitewater/Community Optimist club, the UW-W Student Fishing club and with the support of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, persons of all ages are invited to attend an upcoming fishing event. A quick look at the numbers reveals the following: there are 15,085 inland lakes; 2,700 […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The Whitewater Common Council could soon begin digging into a possible overhaul of the city’s fire and emergency medical services (EMS) agency. City Manager Cameron Clapper presented members of the Common Council with an update on the review on May 6, which is being undertaken by […]

Officers and detectives from the Whitewater Police Department arrested a person for 1st degree sexual assault of a child and repeated acts of sexual assault to the same child and arrested two people for arson recently, according to a press release from the department. On May 6, officers received a […]