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Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Founded 1901

Royal Purple

Whitewater’s Library Board of Trustees gathered Oct. 20 to discuss plans for after the library’s renovations are completed

Library Board of Trustees touches on important topics during renovations

Lily Adams, Journalist October 27, 2025

The Library Board of Trustees met Oct. 20 to discuss various topics as the library’s construction moves on. The Whitewater Public Library is in the midst of being renovated, and it is scheduled to...

Whitewater Common Council members preparing for their Oct. 7 meeting.

Whitewater Common Council highlights Hispanic heritage and safety awareness

Macey Hotz, Journalist October 13, 2025

The Whitewater Common Council met Tuesday, Oct. 7 to discuss several community topics, including Hispanic Heritage Month, White Cane Safety Day and numerous other city updates. Whitewater Common Council...

A collage of pages from books to celebrate National library lovers month.

E-books liven up libraries

Felicity Knabenbauer, Lifestyle Editor February 20, 2022

During the age of television there was a present fear that books had no longer become the mainstream entertainment source among young people. This fear has only solidified itself over the decades as it...

The Makerspace & Programming Librarian, Torrie Thomas having the conversation with the Whitewater Middle schoolers about the library on Oct 13.

Whitewater library grants help community

Dauntae Green, Managing Editor October 24, 2021

The Irvin L Young Memorial Library, the Whitewater public library received three grants they applied for to help the community, and bring better opportunities. The grants are NASA at My Library, a Libraries...

UW-Rock County student Jaimee Swanson works on her homework in the campus library.

Whitewater, Rock County merger brings library website revamp

Brenda Echeverria, Staff Reporter September 24, 2019

Starting this semester, the next time students visit the library website they’ll find a whole new look. The majority of the content will be the same, but it was redesigned to be more accessible to...

photo by Brenda Echeverria / Arts & Rec Editor

Mystery solved

Brenda Echeverria, Arts & Rec Editor October 8, 2018

After hearing so many rumors about a supposed “haunted book” locked away somewhere inside the library, I thought it would be a good idea to go see it for myself. What if some of the rumors say that...

Video game used for STEM workshop education

Video game used for STEM workshop education

Garrett Kluever, Biz & Tech Editor April 15, 2018

Children gathered last week at Irwin. L Young Memorial Library in Whitewater to build their very own virtual city. On Saturday, April 7, the library hosted its Super STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering...

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