Here’s my weekly coverage of the Whitewater Register‘s April 3, 2008 issue.
The front page has several stories, leading with the approval of a Walgreen’s drugstore and a Kwik Trip for Whitewater. That approval came from our Planning Commission (3/24) more than one Register issue ago, so it’s not as current as it might have been. It’s an odd choice for a lead story, if it’s not current to the latest issue. Important, no doubt, but not as timely as one might hope, especially for a local paper that should be responsive to community news.
The election results for the Walworth County Board appear on the far right column of the front page. (On page 12 of the the front section, there’s coverage of Whitewater’s city races.)
Below the fold, there’s the first of a promised multi-part series on the Whitewater Police Department. I’ll review that series after it’s fully published.
It’s harder each week to see the Whitewater Register as a Whitewater paper. On page 4, there’s a poll asking four people their view of the Packers’ next likely quarterback. Here’s a list of their hometowns: Watertown, Jefferson, Jefferson, Prospect (Il.).
There are two inserts in my copy of the paper, one for Lyle’s TV and Appliance, and one for Regency Senior Communities. I am sure they are, both of them, good and solid concerns. Neither is, however, a Whitewater enterprise. The former is in Elkhorn, and the latter lists locations in Brookfield, Muskego, and New Berlin.