The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Southeast Region in Waukesha will have a public involvement meeting for the proposed mill and resurfacing of Highway 67 in Williams Bay from 4-6 p.m. on Oct. 7 at Williams Bay Village Hall, 250 Williams St., Williams Bay. The meeting will be conducted as an […]
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Arts Alliance to host members show and sale
The annual Whitewater Arts Alliance Members Show and sale will be exhibited at the Whitewater Cultural Arts Center from Oct. 9 to Nov. 1. The gallery will be open Thursday through Sunday each week from 12 to 5 p.m. The Whitewater Arts Alliance invites the public to an opening reception […]
WHS Marching Band presents ‘Defying Gravity’
By Tom Ganser Correspondent The Whitewater High School Marching Band gave its first performance of the season during the halftime of the WHS vs. Parkview football game on Sept. 12. This year’s production is entitled “Defying Gravity” and includes three musical selections: “Ascend” (by Sam Hazo arranged by Michael Sweeney), […]
LWV to host candidate forums for local Senate, Assembly races
The League of Women Voters – Whitewater Area will sponsor two candidate forums on Saturday, Oct. 4 in advance of the Nov. 4 general election. A forum for State Senate District 15 candidates, Janis Ringhand and Brian Fitzgerald, will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with League member […]
Just ‘Around the Corner’
John McGivern to feature East Troy on TV show in April By Tracy Ouellette Editor John McGivern, host and producer of Milwaukee Public Television’s “Around the Corner” spend much of last week touring East Troy and meeting its residents when he and his crew filmed for an episode of the […]
Delays continue for Irish-themed pub
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A prospective restaurateur has been given a drop-dead deadline for his Irish-themed pub or could face the prospect of having a beer and liquor license rescinded. In a narrow 4-3 vote, the Common Council on Sept. 16 gave Patrick Monahan, agent of the proposed Blackthorne Scribe […]
BicycleWise named one of America’s Best Bike Shops
BicycleWise & Sports Fitness of Whitewater has been named one of America’s Best Bike Shops for 2014 by the National Bicycle Dealers Association. The NBDA’s America’s Best Bike Shops program is designed to identify and reward bicycle stores in North America against the highest performance standards in the industry. There […]
School Board annual meeting highlights accomplishments, challenges facing district
By Tracy Ouellette Editor About 15 people showed up for the East Troy Community School District Board of Education’s annual meeting Monday night, and many of them were school staff and building level administrators. The meeting, which is advisory, is the one chance a year residents can have input on […]
School Board to vote on Colt Field deal
If approved, school board would pay city for improvements over coming years By Kellen Olshefski Editor The Elkhorn Area School District Board of Education continued discussions Monday night about an intergovernmental agreement between the district and the City of Elkhorn to cover the cost of reconstructing Elkhorn’s Colt Field and […]
Have a slice of pizza for local girl scouts
Members of Whitewater Girl Scout Troop #3336 invite all members of the community to stop in – or order out – from Rocky Rococo’s Pizza of Whitewater Monday between 4 and 8 p.m. to support their fundraising efforts for a trip next year. The troop has planned a 10-day educational […]