By Tom Ganser Correspondent The Whitewater High School Players will be taking the stage in a high energy and emotionally charged production of Arthur Miller’s powerful drama, “The Crucible” next weekend. Premiering in 1953, Miller’s dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the 1692-93 Salem witch trials is a mainstay of […]

A sex offender was expected to return to Whitewater Feb. 16, according to the Whitewater Police Department and the state Department of Corrections. The offender, who is not named in the press release from the departments, is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Should an elected representative serve on each of Whitewater’s boards, commissions and committees? This was a question officials grappled with recently. Patrick Singer, who helms the Common Council, discussed with his elected colleagues on Feb. 2 the prospect of changing the member composition of three appointed […]

By Heather Ruenz Editor Courtney Frie, the vice president of student development with the Whitewater FFA, said the past four years of being involved with the FFA have been great, from the support of her family to the lifelong friends she’s gained as well as memories she’ll long cherish. “Personally, […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent With an eye toward Whitewater’s long-range population projections and a desire to add parks to the city, officials are considering tweaks to an existing policy pertaining to parkland acquisition and development costs. Matt Amundson, parks and recreation director, came before the Common Council on Feb. 2 […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Whitewater’s extensive zoning rewrite project unofficially ended more than two years ago, but the document continues to evolve, as evidenced by the adoption of nearly three dozen changes that are aimed at clarifying definitions. The Common Council on Feb. 2 adopted the changes, which were put […]

  By Tom Ganser Correspondent On Jan. 28, Warhawk Chris Nelson joined with more than 20 of his University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football teammates in spending a couple of hours working side-by-side with residents of Fairhaven Senior Services in Whitewater making almost 2,000 dog treats. Nelson, who takes the field as […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After a brief hiatus, a new form of mass transit service is returning to Whitewater Monday. Chuck Nass, Whitewater’s streets, parks and forestry superintendent, announced at a Common Council meeting Feb. 2 a bus service that will stop in Whitewater twice daily as part of a […]

The Whitewater Lions and Lioness clubs will host the 40th Annual Fish-a-ree Sunday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Headquarters for the event will be the Lions Clubhouse near Whitewater Lake, west of Highway P at N7462 Kettle Moraine Dr. A breakfast will be available from 6 a.m. to noon […]