UPDATE, Oct. 26, 2016, 11:29 a.m.: City of Whitewater Police have identified the man found dead yesterday on the 900 block of Peck Street as Kenneth J. Myskewicz, age 43.
In a news release, the City...
May 4, 2016
In his letter to the editor in the April 20 issue of The Royal Purple “Incident Reporting Left Unclear,” Dr. Mark Zunac raises important questions relating to the implementation of the...
By Emily Lepkowski
April 20, 2016
Whitewater Urban Forestry Commission (UFC) member Anne Zarinnia and UFC chair Karen Coburn remember a time when you could drive down Main Street and a canopy of...
April 20, 2016
I have recently read an article in the Royal Purple about the “amnesty” law on campus, which I think is great and will be very helpful in terms of lessening the staggering underreporting...
By Emily Lepkowski
March 9, 2016
CEO Dale Helgeson referred to the move to Whitewater as a “pilot” for DP Electronic Recycling.
“Once we get this up and running, we want to put six of these...
March 8, 2016
I’ve spent my entire life in the Midwest. All I’ve ever known is flat lands, cows and the occasional farm here and there. It may make sense that all I’ve ever wanted is to see a big...
March 1, 2016
Imagine enjoying a movie with your girlfriend on a Sunday morning, and your roommate bursts into the house asking if you had brought your bike inside for the winter.
This is the exact situation...
March 1, 2016
I woke up to a Facebook message from a former Royal Purple editor in chief, three emails threads and one really anxious news editor, the morning of Feb. 17.
Through the night, the...
By Maddy Scheel
Feb. 24, 2016
Two months after the loss of funding for public transportation, Whitewater residents receive an alternative route.
The new bus route is called Milwaukee-Janesville Loop....
Nov. 17, 2015
When I started with the Royal Purple three years ago, I admired every Editor in Chief before me. I looked at their jobs as glamorous and easy, and I imagined all the ways I could do things...
By Jordan Moser
Nov. 11, 2015
Curt Patrick, general manager of Pumpers and Mitchell’s, has witnessed his fair share of antics serving bar patrons over the years. However, the latest incidences at...
