By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent With any first-year head coach, teams have an adjusting period. For Whitewater High School’s football team, the 2015 season resulted in a 2-7 record under Tom Grosinske. Grosinske, in his inaugural year with the Whippets, started off 0-2 before getting his first win as the […]
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City well poised for grocery, study reveals
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Citing future population growth, minimal competition and a variety of scenarios worthy of consideration, an outside marketing consultant has concluded Whitewater could be well poised for a new standalone grocery store in the future. Early this year, the Whitewater Community Development Authority (CDA) commissioned a study […]
Waiting for a breeze
A committee boat for the Inland Lake Yachting Association waits for enough wind to start the race to set up starting marks for the second day of the ILYA championship regatta, while the C class fleet waits in the background to jockey for starting positions. C Class and E class […]
Badger football reloads
Badgers will rely on returning quarterback to lead team By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School football team shared the Southern Lakes Conference title last year with Waterford, made it to the state semi-final Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Associationi playoff game for the second time in school history and […]
Comets’ football amps up defense
D-DHS looks to keep opponents to fewer points this season By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Delavan-Darien High School football has been on an upward trend for head coach Bret St. Arnauld since his arrival two seasons ago. In his first year, St. Arnauld’s Comets went 4-5 overall and missed the playoffs. […]
Redesign of The Ridge Hotel complete
Multi-million dollar renovation of former Geneva Ridge wraps up Paloma Resort Properties, a Midwestern golf and hospitality company, has completed the second phase of renovations to The Ridge Hotel, a privately owned 90-acre property formerly known as Geneva Ridge Resort. The Ridge Hotel’s $4.5 million in upgrades include new dining […]
School district to have parent input sessions
The Delavan-Darien School District invites parents to participate in improving its five schools by learning about and contributing to its school improvement plans. The district will have one-hour sessions regarding elementary, middle and high school plans at Phoenix Middle School, 414 Beloit St., to gain parents’ input as it looks […]
For the wounded warriors
Regatta kick-off
The Inland Lake Yachting Association championship regatta kicked off Wednesday on Geneva Lake in Fontana. The class A scows ran the opening race at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The regatta runs through Sunday. Here, the A scows: Lynch (left) and Red Eye (right) both from the Lake Geneva Yacht club approach […]
Police give insight to Fairhaven residents
By Heather Ruenz Community Editor Part of Brian Robinson’s job, he said, is to keep the residents at Fairhaven engaged and in tune with the local community and he recently found a way to take that engagement to a new level, by teaming up with the Whitewater Police Department. “Ever […]