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Sunday, November 17, 2024
Burn Camp is more than just summer fun By Tracy Ouellette Editor Kids sometimes feel like they are alone in what they’re going through or that they’re “different” than everyone else. But when a kid survives a fire and carries the scars openly for the whole world to see, that […]
By Tracy Ouellette Editor At Monday night’s East Troy Community Schools Board of Education meeting, School Board President Ted Zess read a prepared statement to clarify who asked for what in regard to the proposed rifles and safes in the district’s school buildings. The issue came to light when the […]
Police Department asks for funding to put rifles in school buildings By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District has requested the Village of East Troy Police Department keep rifles in the district’s schools. In a memo dated July 23, Village of East Police Chief Alan Boyes requested […]
Artists will have an opportunity to sell unframed, original art priced at under $100, on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Starin Park Senior Center, 504 W. Starin Rd. in Whitewater. The artist’s fee of $15 for Whitewater Arts Alliance members and $25 for non-members […]
By Jeff Angileri CONTRIBUTOR A trailblazing leader from the United States Army Reserve will visit the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater tonight, Aug. 27. Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson, the Army’s first female African-American major general, will give two keynote addresses as part of the campus’s annual Women in Higher Education Leadership event. […]
Test proves there are more efficient methods of investing than buy-and-hold By Tom Ganser CORRESPONDENT On Aug. 12, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater finance and accounting major Matthew Verstegen and management professor William Dougan effectively transformed their speaking engagement with the Whitewater Rotary Club into an energy-charged seminar on the development of […]
Council grants easement to We Energies; grand opening set for Oct. 4 By Dave Fidlin CORRESPONDENT Plans for the much-anticipated Treyton’s Field of Dreams development moved one step closer to reality, following a recent decision by the Whitewater Common Council. City officials on Aug. 5 adopted a resolution and undertook […]
Golden State Foods donates 50 backpacks to school district By Tom Ganser CORRESPONDENT On Aug. 5, Golden State Foods associates Laura Peshe, Cherri Rennells, Rob Seithamer and Katy Simon presented Whitewater Unified School District Administrator Eric Runez and Special Education/Pupil Services Coordinator Lenora Heim with 50 backpacks filled with school […]
Izzy Zahn (top) and Milena Maroske (above) of the Whitewater High School girls tennis team, play in a non-conference quad meet held at East Troy Aug. 18. Zahn is the No. 1 singles player for the Whippets this fall. (Bob Mischka photos)
Open House event set for Monday to wish her well Miss Cathy (Bloom) has served Whitewater’s youth and their families since 1999 and said she has loved the time she’s worked at the library. “I enjoyed every single day being here, working with families in Storytime, in the Summer Reading […]
