Dear Editor, There isn’t an individual or family member in our community that hasn’t been touched by the recent safety threats witnessed on television and most recently, within our own community. It is during these stressful experiences that we, as a community, begin to fully comprehend potential threats and how […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With warm weather setting in and the events of last year still fresh in the mind of many Whitewater residents, city officials are taking steps aimed at ensuring gatherings this year are safe and enjoyable. The Common Council on April 6 approved a draft post card […]

Soft lockdown as a result of Janesville robbery suspect   By Ryan Spoehr Staff Writer The Whitewater Unified School District, like most other southeastern Wisconsin school districts, were under a soft lockdown for several days as a result of the unknown whereabouts of a man suspected of robbing a Janesville […]

Report comes as district was under soft lockdown   By Ryan Spoehr Staff Writer In what was already a state of heightened alertness, a suspicious person was reported in the vicinity of Whitewater Middle School with a weapon in his waistband during school hours. The Whitewater Police Department reported on […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After a yearlong period of dormancy, Whitewater’s elected officials recently dusted off discussions on the proposed expansion of the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library. Several city staffers — including Library Director Stacey Lunsford and Community Development Authority representatives Patrick Cannon and Jeff Knight — discussed with […]

By Ryan Spoehr Staff writer Rosalinda Martinez has worked for the Whitewater Unified School District for several years building a family-like environment for students and parents. Now she is being recognized for her years of work as an English-language learner instructor at Whitewater Middle School. She is one of two […]

By Tom Ganser Correspondent More than 50 actors and actresses will hit the Whitewater High School Auditorium stage for the production of “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” A second showing of “Alice in Wonderland will be tonight, April 7, at 7 p.m. Under the direction of band teacher Liz Elliot, the […]

Search for new dog underway By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After a brief hiatus, the head of the Whitewater Police Department has emphatically stated a reinstatement of the city’s K-9 unit is imminent. Police Chief Lisa Otterbacher said a search is underway for the successor of Boomer, the lab who was […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The City of Whitewater’s aging wastewater treatment facility is in the midst of a major overhaul, and several small-scale twists and turns have taken place since the heavy lifting got underway last year. Tim Reel, wastewater utility superintendent, came before the Common Council on March 7 […]

By Ryan Spoehr Staff writer When John Schimming received a letter from the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation earlier this month, he was a bundle of nerves “I saw where it was from. I was kind of nervous. Fortunately, my wife was driving at the time after we picked up the […]