At the 27th annual Whitewater FFA Alumni Farm Toy show Feb. 24, more than 30 vendors from Wisconsin and Illinois displayed their products. Jason Krebs admires Ryan VandeBrink’s display, one of about 20 miniature farm displays at the show. Proceeds are used to support local FFA scholarships, pay for FFA […]

Kiwanis club preparing for annual pancake breakfast in Whitewater The Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club will serve its all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, at the Armory, 146 W. North St. in downtown Whitewater. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $6 at the door […]

UW-Whitewater production of ‘Triumph of Love’ opens Tuesday The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s theater and dance department will present “Triumph of Love.” This musical production runs Tuesday through Friday, Feb. 26 to March 1, at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee set for Saturday, March 2, in the Barnett Theatre. […]

Judging for the Southern Lakes Anthology was completed on Jan. 29 in Elkhorn. Whitewater Middle School was well represented, and entries were named regional winners and selected for publication. From the left, Monica Juette, Ava Nygren, Ashlynn Prah, Alex Clarksen, Ghati Binagi, Nola Coburn, Leah Newman, Lucy Troxel and Cosette […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As all department heads do each summer in the City of Whitewater, Police Chief Aaron Raap last year submitted a proposed 2019 budget, which he recently described as nuts and bolts and captured the most necessary expenses within the department. When all was said and done, […]

Kacie Carollo has learned the game from her parents, who coach at UW-Whitewater By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent Some kids experience youth sports with their parents as coaches. Kacie Carollo grew up around a college basketball program that her parents have led to three Final Fours during their tenure. “Definitely, […]

 Numerous area residents showed at Whitewater’s indoor city market on Feb. 2 including Anne Hartwick, trying one of Stephanie Hoffman’s offerings. The indoor events are scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon at Irving R. Young Memorial Library on Saturdays to April 27, when the regular outdoor market begins. (Tom Ganser […]

Seventy-five years ago, the world was engaged in the deadliest conflict in history. This spring, the Fairhaven Lecture Series will take a closer look at World War II — the Allies and the Axis, the international battlefields and the home front, the great powers and the greatest generation. “A World […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Although final details are waiting in the wings for later this year, housing could be a key component to the so-called Library Block project that would intermingle mixed-uses with an expansion of the existing Irvin L. Young Memorial Library. The board of directors serving on the […]

      Eight members of the Lincoln Elementary School choir in Whitewater were selected for the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association’s All-State children’s choir. The performance was held Jan. 12 at Lawrence University in Appleton. Local students who performed were, front row from the left, Isaac Weigel, Erika Dreksler, Gracie Dixon and […]