Fun in color
October 3, 2017
Phi Kappa Alpha held a 5K color run at Perkins Stadium on Oct. 1. All proceeds from the event went to the Whitewater Fire Department.
Fire breaks out at apartment complex near campus
Emily Lepkowski, News Editor
November 9, 2016
A four-alarm fire at the apartment building University Gardens on 370 N. Tratt St. has been contained after more than 20 fire departments rushed to the scene. According to FOX6 News, officials with the Fort Atkinson Fire Department received initial reports that there were residents trapped on the...
Local lockbox ordinance decision pushed back
Ashley McCallum, Co-Editor in Chief
October 13, 2016
Whitewater business owners and community members will remain locked out of a decision on the Key Lock Box Ordinance after the Whitewater Common Council decided to defer final action until its Nov. 1 meeting. A revised version of the ordinance was brought to the Council at the Oct. 4 meeting. The ordi...
Suspected gas leak sparks evacuation
Nicole Aimone, Assistant News Editor
October 6, 2016
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wheelchair basketball team has a reputation to uphold. However, on Monday Oct. 3 the team and other students were evacuated from the Roseman Building, interrupting practice, due to a suspected gas leak caused by the building’s generator. The Whitewater Fire D...
Pi Kappa Alpha hosts first-annual fire truck pull
October 29, 2015
By Kimberly Wethal Oct. 28, 2015 It’s like tug-of-war, but instead of two evenly distributed teams, it was eight people versus a fire truck. That’s how fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha ( Pikes) External Vice President Wes Vance described the first-annual fire truck pull that took place last 10 a...
House fire wakes neighborhood
January 28, 2015
Jan. 28, 2015 By Michael Riley Sirens might not have been the wake up call students were expecting last Friday morning as firefighters battled a house fire on S. Cottage Street. No one was injured, and the two-story house was empty at the time of the fire. The owners and residents were out of...
