George and Jamie Albee enjoy their Friday fish fry while visiting with family at St. Benedict’s fish fry fundraiser on Feb. 12. Funds raised from the fish frys are donated to various area charities, including St. Vincent Du Paul and Open Arms Free Clinic, which will benefit from an upcoming […]
Sports & Other News
Family, friends, life lessons all part of FFA
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, […]
Whippets look to win final two games of season
By Kevin Cunningham Sports correspondent Whitewater High School’s boys basketball team had a three-game stretch this past week which started hot but then sizzled off as the games wore on. The Whippets entered with a 6-10 overall record going into its home contest against Edgerton on Feb. 11. The two […]
Three Whippet wrestlers advance to sectionals
By Kevin Cunningham Sports correspondent On Feb. 13 the Whippets’ wrestling team participated in regionals in Big Foot against six other teams where the top-two wrestlers in each weight class would go on to sectionals. By the meet’s end, three Whitewater wrestlers finished in the top-two and will be competing […]
Warhawks set to wrap up regular season
By Kevin Cunningham Sports correspondent After two wins this past week, the UW-Whitewater men’s basketball team is now 4-6 in its last 10 games. Prior to those 10, the team was 11-2 overall. The Warhawks will wrap up its regular season action with two games this week heading into the […]
MaxPax, US Packaging combining in Elkhorn
Site-plan for company’s combined facility approved by plan commission Thursday night By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The City of Elkhorn Plan Commission voted in favor of approving a site plan for a new industrial facility Thursday night that would house the combined operations of MaxPax and US Packaging under one […]
State bound
Whitewater High School swimmers heading to the WIAA State Swim Meet Friday, from the left are: Dineth Gunawardena, Seth Bols, Benny Liang, Jack Downs and Andrew Gildner. (Bob Mischka photo)
Lady Whippets keep on rolling with 20th win
By Kevin Cunningham Sports correspondent The No. 1-ranked team in the state just keeps posting double-digit victory after double-digit victory. The Whitewater High School girls basketball team had two games this past week and thanks to a 12-point and a 15-point win, are now 20-1 overall on the season. The 12-point […]
Changes to parkland acquisition policy on hold
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 […]
Council adopts first phase of zoning amendments
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 […]
