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East Troy

Considering their options

Brickbusters continue to work on milk carton recycling The St. Peter’s School Brickbuster robotics team visited Perkins Engineering in Sussex Jan. 25, during a teacher in-service day when they had off of school. The team went to Perkins Engineering to learn what kind of materials and cost would be involved […]

Whitewater

TIF amendment approved by council

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After deliberation by a number of different governing bodies, a plan to amend the scope of one of Whitewater’s tax-incremental financing (TIF) districts has been set in stone. The changes are designed to spur additional development on the city’s northeast side. After receiving a strong recommendation […]

Elkhorn

Vehicle purchases met with opposition

Purchase of new public works truck sent back to committee level By Kellen Olshefski Editor Purchases for three new vehicles were met with opposition from some alderman at Feb. 1 City of Elkhorn Common Council meeting. The first vehicle purchase that came out of last week’s Finance and Judicial committee […]

Whitewater

City officials approve utility rate hike

By Dave Fidlin Correspondent The long and winding road toward a user rate formula for Whitewater’s wastewater treatment plant and the sanitary sewer utility has come to a close. After extensive deliberation throughout 2015, the Common Council on Jan. 19 adopted a new user rate structure and a connection fee […]