By Dave Fidlin Correspondent What constitutes good governance? What are the characteristics of a well-run committee or board in Whitewater? These are some of the questions council member Chris Grady aired with his elected colleagues during a recent discussion of the broad topics at a Common Council meeting Nov. 7. […]

  The Whitewater Unified School District received an overall accountability rating of “Meets Expectations” when the report card reports were released. Report cards were released on Nov. 17 by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The district and each school received its own report card that evaluated its performance based […]

  By Tom Ganser Correspondent Although the 2017 World Series ended on Nov. 1, the excitement of the 2017 Major League Baseball season continued for Lakeview Elementary students days later when a New York Yankee with Whitewater ties stopped by. Just weeks after the Yankees American League Championship Series classic […]

  By Ryan Spoehr SLN Staff After saving the life of a person trapped underwater last June, Eagle Police officers Francisco Emanuele and Jared Glaze were each given the Life Saving Medal for their efforts. “This is quite exciting because it’s nice to showcase the work our police officers everyday,” […]

  By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent There were 700 participants in the Discover Whitewater Series this year, and one of them recorded a first for the annual event. Emily Fideler, who is from from Fontana and has cerebral palsy, was the lone wheelchair participant in this year’s Discover Whitewater Series event […]

Production of ‘Addams Family’ this week   By Tom Ganser Correspondent For the Whitewater community the scary fun of Halloween continues with the Whitewater High School Players production of “The Addams Family” with the snaps of fingers in the Whitewater High School auditorium. In the kooky, upside-down world of the […]

    The Whitewater Unified School Board is now in the process of filling a vacancy, following the departure of Gretchen Torres in October. Torres, whose term expires in April, submitted her resignation prior to the October School Board meeting and was subsequently approved by the board. In a press […]

Defendant says sister’s husband molested, bullied him By Heather Ruenz and Vicky Wedig SLN staff After deliberating for 10 hours over two days, a jury Tuesday found a Lima Center man guilty of first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of his brother-in-law in Whitewater last year. Alan Johnson, 32, […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent  The former Sentry site along a major thoroughfare in Whitewater continues to go through a metamorphosis nearly two years after the venerable grocery store closed its doors. The University of Wisconsin Foundation early this year purchased the Sentry building, 1260 W. Main St., to accommodate an […]