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Cary Douglas Mickelson, 77, Fort Atkinson, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at the Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Center

Cary Douglas Mickelson, 77, Fort Atkinson, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at the Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Center in Johnson Creek, WI.

Cary was born on November 23, 1943 in Stoughton, WI to Iver and Audrey (Grass) Mickelson. He attended high school in Port Washington, WI. Cary married Lucille Kramer on June 22, 1985 in Whitewater, WI. He was employed by McLay Auto Parts, Stritzel Heating and Cooling and for the last 12 years at Winchester True Value Hardware Store. Cary loved to tinker and work on old cars, hunt and fish and pitch horseshoes.

He is survived by his wife Lucy, Fort Atkinson; daughters Shelly (William) Jones, Greenville, TN, Laura (Todd) Roller, Mukwonago, WI; step-children Randy (Jasmine) Morkved, Arkansas, Valerie (Mike) Merriner, Palmyra, WI, Andrew Morkved, Neenah, WI, Matthew (Amanda) Morkved, Whitewater, WI, Jonathan Morkved, DeForest, WI; sisters Barb (Dave) Jensen, Random Lake, WI, Sherry (Jim) Schuh, Saukville, WI, Elaine Pierre, Adell; brother-in-law Rodney Ardisana, Sheboygan Falls, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents; step-daughters Roxanne Hall and Sonja Isaacson; sister, Patricia Ardisana.

A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, February 15, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. at the Nitardy Funeral Home 1008 Madison Ave, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service.

Bazeley Swims Two Lifetime Bests at State Meet

Article and Photos By Gina Foucault
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
gfoucault@wwusd.org

Devin Bazeley swam a lifetime best time 1:50.84, besting his old time by a full second in the 200 Freestyle at State on Friday, February 9. Devin placed 11th overall, moving up one spot from where he was seeded, and is now the 3rd fastest Whippet All Time in the 200 Freestyle.


Devin’s second State swim was equally impressive with almost a full second drop. Devin’s 55.58 is a lifetime best time, earning him the title of 3rd fastest Whippet All Time in the 100 Butterfly! Devin placed 10th overall.

Congrats on a great State Meet and swim career at Whitewater High School!

Linda Collins, WHS ’00, Recently Had Emotional First Meeting with Kidney Recipient

Kevin Webb meeting kidney donor Linda Collins (Photo credit NBC Washington, DC)

Per this article from NBC4 in Washington, D.C., WHS 2000 graduate Linda Collins, currently living in Maryland, “decided that her time would be best spent by doing something nice during the pandemic — so she decided to give her kidney to a complete stranger.” She donated her kidney to Kevin Webb, who has had stage 4 kidney disease. Collins and Webb met for the first time on January 27. Both want to raise awareness for organ donation and encourage others to give the gift of life as well. “It was mind boggling, it was life changing,” said Kevin Webb.

Vruwink Accepts Award from Wisconsin Dairy Business Association

From left to right are Rep. Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel), Chad Zuleger from DBA, Rep. Vruwink, and Rep. Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City)

(Rep. Vruwink office press release)

State Rep. Don Vruwink (D-Milton) recently accepted the Legislative Excellence Award from the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association.

The award recognizes legislators for ongoing support for farmers, processors and the broader dairy community.

“As a member of the Dairy Task Force, I got to know dairy farmers around the state, and I know the challenges that they face. The dairy industry contributes over $45 billion to Wisconsin’s economy. We need to keep the dairy industry strong and vibrant in Wisconsin,” said Rep. Vruwink.

Rep. Vruwink serves as ranking member on the Rural Development Committee, and also serves on the Agriculture Committee. He is a member of the Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin Farm Bureau, and served on the Wisconsin Dairy Task Force.

UW-Platteville announces Dean’s List that includes four Whitewater residents

(UW-Platteville submission) – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville has announced its Dean’s List, honoring those full-time students who earned high honors in the fall 2020 semester. Included on the list are the following Whitewater residents:

Autumn Bultman, Elementary Education
Allison Heckert, Health and Human Performance
Justin Mitchell, Civil Engineering
Alexis Vidales, Industrial Engineering

College of Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture and the College of Liberal Arts and Education require grade-point averages of 3.75 and above for Dean’s List honors, while the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science requires students to reach at least a 3.50.

UW-Platteville, founded in 1866 and located in Southwest Wisconsin, is home to approximately 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students. In addition to the Platteville campus, the university has campuses in Richland Center and Baraboo. In 2020, UW-Platteville was named the best public institution in Wisconsin for annual return on investment for the fifth consecutive year by Payscale and the best public university in the country for job placement, according to Zippia.

For more information on the university visit www.uwplatt.edu.

St. John’s Masonic Lodge Donates to Local Food Pantries

(St. John’s Masonic Lodge submission) For the last several years, St. John’s Masonic Lodge has donated and delivered several tons of canned goods to the local food pantries in early December prior to the holiday season. This has been accomplished by donations from within the St. John’s membership resulting from a challenge from one of their esteemed members. Typically, each year the lodge purchases and delivers around one hundred cases of canned vegetables to the Whitewater, Palmyra and Eagle communities. This last December, due to the spike in Covid cases at that time, it was decided to donate money instead. The lodge membership donated $1200 to the Whitewater food pantry and $600 to the Palmyra food pantry in time for the holidays. It is hoped that they can return to the usual practice of delivering canned goods this next December.   

The above photo features two members of the Masonic Lodge, Lee Cushman (on the left) and Bruce Eshelman (on the right), when they delivered canned goods in December of 2018.

Whippets Participate in Lisa Steger Memorial Gymnastics Invitational

Article By Kelly O’Hara
Whitewater High School Head Gymnastics Coach
OHaraKL17@uww.edu

The Whitewater High School Gymnastics team headed to Platteville on Saturday, February 6th, to compete in an 8-team invitational. Out of the 8 teams there were approximately 40 competitors on each event.

The highlights of the invitational included Halee Peters placing 6th on Beam scoring a season high of 8.05, 18th on Bars with a 7.3, and 10th in the All-Around scoring a 30.525. Jenna Caldwell placed 13th on the Bars and Vault, scoring a 7.45 on Bars and a 7.9 on Vault. Brenda Aguilar scored a 7.45 on Vault and a 6.825 on Floor. Anna Ejnik scored a 7.775 on Floor and a 7.6 on Vault. Caleigh Yang scored a 7.0 on Vault and a 6.625 on Floor.

As a team, the Whippets scored a 112.875.

If you want to see more flips and twists support your Whippet athletes as they compete in a triangular against BBG and WUW on Tuesday, February 9th.

Lakeview Loves Thanks “Generous Hearts”

Thank you to Arabelle and her mom Cindy for creating a fundraiser to support Lakeview Loves!  Together they created Valentine cards that were made available for ordering.  Thanks to the support the fundraiser received, this generous family was able to donate $550 to Lakeview Loves!

This week, February 8-12 will be Loves Celebration Week at Lakeview.  There is a food drive of specific food items each day that are used to pack the weekly food bags.  To celebrate, on Friday the school will wear hearts, valentine colors and Lakeview Wear! 

Lakeview Loves continues to run with the generous support of our community and volunteers in the Whitewater Lions Club.  For more information contact smarkham@wwusd.org.