Four alumni who have achieved significant professional and community service success are being honored as the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater celebrates its 153rd anniversary. The 2021 class of alumni award honorees include graduates with careers in business, biology and broadcasting, one of whose work shifted in 2020 to lead a team that...
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Area obituaries posted April 13
Marcella Foerster
Recount scheduled for Whitewater’s Aldermanic District 5 serving residents in Jefferson County
By Kim McDarison A petition has been filed for the recounting of votes cast in the April 6 election for candidates running in the City of Whitewater Common Council Aldermanic District 5. The district includes a portion of the city of Whitewater that resides within Jefferson County. The recount petition...
The show must go on: Building a show choir during a pandemic
By Kim McDarison Within the world of eduction, like most of the rest of the world, little escaped the concept of “new normal” after the arrival of COVID-19. For Fort Atkinson High School music teacher and choral director Craig Engstrom, until March 2020, programming was taking a traditional path, and...
UW-Whitewater athletic director finalists named
Chancellor Dwight C. Watson has announced four finalists for the position of director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.A 10-member search and screen committee co-chaired by Greg Cook, interim provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Brenda Volk, softball coach in intercollegiate athletics, recommended the slate...