Whitehall golf course sale still tentative

The city of Whitehall is waiting for what’s next from a possible buyer of the city’s golf course and club house.

“We’re expecting more information,” said Whitehall Mayor Jeff Hauser of the possible purchasers of the facility. The sale has been the subject of at least two executive sessions by the council. State law allows cities to sell public property without bids, according to the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

“They (the potential buyers) came to us,” Hauser said. The nine-hole course first opened in 1934. In recent years it has experienced some financial difficulties. The city subsidizes the course with an annual $40,000 payment.

The council is insisting that the deal with the buyer include the stipulation that it remain a golf course, Hauser said. “For at least as long as I’m mayor, it has to remain a golf course.”