Gene was born in Waukesha in 1918. He lived on a farmette in the city of Waukesha for 50 years, first with his father and brother and later his wife & children. The family moved to a farm near Whitewater in 1969, where he enjoyed farming along with his career at the Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company. At age 97, he and his wife moved to an apartment in Woodville.
Gene believed in service to the community and the environment. He was in the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s and served in the US Navy during WWII. He was an active member of St. Luke’s, First English, and Zion Lutheran churches, and especially enjoyed lighting and caring for the oil lamps at the Heart Prairie church. As a Boy Scout leader, he took pleasure in many campouts, projects, and adventures with his son. He always conveyed a sense of stewardship of the land and brightened the lives of those with whom he interacted.
Through the recent Whitewater Unified School District capital referendum, Lakeview Elementary School was incredibly fortunate to repurpose some old locker room space into an incredible new STEAM Center. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. In this space, we are working hard to create meaningful hands-on learning that develops problem-solving and critical thinking skills for each and every student in our building. We can extend learning and blend our content areas to have the students brainstorm, plan, create, and revise their plans to find unique ways to be successful. As the STEAM Center continues to grow, we wanted to share some photos of our 1st graders utilizing the space along with their top 10 reasons why they love the STEAM center.
Last year, the Whitewater Polar Plunge raised over $59,000 for Special Olympics Wisconsin athletes in the Southeastern Region.
To our family, friends, strangers, the entire Whitewater and surrounding communities THANK YOU!!
Residents of the Whitewater Unified School District are encouraged to consider seeking a position on the School Board. The final day for filing for those … Read more
In this lecture, Lisa Huempfner discusses a small group of men in Spain, who promoted women’s education about 100 years ago.
Art was born to John and Esther (Gunn) Graham on September 18, 1952. Art graduated from Whitewater High School in 1971.
In 1976, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with his Bachelor of Science in Safety and Security. During college, Art began his career in the food industry by advancing to store manager at Sentry Foods. Later, he would work at Fleming in the HR department. While working at Fleming, he attended the University of Southern California where he received his graduate degree. Art retired from his position of VP of Human Resources from Universal Electronics Inc. in April 2018.
Lacey Reichwald recalls a community forum in 2015 after Whitewater’s only full-service grocery store said it planned to close its doors.
The No. 10 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s basketball team capped the 2018 calendar year and the non-conference portion of its season Saturday night with a 96-81 victory at Concordia Texas in the team’s second of two games in Austin, Texas.
We had a tough loss against Oregon. They had a good game inside and out and we struggled to get our offense going.
Cassidy Laue led with 13 points, followed by Abby Grosinske with 9 and Jocelin Beecroft with 5.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team finished the 2018 calendar year with its regular season non-conference finale Saturday afternoon, besting Methodist (N.C.) 101-36 on the second day of Transylvania’s Pat Deacon Classic in Lexington, Ky.
UW-Whitewater Women’s Basketball Outlasted by No. 11 Trine
Second-Half Surge Helps Warhawk Men Move to 10-0
The Whitewater Area Chamber of commerce has started the process to assemble the 2019 Whitewater Area Chamber of Commerce book.
It’s five years later, and daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is preparing for the Grand Re-Opening of the Hotel Bella Donna. About to have a child … Read more
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