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The accidental drowning of a Whitewater boy has sent a signal to be careful crossing frozen water. Nine-year-old Brent Aldrich was found in Mill Pond Jan. 17. after falling through thin ice.
While coffee franchises across the country are lowing prices to compete with fast food restaurants, coffeehouse owners in Whitewater are comfortable with their prices.
The Royal Purple continued its award-winning tradition last Friday when it was honored with the second place General Excellence award at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation's 2007 Better Newspaper and Advertising Contest.
UW-Whitewater has had three different chancellors in the previous four years, and the search for next year's chancellor has begun.
Members of the Campus Greens are attempting to stop the use of TruGreen ChemLawn pesticides on campus because of their concerns about negative environmental consequences.
The University Health and Counseling Services is among many university clinics in the United States being forced to raise the cost of contraceptives due to the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act.
Four candidates will appear on the primary ballot Feb. 19 for Whitewater's municipal judge.
An increase of about 650 full-time-equivalent students at UW-Whitewater during the next four years is a local effort to improve the quality of life in Wisconsin.
The Polar Plunge, an fundraiser involving jumping into a hole in a frozen lake, has raised more than $6 million for the Special Olympics during the past 10 years, according to the Special Olympics Web site.
A winter storm that could blanket southern Wisconsin with as much as 18 inches of snow has caused Interim Chancellor Richard Telfer to cancel all classes today.