Prairie Village community center set to open in summer 2019 By Tom Ganser Correspondent An audience of more than 40 braved sultry afternoon conditions June 27 to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Prairie Village Community Center. Prairie Village is a project of Fairhaven Senior Services. The community is designed […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Most of the work on the Whitewater Community Development Authority’s plate focuses on job growth and bringing a cross-section of new businesses in various sectors to the city. Last week, members of the economic development panel expressed widespread support in favor of another effort: helping spread […]

Zach Cuevas and his daughter, Sienna, enjoy a carnival ride at Whitewater’s Fourth of July celebration. For complete coverage from the extended celebration, see the July 5 Whitewater Register. (Bob Mischka photo)  

A jury found a former Whitewater man guilty on one count of sexually assaulting his daughter. The man, 30, formerly of Lake Mills and now of Watertown, was charged in January 2016 with sexually assaulting his daughter when she was 7 to 8 years old. He is not being named […]

      The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s sesquicentennial concert series resumed last Monday, June 25 with a Festival of Song, featuring soprano Emily Birsan, pianist Jeffrey Sykes and several UW-W student singers and accompanists. The free series just off Main Street on the Wyman pedestrian mall also includes   entertainment, informal tours and […]

Family, friends share memories of hard-working, easygoing Clayton Friedl By Todd Mishler Copy editor Clayton Friedl didn’t earn the nickname of “Mr. Whitewater” from sitting around and spinning yarns. However, some of his friends and/or former customers might agree to differ, at least occasionally. Friedl and his buddies from the […]

  Whitewater and area communities gear up for Fourth of July activities Southern Lakes residents won’t have many difficulties in finding a great location to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday. Even if their municipality doesn’t have anything on the docket, celebrations are planned throughout the region. And with the […]

      The Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club celebrated its 40th birthday June 12 with a special visit from, left to right, charter members Russell Saunders, Roderick Dalee, Jerome Laurent, Russell Devitt and Ed Thele. The picnic took place at the Kiwanis shelter at Starin Park. Attendees included Circle K members from […]

Area residents are asked to grab their favorite lawn chairs for the upcoming Cravath Lakefront entertainment series on Thursday nights. Parking is free for the concerts and family-friendly events that start at 7 p.m.            Here is this summer’s remaining lineup from the Whitewater Parks & Recreation Department: July 12, […]

The Whitewater City Market, established in 2015, is set up in the Cravath Lakefront Park area from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays from May 1 through Oct. 30. It brings area farmers, artisans, food carts and the community together and free music, kids’ activities and more than 50 vendors, on […]