By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The family-themed Whitewater Street Restaurant will soon be overhauled and renamed the Second Salem Brewing Company, following a recent decision by members of the city Plan and Architectural Review Commission. Applicant Christ Christon of CC Property Development LLC came before commissioners earlier this month and announced […]
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School district honored for wellness commitment
Fort HealthCare announced last week that area community organizations have been awarded the health system’s Commitment to Corporate Wellness award including the Whitewater Unified School District. In addition to WUSD, other honorees were: Fort Atkinson School District and the Cambridge School District/Cambridge Activities Program. Mike Wallace, President and CEO of […]
UW-W students create interactive map
Students at UW-Whitewater have combined their skills in geography, information technology and website design to create an important online map of state economic development projects. The interactive map was produced for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation by Pangea Studios, the university’s nonprofit center that provides mapping services for clients. “This […]
Rocky Rococo’s supports PTO
Last week, a local restaurant offered a little extra support to the Whitewater Middle School Parent Teacher Organization. Ken Dahnert, owner of Rocky Rococo of Whitewater, donated 20 percent of the restaurant’s sales earned between 4 and 8 p.m., Oct. 14 – for a total donation of $350. “We are […]
Fall family fun offered
The 10th annual Harvest Family Fun Fair at First English Lutheran Church, Whitewater, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. and will offer a variety of fun that the entire family can attend. New this year will be a barn and farm toy display […]
UW-W student’s teen driving program launched
Teen Grasshopper, a company founded by UW-Whitewater students to prevent teen driving accidents, has signed an exclusive partnership with Wisconsin-based driving school Just Drive. Teen Grasshopper offers a real time notification service that allows following drivers to contact the parent of the driver they are following. In 2011, drivers aged […]
Don’t miss Maker Monday
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library will hold its second Maker Monday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Oct. 28 and will feature a monster-themed paper craft. The library will be firing up its new Cricut die cutting machine and creating monster shapes that attendees can use for cards, book covers, decorations or a […]
Local woman donates farm to Michael Fields
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Betty Phelps Refior, of Whitewater, says she’s been an environmentalist since was a little girl when she read “A Girl of the Limberlost,” a novel written by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. “My fifth-grade teacher told us about it and I read it and […]
Common Council adds liquor license
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Touting it as an opportunity to invest in the city’s economy, Whitewater officials voted last week to increase the number of liquor licenses within the community from 23 to 24. The Common Council voted unanimously in favor of passing an ordinance that reflected the change. The […]
More than 200 Run for Trey
More than 250 participants, volunteers, and friends came out Oct. 13 for the third annual Run for Trey event, held in honor of Treyton Kilar who was lost to a drunk driver Sept. 2, 2010. The number of participants has grown each year, as 210 runners/walkers registered for the 5K […]
