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Friday, April 4, 7:00 p.m., Young Auditorium, 930 W. Main Street, Whitewater

Tickets are $58 and may be ordered here or by calling 262-472-2222 between 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets will also be available at the door with a surcharge of $2.

May contain adult content.

Unofficial results for the April 1 Spring General Election – only contested elections are shown
* denotes candidate was elected
Results for city and school district races were previously published on The Banner here.

Jefferson County Circuit 1 Judge
*Will Gruber (Incumbent) 17945
John Jack A Chavez 9093

Jefferson County Circuit 2 Judge
*Theresa Beck (Incumbent) 13705
Jennifer L. Weber 12609

Cold Spring Town Board Supervisor 2
*Justin Thorn 180
Yvette R. Loiselle 130

Cold Spring Town Treasurer
*Dawn Millard 208
Allan Wood 84

Hebron Town Board Supervisor
*Matthew Foelker 355
Randy Thorman 253

Palmyra-Eagle School District School Board Member
*Amy Wilde 859
*Michael Eddy (Incumbent) 807
Rachel Kirkley 630

Village of Palmyra Public Safety Referendum
Yes 196
*No 461

Village of Palmyra Trustee
*Thomas Ball (Incumbent) 340
*Stephanie Wallace 310
*Tammie Smith (Incumbent) 277
Scott Deichl 224

Palmyra Town Board Chair
*Frank Sauter (Incumbent) 385
Larry Kau 247

Palmyra Town Board Supervisor 1
*Rob Martens (Incumbent) 340
Bonnie Willson 269

Richmond Town Board Supervisor 1
*Joe Staller 458
Paul McGraw 379

Richmond Town Board Supervisor 2
*Rob Chelminiak 439
Larry Gard 352

The City of Whitewater Lakes Advisory Committee is hosting informational sessions to increase awareness regarding the upcoming City of Whitewater Trippe & Cravath Lake District resolution, which will be presented to the City Council on May 6, 2025.

The final sessions will be held this Saturday, April 5 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Municipal Building.

By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com

The following are unofficial election results based on reports from Jefferson, Rock and Walworth Counties. All results are subject to review by the local Boards of Canvassers.

City of Whitewater Referendum
Yes – 1880 = 54%
No – 1599 = 46%

City of Whitewater Common Council, District 1
Mike Smith 430
J. Christopher Wilt 392

Whitewater Unified School District Referendum
Yes – 3189 = 52%
No – 2933 = 48%

Whitewater Unified School District School Board (2 will be elected)
Jennifer Kienbaum 2553
Miguel Aranda 2541
Nick Baldwin 2488
Wayne Redenius 2079

State Races
Superintendent of Public Instruction – Jill Underly is projected as the winner.
Justice of the Supreme Court – Susan Crawford is projected to win.
Voter ID amendment passed.

The Banner will provide the outcome of a number of other area races soon.

Editor’s Note:  The following interview was done by Marjorie Stoneman on behalf of Whitewater Unites Lives.

Dr. K. Praveen Parboteeah is a well-respected and world-renowned professor, researcher, and textbook author who lives in Whitewater, Wisconsin.  His journey to Whitewater began in the small country of Mauritius, an island near Africa. He grew up in a family of teachers and his maternal grandfather was one of the first non-Christian principals during British rule in Mauritius.

Praveen earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Mauritius.  A professor from California arranged for one student to attend Chico University in California to earn an MBA and Praveen was chosen to follow the research track.  He then earned a PhD in Business Administration at Washington State.  Washington State is also where he became a United States citizen.

“I really liked what my advisor was doing and the quality of life in the United States.  I wanted to have the best option to stay here and do research and flourish as a scholar,” he said.  At that time, Mauritius had limited opportunities for a PhD education.

Praveen said when he first went to California, he was really homesick, being 10,000 miles and 22 hours away from his family. His mom came the first summer to help him adapt.  He said now he enjoys talking with his father regularly on the phone and Facetiming his family on the weekend.  Technology has made the distance bearable.

Praveen speaks French, Creole, and English fluently.  One of Praveen’s challenges was changing from the British style of writing to the American style of writing.  He said the British style is much wordier, and so he learned to write in a clean, direct style for academic papers.

He has published 60 articles and five books (three books with more editions).  He won the UW-W Award for Outstanding Researcher twice, and he received an award from the Prime Minister of Mauritius. He also surpassed 10,000 cites on Google Scholar.

