Whitewater’s Spring Splash celebration this year is canceled. The official cancellation comes less than a week after an hour-long city council discussion where council members and city officials criticized what the crowds from last year’s event did to the city following the event. A city news release emphasized the event itself was well organized and ran safely, but problems emerged when large crowds left the event. Officials say many groups who left the party “became unruly and dangerous”. Police Chief Lisa Otterbacher says it was “absolutely a gift” nobody died last year. City officials say they could revisit the issue next year.
