By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF The Whitewater FFA Alumni toy show has been a fixture in the community for a quarter of a century. And Richard Morgan has remained a constant through almost the entire duration, displaying his custom-made toy trucks. The Delavan resident was a 1994 graduate of Elkhorn […]
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Roads reopen after flooding
By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF As temperatures rose into the 50s and in some areas 60s earlier this week, some of the floodwaters that covered area streets and roads started to recede. Heavy rain pounded Jefferson, Waukesha and Walworth counties early last week and then turned to ice the next […]
UWW women’s basketball team wins WIAC Tournament
The No. 12 ranked University of Wisconsin- Whitewater women’s basketball team defeated 23rd-ranked UW-Oshkosh Saturday afternoon, and earned the conference’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament for the second straight season. UW-Whitewater, which clinched its first-ever sweep of the WIAC regular season and tournament championships, will begin its […]
In this week’s Whitewater Register
– A Walworth County man has had displays of toy trucks that he makes at every Whitewater FFA Alumni Toy Show except for one – A Whippet swimmer went to the state meet and will no go to nationals – WIAA Playoff coverage on wrestling, and girls and boys basketball […]
Lecture series focuses on Native American culture
By Tom Ganser Correspondent The spring Fairhaven Lecture Series at Fairhaven Senior Services in Whitewater explores historic and contemporary stories, issues and customs from the country’s indigenous peoples. The series is entitled “Native America: People and Places, Past and Present.” Collin Price, a 2006 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater […]
Fairest of the Fair promotes joining 4-H
Fairest a UW-Whitewater Student By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff Support, family and a path to a career are all things that Avonlea Odling says were given to her in her 11 years in 4-H. Odling, now the Walworth County Fairest of the Fair, has visited local schools telling students […]
Whitewater dodges bullet with flooding
Palmyra has road closure By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF Heavy rain throughout Monday and into Tuesday in Jefferson and Walworth counties left many areas underwater, but the City of Whitewater seemingly didn’t get hit too badly with flooding. “We are in pretty good shape,” said Brad Marquardt, the city’s public […]
Whitewater Rotarians updated on honors program, Fairhaven
Also hear speech from Rotarian about experience at Chevrolet By Tom Ganser SLN correspondent In a trio of recent meetings, members of the Whitewater Rotary Club rode aboard a virtual time machine from the early 1950s to the near future. On Jan. 23, former Whitewater Rotary Club member Paul Hulick […]
CDA reviewing traffic counts as economic development tool
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A Whitewater city panel is in the midst of reviewing traffic counts in the hopes of using the data as a tool toward bolstering economic development throughout the community. The Community Development Authority on Jan. 25 combed through the information they have on hand, which, in […]
CDA officials hope to bring groups together, create coherent branding message
By Dave Fidlin SLN Correspondent What is Whitewater? This was a question members of the city’s Community Development Authority grappled with recently during a discussion of branding and marketing Whitewater’s amenities and virtues. CDA chairman Laurence Kachel discussed past — and, in his desire, future — efforts to market all […]
