On Sunday, March 26, the Whitewater Police Department and Fire and EMS services received a report of a man hanging off a bridge near Main Street around 11:30 a.m. The body was identified as 47-year-old...
Aaron Xiong, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
• October 10, 2021
As you walk past someone on the street in the halls of a building, you may not know what they’re going through. Thoughts of pain and suffering could be racing through someone’s mind, but those close...
According to Higher Education Today, “data indicates that in the past year, three out of five students experienced overwhelming anxiety, and two out of five students were too depressed to function.”...
After learning that two teenage girls in Whitewater had lost both their parents in one morning, community members in Whitewater collectively donated several thousand dollars to assist with funeral arrangements...
In 2014, at least 7,388 U.S. veterans committed suicide, and 133 were from Wisconsin, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
In response, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs...
Last week was an exciting, yet stressful time for students here at UW-Whitewater. With the 2017 academic year starting, students forged around campus and in various workplaces in the surrounding communities....
April 27, 2016
Suicide is a major issue that has been brushed under the rug all too often.
Feelings of suicide not only occur in adulthood, but also can occur in years as early as grade school. I...
Dec. 3, 2014
By Amber Levenhagen
I’m not a stranger to death. Not to sound morbid, but it’s been a small part of my life. I’m not sure if part of it is due to the rumored curse of my high school,...
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