Whitewater News

Lemont Village Administrator Ben Wehmeier will leave his position next month to become the new county administrator for Jefferson County in Wisconsin.

Tracy Flater, currently an associate principal at Maple Grove Elementary School in Greenfield, will take the helm as principal of Highland View Elementary School beginning July 1. Flater has been at Maple Grove one year.

The following graduates earned bachelor's degrees, or other degrees as noted, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in December: from Brown Deer, Erik Noll , accounting, magna cum laude, and Melissa Zemel , early childhood education; and from Mequon, Christopher Depies , general business, Brian Gensrick , sociology, and Richard Kositzke , ... (more)

Maggie Stetter is Walworth County Arts Council's featured artist for May. Her work in watercolors and mixed media is on display at the Government Center in downtown Elkhorn.

By Lydia Statz Union staff writer JEFFERSON - A board of supervisors' committee announced Wednesday it will recommend that Benjamin Wehmeier be the next Jefferson County administrator.

By George Hubka Special to the Union WHITEWATER - Shoppers at Daniels Sentry Store in Whitewater are greeted by a bright display of red, green, yellow, orange, purple and many other colors as they tour the produce department.

Rock County started Wisconsin's first Veterans Treatment Court in September 2009, hoping to better treat the needs of servicemen and women who ended up on the wrong side of the law.

By Chris Welch Union staff writer WHITEWATER - The Whitewater Common Council took action on a variety of unrelated law enforcement and police matters Tuesday.

Whitewater's old railroad depot has been renovated into a museum of local history, operated by the Whitewater Historical Society.

Margaret C. Luebbers, 93, of Sun City West, Ariz., died April 23, 2013. She was born Sept.

Volunteers and some visitors dressed in period costume at the April 28 grand re-opening of the Whitewater Historical Society's Train Depot Museum.

Economists are bracing for a second straight weak employment report Friday, which would solidify fears that the economy has slipped into another spring swoon.

Jacqueline E. Stein, 34, of 8924 38th Ave., Kenosha, is accused of taking patches of the painkiller Fentanyl from a patient at Fairhaven Retirement Community, according to a criminal complaint filed in February.

By Chris Welch Union staff writer WHITEWATER - The Whitewater Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement with Wisconsin Independent Networks to install fiberoptic cable in the city.

According to the criminal complaint from the Walworth County district attorney's office, Stein repeatedly removed prescription pain patches from the body of a patient at Fairhaven Retirement Community in the City of Whitewater.

Andy Jorgensen today announced he will hold a listening session at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Wednesday, May 1, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The open meeting will be held in Hyland Hall's Room HH1319.

ALL ABOARD! - More than 200 people gathered Friday as the Whitewater Historical Society dedicated and reopened its renovated Depot Museum.

A 26-year-old Whitewater man is expected to face multiple charges related to an alleged drunken-driving crash Saturday that injured four people.

A 26-year-old Whitewater man was arrested on suspicion of third-offense drunken driving and four counts of causing great bodily harm while driving drunk after he caused a two-car crash Saturday evening in the Town of Whitewater, the Walworth County Sheriff's Department said.

A 26-year-old Whitewater man suspected of drunk driving is in jail following a two-car crash Saturday evening that injured four people.