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Daniel Portwine named to MSOE Dean’s List for Spring Semester 2025 .

MILWAUKEE, WI — Daniel Portwine, from Whitewater, was named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Dean’s List for the 2025 Spring Semester. Portwine is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

MSOE encourages excellence in academic achievement and, as a result, publishes the Dean’s List and Honors List each fall and spring semester. Students taking undergraduate courses who have earned at least 12 credits in residence at MSOE, are in good academic standing, and have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher are on the Dean’s List. Students on that list who have maintained a 3.70 or higher receive “high honors.” Students with a term GPA of 3.20 or higher, who are not on the Dean’s List, are on the Honors List.

Milwaukee School of Engineering (www.msoe.edu) is the university of choice for those seeking an inclusive community of experiential learners driven to solve the complex challenges of today and tomorrow. The independent, non-profit university has about 2,900 students and was founded in 1903. MSOE offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering, business and nursing. Faculty are student-focused experts who bring real-world experience into the classroom. This approach to learning makes students ready now as well as prepared for the future. Longstanding partnerships with business and industry leaders enable students to learn alongside professional mentors, and challenge them to go beyond what’s possible. MSOE graduates are leaders of character, responsible professionals, passionate learners and value creators.

UW-Stevens Point undergraduates honored for scholastic achievement

STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored more than 2,400 undergraduate students for attaining high grade point averages during the spring semester of the 2024-2025 academic year.

Full-time undergraduates who earned grade points of 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals straight A) are given the highest honors designation.  High honor citations go to those with grade point averages from 3.75 to 3.89 and honor recognition is accorded to those with grade point averages from 3.50 to 3.74.

Personalized certificates of scholastic achievement are sent to those who earned highest honors distinction.

Students who received honors include:

Whitewater, WI

 Giovanni Anello, Honors
 Grace Black, High Honors

“Green and Gold”

Tuesday, June 10, 1 pm

(Drama/Family);

Rated PG; 1 hour, 45 minutes (2025). 

Foreclosure looms over a Wisconsin dairy farmer (Craig T. Nelson) with mounting debt and loss of the land his family has cultivated for four generations. With time running out, he places a daring Super Bowl bet on his beloved Green Bay Packers in a Hail Mary attempt to save the farm. Filmed in Door County, and at Lambeau Field. Also features Wayne Larrivee (radio voice of the Green Bay Packers) and LeRoy Butler.

Seniors in the Park is located in Starin Park, 504 W. Starin Road. Although there is no charge to attend, regular participants are encouraged to join Seniors in the Park. The annual fee for residents of the Whitewater Unified School District is $10 and non-residents is $15. The funds support about half of the cost of our front desk staff person for 15 hours per week. The rest comes out of our fundraising monies. If you cannot afford the fee, we have a fund that will cover it for you. Fees are accepted at the Starin Park Community Building or online at https://schedulesplus.com/wwtr/kiosk/

Research shows that suicide rates are higher within the rural and agricultural communities.

June 17 and 19 (Tuesday and Thursday)
9 a.m.–Noon, virtual via Zoom

The University of Wisconsin – Madison Division of Extension offers a virtual education program to help the Wisconsin agriculture community identify and respond to various behavioral health challenges.  The next virtual Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for the agriculture community is scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday, June 17 & 19, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. – noon via the Zoom platform. Participants are required to attend both virtual sessions. Pre-registration and approximately two hours of self-paced, online pre-work are required to participate in the June 17 & 19 trainings. To register for this free program, go to https://go.wisc.edu/1dlwnc 

Nearly one in five adults lives with a mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Research shows that suicide rates are higher within the rural and agricultural communities. The stigma of mental health challenges and thoughts of suicide is prevalent in our rural and farming communities. Mental Health First Aid helps community members better understand how they can support their friends, family members, and neighbors and help break the stigma around mental health. 

Just as CPR teaches you how to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid instructs how to help someone experiencing a mental health challenge, including, but not limited to, depression and anxiety symptoms, panic attacks, and substance misuse, as well as someone thinking about suicide. The program gives participants the skills, confidence, and resources to provide initial support and respond in crisis and non-crisis situations. Mental Health First Aid is a program that teaches participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of these challenges.  

The instructors for this training are two UW-Madison Division of Extension Educators: Joy Kirkpatrick, Farm Succession Outreach Specialist and Danielle Sander, Sauk County Health & Well-Being Educator. If you have questions about the training, please contact either joy.kirkpatrick@wisc.edu , 608-263-3485 or danielle.sander@wisc.edu , 608-355-3256.  

Funding for these training programs is provided by the North Central Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Center: Engaging Programs to Support Producer Well-being (NCFRSAC), USDA/NIFA award numbers 2020-70028-32728 and 2024-70028-43552.  

Editor’s note: The above press release was provided by UW-Madison Division of Extension.

It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. It’s officially the summer season in Wisconsin and this week we have an image of an early roadside campground for people traveling in automobiles in the summer. This is Ward’s Tourist Camp, located just outside Whitewater on Highway 12 on the way to Fort Atkinson. These camps sprang up largely in the 1920s and this camp was first advertised in June of 1923. It advertised picnic grounds with water, tables, and stoves and operated during the late spring to late fall. The image features someone who has pitched a tent for, perhaps, an overnight or longer stay. Eventually these types of tourist camps gave way to roadside cabins, then motels. The last mention of this camp in the newspaper was in 1931.

Join us again next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

(#4328PC, Whitewater Historical Society)

Starting Monday, June 9, 2025, Walworth Avenue will be closed to traffic from US Hwy 12 to Janesville Street. Local access will be maintained for residents of Walworth Avenue.

Motorists heading to Whitewater High School or the Aquatic & Fitness Center should use Elizabeth Street from the north to cross Walworth Avenue. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of August.

As was previously mentioned on The Banner, “Normally road construction in the city is its own responsibility. The Walworth Avenue project, however, was selected to be included in the funding provided to the state under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Consequently, the state will be responsible for 80% of the cost, leaving the city with only 20%.

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A partir del lunes 9 de junio de 2025, Walworth Avenue estará cerrada al tráfico desde US 12 hasta Janesville Street.
Los automovilistas que se dirijan a Whitewater High School o al Centro Acuático y de Fitness deben usar Elizabeth Street desde el norte para cruzar Walworth Avenue. Se espera que la construcción esté terminada a finales de agosto.