Last week, a local restaurant offered a little extra support to the Whitewater Middle School Parent Teacher Organization. Ken Dahnert, owner of Rocky Rococo of Whitewater, donated 20 percent of the restaurant’s sales earned between 4 and 8 p.m., Oct. 14 – for a total donation of $350. “We are […]
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Need help? Ask a geek
High School students offer computer skill to community By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Geek Squad has been helping teachers and students with their technology needs for quite a while and are now reaching out to the community to offer help where they can during the upcoming Ask a […]
Loss to East Troy ends footballers season
By David Paulsen Sports Correspondent A season that started with three consecutive wins ended disappointingly Friday for the Whitewater High School football team with a 48-28 loss at East Troy. The loss ended any hopes of making the playoffs and gave the Whippets a 4-5 record overall. The boys were […]
Fall family fun offered
The 10th annual Harvest Family Fun Fair at First English Lutheran Church, Whitewater, will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. and will offer a variety of fun that the entire family can attend. New this year will be a barn and farm toy display […]
UW-W student’s teen driving program launched
Teen Grasshopper, a company founded by UW-Whitewater students to prevent teen driving accidents, has signed an exclusive partnership with Wisconsin-based driving school Just Drive. Teen Grasshopper offers a real time notification service that allows following drivers to contact the parent of the driver they are following. In 2011, drivers aged […]
EQIP sign up deadline is Nov. 15
Walworth County landowners are encouraged to sign up now for conservation practices for 2014. Greg Igl, District Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Walworth County, says the signup deadline is early this year. Applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) need to be completed by Nov. […]
Whippet swim team posts 60 best times
During one of the toughest times of the season, when the team is training the hardest, the Whitewater High School girls swim team is posting the highest amount of best times ever. On Oct. 15 against Burlington 60 best times were recorded; improving on the 56 and 41 best times […]
Whippet girls, Harms conference champs
By David Paulsen Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School girls cross country team wrested the Rock Valley Conference championship from three-time defending champion McFarland Oct. 17, in dramatic fashion. In the process, the Whippet girls captured their 12th conference title in program history. “Running like their butts were on fire, […]
Don’t miss Maker Monday
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library will hold its second Maker Monday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Oct. 28 and will feature a monster-themed paper craft. The library will be firing up its new Cricut die cutting machine and creating monster shapes that attendees can use for cards, book covers, decorations or a […]
Local woman donates farm to Michael Fields
By Tracy Ouellette Staff Writer Betty Phelps Refior, of Whitewater, says she’s been an environmentalist since was a little girl when she read “A Girl of the Limberlost,” a novel written by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. “My fifth-grade teacher told us about it and I read it and […]
