By Tom Ganser Correspondent Dana Prodoehl and Anna Thompson Hajdik presented lectures in the Spring 2014 Fairhaven Lecture Series, “The Legacy and Lessons of the Age of Lincoln,” on Feb. 24 and March 3, respectively.  Prodoehl and Hajdik are colleagues in the Department of Languages and Literatures at UW-Whitewater, where […]

Event to feature displays, presentations and workshops Throughout recorded history, and maybe even before that, humans have sought to adorn their bodies to exemplify beauty, power, ceremony and/or status. The Whitewater Arts Alliance will recognize that human activity in a two-month show on Body Adornment. The show will run from […]

The Whitewater Historical Society will host its third annual Whitewater Collects Program March 15. The program gives people of the Whitewater community and surrounding area an opportunity to display their collection of Whitewater memorabilia or any other collection that they may have. This year the Whitewater Collects Program will include […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent There was little evidence of the cold outside at the Feb. 3 late-night meeting of UW-Whitewater’s campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity as two checks totaling $52,600 were presented to support the work of the organization really fired up a room packed with students attending the […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The organizational structure of Whitewater’s fire and emergency medical services (EMS) agency could be tweaked in the near future. Last year, a task force was convened to look into the city’s various options for fire and EMS providers. City Manager Cameron Clapper presented the Common Council […]

The 6th Annual Grandma Laurine Maas Blood Drive held Feb. 20 at Whitewater Middle School collected 51 units of blood – enough to save 153 lives. Bev Bonge-Ganser, WMS school counselor known as Ms. B-G to students, organizes the event and also walks the talk by donating blood. (Tom Ganser […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Restrictions within a small condominium development could be heightened, following a recent vote of approval from the Whitewater Plan and Architectural Review Commission. At their meeting Feb. 10, commissioners voted, 5-2, in favor of changing the zoning within the 16-unit Waters Edge condominium development, 351 S. […]

District has closed school five times but winter is not over yet By Tom Ganser Correspondent Since mid-December, there have been several times when Eric Runez, District Administrator for the Whitewater Unified School District, has probably felt a little like Hamlet as he pondered, “To cancel school, or not to […]

Congratulations are in order for the WUSD students whose Southern Lakes Anthology entries were selected at the regional Whitewater TAG Network competition that was held in Elkhorn Jan. 29. SLA is an annual writing and art competition organized by the Whitewater Talented and Gifted Network, comprised of more than 50 […]

By Jeanine Fassl Contributor In keeping with the spirit of Christmas giving, a check for $3,500 was presented to the Whitewater Food Pantry through the generosity of 56 employees at Provisur Technologies (formerly Weiler & Co.) located in Whitewater. The week before Christmas, the Mega Millions (multi-state) Lottery was at […]