Category: Top Stories

Lunsford to council: Library is $166,000 away from $2.25 million fundraising goal 

By Kim McDarison Irvin L. Young Memorial Library Director Stacey Lunsford, offering

Union Grove changes hiring plans; Whitewater city official on recent short list for village administrator position

Update: Whitewater Neighborhood Services Director Chris Bennett has accepted a position as

All ships rise together: Looking for a way to reach Whitewater?

Not so long ago, in February of 2021, Fort Atkinson Online LLC

National Weather Service: ‘Short-lived’ tornado reported Friday near Palmyra 

By Kim McDarison A National Weather Service summary of Friday’s storms as

Jefferson, Walworth counties hit by storms; downed trees cause extensive power outages

By Kim McDarison  Storms moving through Jefferson and Walworth counties Friday night

Wisconsin’s 2023 poet laureate Nicholas Gulig awarded $50,000 to fund public poetry

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater associate professor, Fort Atkinson resident, and Wisconsin’s 2023 poet

Area artist inspires others to say: ‘I can do that’ 

By Kim McDarison Teacher, mother, artist and daughter of a “crafty” mom,

WUSD Board of Education members attend attorney-facilitated workshop, review school board operations, ask questions    

Editor’s note: Members of the Whitewater Unified School District Board of Education,

Fairhaven to undergo $10 million in renovations, including 47 units, lounge space 

Representatives of Fairhaven Senior Services, Whitewater, have announced that the facility will

District proposes new contract adjustments to Aquatic and Fitness Center capital expenditures; city responds with ‘final’ offer  

By Kim McDarison The Whitewater Common Council and the Whitewater Unified School

New board members to ‘inspire philanthropic support,’ UW-Whitewater Foundation leaders say 

Five new members have joined the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Foundation Board of

Five Fourths: animal-related activities greet festival-goers on ‘Family Day’ 

By Kim McDarison  “Family Day,” sponsored by Generac, was held Sunday, July