UW-Whitewater students tried to set a Guinness world record for longest glow stick Sept. 7 at Perkins Stadium as part of the university’s sesquicentennial celebration. It measured 152.5 meters, but the school won’t get verification if it’s a record for some time. The “breaking” of the glow stick took […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Two of Whitewater’s six tax-incremental financing districts could sunset by 2021, according to a financial analysis. The status of each of the city’s TIF districts was discussed Aug. 29 at a Joint Review Board meeting, which is held annually to satisfy a state statute. Several local […]

The fourth annual Golf Fore! Kids fundraiser was held Aug. 19. Don McComb, center, accepts one of the day’s three Friend of Whitewater Kids awards from Lakeview Elementary Principal David Brokopp and Whitewater Unified School District Administrator Mark Elworthy. (Tom Ganser photo)

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Whitewater Unified School District officials have launched an informational website and set in motion a series of meetings for the $12.8 million operational referendum that will be on residents’ ballot boxes in November. The WWUSD School Board at a special meeting Aug. 13 voted to hold […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Whitewater’s Community Development Authority, a quasi-independent governing agency operating autonomously of the Common Council, could face changes in one of its two loan programs aimed at bolstering economic development. Dave Carlson, executive director of the CDA, discussed possible changes to the federally funded community development block […]

Georgia Kestol-Bauer performs on the 1880s era pump organ made by the Estey Company at Heart Prairie Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church. Her grandparents were among three dozen Norwegians who settled in the area in 1851 and Kestol-Bauer is now leading the restoration of the church. Read the feature story in […]

Members of area Trout Unlimited chapters created a fun day of fishing and giving back to military heroes on Aug. 15 during the Veterans on the Fly event at Rushing Waters Fisheries near Palmyra. Army veteran Aaron Richards, above left, holds a trout he caught with the help of Southeast […]

Final pretrial conferences are scheduled for a Whitewater couple charged with homicide in the overdose death of their friend about a year ago. Jeremy David Meyer, 36, and Kori L. Kincaid, 40, were charged Oct. 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with first-degree reckless homicide and possession of drug paraphernalia, […]

The Whitewater Dementia Friendly Community Initiative received a $600 grant from the Whitewater Community Foundation to purchase supplies for its Rockin’ Respite site and to make elder care boxes to share with the library. These boxes will contain activities for a partner so the other can make dinner, do laundry […]

Work to begin on UW-Whitewater Community Engagement Center and new hotel Collaboration and creativity are driving plans for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Community Engagement Center and a new hotel on the city’s west side. The site, located at 1260 W. Main St., will undergo a major redesign, including the construction […]