Praveen’s first position after earning his PhD was to teach Business at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.  He had applied to many universities, but he really liked the chair of his department, Chris Clements. He and his wife, Kyong Pyun, moved here 25 years ago.  He said it was difficult to adapt at the beginning, but once he and Kyong met people through work and the community, it became much easier socially.  Praveen has had many offers to teach at other universities, but he loves it in Whitewater and doesn’t plan to leave.

In 2014, Praveen spearheaded the DBA (Doctorate of Business Administration) program at Whitewater, which has been an important financial and status boost for the university.  Working business people can earn their DBA by attending sessions on the weekend.  The program is geared toward professionals.  In addition, other state professors have been able to advance at their universities by earning a DBA at Whitewater.

“When I think about all of the experiences I have had, I know I am privileged to be at UW-W,” he said.

Praveen’s wife, Kyong (featured in another whitewaterbanner.com article) was born in South Korea, so Praveen made connections with South Korea University, where he teaches each summer.  He has also made wonderful professional connections with other international scholars from Germany, China, and India.

“I have enjoyed all of the cultural experiences.  In Mauritius, I was able to meet Muslims, Hindus and Christians.  I’m interested in different cultures and have had good experiences whenever I’ve interacted with people from different countries,” he said.

Praveen and Kyong raised two children in Whitewater.  One is currently attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the other recently graduated from there.  Both Praveen and Kyong are dedicated to the Whitewater community.  Praveen is a volunteer for Whitewater YES for Education, served on the Whitewater Grocery Co. Board, and was involved in creating the Lincoln Elementary Charter School.

Editor’s Note: The following was provided by Whitewater Unites Lives.

The compost site, located at 599 N. Jefferson St., will on open on Saturdays beginning April 5, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and Wednesdays, starting April 9, from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

The compost site is available to City of Whitewater residents only. Residents can bring yard waste to the site for disposal. Residents are required to empty the yard waste from any container used in the transportation of the yard waste and take the container home.

Residents can also help themselves to composted material or wood chips at the site. Residents must load their own compost or wood chips. The City will provide a loader for loading chips and compost beginning Saturday, April 5. This loader will be available on the first Saturday of each month until the site closes for the season on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

*Please allow enough time for unloading as the compost site will close promptly at the posted times. *

NOTICE: City Ordinance Chapter 12.08 – Street Obstructions, Section: 12.08.010 – Residents are prohibited from depositing any yard waste debris on…right of ways other than City of Whitewater designated days.

If you have any questions, please call the Department of Public Works at 262-473-0560.

For other requests, visit https://www.whitewater-wi.gov/RequestTracker.aspx.

Whitewater Police Credit Card Skimming Public Service Announcement

On March 18, 2025, the Whitewater Police Department Detective Bureau provided the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office with information that led to the apprehension of an individual suspected of credit card skimming. At the time of the arrest, the individual was in possession of what is believed to be cloned credit/debit card data from numerous victims. Multiple victims have been identified as Whitewater residents.

The Whitewater Police Department is asking anyone who used the following ATM to speak with a member of the WPD
Detective Bureau at 262-473-0555, and provide the last four digits of the card used so our staff can compare it to the list
of compromised data:
Whitewater Kwik Trip #493, 305 Elkhorn Rd. Whitewater, WI
The transactions occurred between January 20, 2025 and January 23, 2025.

Additionally, the Whitewater Police Department reminds everyone of precautions consumers can take to protect
themselves from credit card skimmers and fraud:
 Inspect ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, and other card readers before using. Look for anything loose, crooked,
damaged, or scratched. Don’t use a card reader if you notice anything unusual. Use tap to pay when possible.
Use ATMs in a well-lit indoor location with less vulnerable targets.
 If you use a debit card at a gas station, run it as a credit card instead of entering a PIN. That way, the PIN is safe,
and the money isn’t deducted immediately from your account. If that’s not an option, cover your hand when
entering your PIN. Scammers sometimes use pinhole cameras located above the keypad area to record PIN
entries.
 Be alert for skimming devices in tourist areas, which are popular targets.
 Use debit and credit cards with chip technology. In the U.S., fewer devices steal chip data than magnetic strip
data.

Editor’s note: Police Chief Dan Meyer indicated that “no additional information regarding the suspect or the investigation will be released as it remains an open investigation.”