By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After six weeks of intensive review, Whitewater officials have minted the city’s 2017 budget. The document includes trims to the operating budget in year-over-year comparisons and an increase in the amount the municipality is levying taxpayers. The Common Council on Nov. 15 unanimously approved the budget, […]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.” ~ Henry Van Dyke The staff at Southern Lakes Newspapers wishes everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
Efforts underway to fill three city positions
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The number of leadership positions in need of replacement within Whitewater’s municipal government has expanded from two to three. City officials say intensive recruitment efforts are underway. City Manager Cameron Clapper on Nov. 1 discussed with the Common Council the ongoing search for two positions: media […]
Logo sought for Cultural Arts Center’s anniversary
Whitewater Arts Alliance announces tentative plans at annual meeting The year 2017 marks the 10th year that the Whitewater Arts Alliance has had a home base at the Cultural Arts Center, on 402 W. Main St. “Formerly the White Memorial Public Library, this prominent and historic building in its park […]
Making it personal
East Troy School leading the way with individualized learning By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Classrooms are not what they were 30 years ago. In an ever-changing world of interactive technology, kids need to learn at a different level than their parents and grandparents did. They also need to learn different […]
Attendance up at Downtown Whitewater events
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Compared to its composition and makeup a year ago, the face of Downtown Whitewater Inc. is starkly different — a reality emphasized numerous times during a recently issued report. Several representatives came before the Common Council on Nov. 1 and reported on the activities that have […]
LWV’s annual holiday dinner Dec. 4
The League of Women Voters Whitewater Area will hold it’s 2016 League Holiday Dinner at 841 Brewhouse, in Whitewater, Sunday, Dec. 4. Cash bar begins at 5 p.m.; dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. A special musical presentation by the Whitewater High School Jazz Ensemble, directed by Abigail Pulvermacher, will […]
Fanshaw swims to place on state podium
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent On Nov. 11, the Wisconsin State Swim meet took place in Madison and marked the final competition of the girls swimming season. For Whitewater High School, two girls got to compete in the most prestigious meet in Wisconsin. Junior Grace Fanshaw may have been younger […]
Innovation Center at 92 percent occupancy
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent As 2016 begins winding down, recent results reveal the Whitewater Innovation Center has enjoyed another banner year as new, emerging companies continue sprouting up within the local business ecosystem. Mark Johnson, executive director of the center, came before the Common Council on Nov. 1 and issued […]
City again reviewing leaf collection
Residents’ concerns lead to discussion on possible in-house program By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent Several weeks into a new fall leaf collection it’s clear residents of Elkhorn are not pleased with service being provided under the city’s new leaf-collection program. The new program was implemented this fall after elected officials discussed […]
