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Founded 1901

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Run for Trey provides for others

Mackenzie Juedes, Community Journalist October 8, 2023

Treyton Kilar, 6, was killed in a car crash by a drunk driver on Sep 2, 2010. While he isn't around here with his friends and family, the community got together and made the Run for Trey.  Every year...

Runners take off at Treyton’s Field of Dreams to begin the 11th Annual Run for Trey in Whitewater, Wisconsin Oct. 10, 2021.

The run of their lives

Dauntae Green, Managing Editor October 10, 2021

The feeling of fun is in the air with huge smiles on everyone's face. It is time to celebrate the life of Treyton Kilar with so many activities to remember and cherish him - for who he was and is in the...

Organization encourages students to donate

March 11, 2015

  March 11, 2015 Kimberly Wethal   UW-Whitewater Student Safety Organization President Robert Krien has thought of a way to prove to the Whitewater community that the university isn’t...

Zumba with Warhawks

Zumba: A new way to stay fit

October 16, 2013

    By Amanda Ong   Enter the Kachel Center studio on a Wednesday night and you will hear the rhythm of pulsing music and see a room full of dancers following the intricate steps...

Kilars approaching final goal of $450,000 for ‘Trey’s Field’

February 8, 2012
Over a year after losing a son and brother in Treyton to an alcohol-related car accident, the Kilar family is getting closer to seeing the “Treyton Kilar Field of Dreams” become a reality. The family has raised about $315,000 of the roughly $450,000 needed to build the little-league field in Treyton’s memory.

Kilar family represents community well

October 12, 2011

In early September 2010, a story came across several media sources about a 6-year-old Whitewater boy who was killed by a drunk driver. Many people, including myself, didn’t think much of it at the...

Mike Kilar throws out first pitch (photo gallery)

October 12, 2011

Mike Kilar, Treyton's father, was given the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at the Milwaukee Brewers second game of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The...

A mother’s instinct: The Mary Kilar story

September 14, 2011
Determination is a word that can be thrown around and overused at times. It’s a word that may not mean much to most people. Don’t tell that to Mary Kilar though, as determination has much more than little meaning to her. Determination is what helped her become a two-time All-American volleyball player at UW-Whitewater. It’s what helped her get through troubling times as a single mother out of college.
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