The Whitewater Police Department has received a report of a robbery at the Fort Community Credit Union (FCCU) at 203 E. Milwaukee St. in Whitewater, according to information released by Whitewater Police Chief Dan Meyer. The report was received by police Friday at 3:29 p.m., the release noted. As...
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Mother of baby found dead in Whitewater field to stand trial
By Kim McDarison Santos Asucena Caseres Cruz, a 39-year-old Whitewater woman accused of neglecting a child with a consequence of death, will be held over for trial, according to information released Friday on the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access Website. Caseres Cruz, along with her attorney Jeffrey De La Rosa, appeared...
Rep. Scott Johnson hears school funding concerns during listening session in Fort
By Kim McDarison Approximately 25 area residents arrived Friday, May 5, at the Fort Atkinson High School auditorium to share school funding concerns with State Rep. Scott Johnson. Johnson organized the listening session, according to a recent news release, to talk about school funding “in the wake of school referendum...
Regional art show reception to be held Friday; exhibition open through May 28
By Kim McDarison The Whitewater Arts Alliance has announced that it will be hosting the Whitewater Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP), including an opening reception and an exhibition. The reception — which will include judging of works submitted for display within the exhibition by award-winning and local artist Larry Schultz — will...
Eighty ‘Extraordinary Women’ attend library fundraising kickoff event
Editor's note: Irvin L. Young Memorial Library Director Stacey Lunsford has contacted Fort Atkinson Online stating that the cost of the total library project has been increased to $6 million "due to inflation." By Kim McDarison A fundraising campaign to help raise money for improvements to the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library,...