Whitewater Middle School sixth graders, Blake Wegner (above, front from left), Calvin Baker, Anisa Dauti (back) and Savannah Hill don safety goggles at Science Immersion Day at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Jan. 29. The students attended three lab sessions in the morning to learn about chemistry, fossils and ancient river […]

Market analysis will help determine best fit for Whitewater By Chris Bennett Correspondent Get ready for your close-up, Whitewater. The city is about to undergo a market analysis in an effort to gather the data needed to attract or establish a grocery store. Whitewater is a city without a locally-owned […]

Help erase hunger with the Lady Whippets Feb. 9 The Whitewater High School girls basketball team will host a food pantry drive Tuesday, Feb. 9 when the team welcomes Evansville to WHS for a 7:15 p.m. tipoff. In addition to collecting non-perishable food items for the food pantry, the team […]

      Whitewater City Council Chambers overflows with people at Tuesday night’s informational meeting hosted by the city’s Community Development Authority regarding local grocery needs since Sentry closed last month. Many residents and business owners used the opportunity to speak including Marie Koch (inset) who said the owner of […]

      Whitewater Middle School student Wesley Abramson (front), teacher Stacy Johnson (back from the left), and students Brian Arrendondo, Eddie Green, Brianna Staebler, Nikole Pelot, Tia Heusinkveld, Brittany Tillet, Fletcher Crone, Mariah Odegaard, Maggie Jay and Skylah Denton have fun at PJ Day fight vs. Winter Blahs at […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Anna Bianco described it, simply, as one of the most awful experiences of her life. While out running errands on a late November afternoon last year, Bianco received an unexpected, startling call from her fiancé, Victor Lefaive. The couple, who live in a rented property in […]

Jim Athas Day a celebration of 40 years of music at local church By Tom Ganser Correspondent As is true for any organization with an extensive history, highly regarded and long-serving leaders in a church serve as an essential and dependable bridge over time. For Whitewater’s First United Methodist Church, […]

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Whitewater municipal officials have revisited a familiar topic — reconstructing a residential corridor near the city’s Armory building — as 2016 gets underway. The Common Council on Jan. 19 approved a plan to address infrastructure improvements and upgrades along George Street. The seemingly unassuming residential corridor […]

This display of hands, created by Lakeview Elementary School students, features words that were important to Martin Luther King, Jr. Words students wrote on the hands include: peace, hope, love, freedom, justice, dream, happy, kindness and equality. Emily Calcaterra, a school counselor in the Whitewater Unified School District, led the […]