WHITEWATER The Whitewater Common Council on Tuesday will consider including the entire city of Whitewater in the proposed Trippe and Cravath Lakes District.
The Whitewater City Council unanimously approved a policy to hold public bidding on any future dredging contracts exceeding $25,000 after a contractor alleged the city violated the state's public construction bidding rules.
The Whitewater City Council might go into a closed session to discuss the settlement of a claim filed against the city concerning public const…
The city of Whitewater and state Department of Natural Resources staff will hold a community meeting on the lake drawdown project at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, in the community room at the municipal building, 312 W. Whitewater St.
When police on July 20 told Ramiro E. Soto he was under arrest, he asked to hug his mom first, according to a criminal complaint. As Soto hugged her, police said he shoved her and ran away into the lake.
A Palmyra man jumped into Cravath Lake on Saturday night to evade police, according to a Whitewater Police Department news release sent Monday.
The lakes project is estimated to cost nearly $1.3 million. The city expects about 81,000 cubic yards of material to be removed44,000 from Trippe Lake and 37,000 from Cravath Lake.
The Whitewater City Council could decidethis spring if and how to draw down Cravath and Trippe lakes so the city can try to improve the sediment-choked lakes' recreational use.
Whitewater is exploring the idea of drawing down Cravath and Trippe lakes from fall 2019 until spring 2021 to get rid of and control aquatic weeds.