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Second annual VIPER Ride to make halfway stop in East Troy By Meghan Griffin Correspondent The VIPER Ride will stop in East Troy at the Village Hall, 2015 Energy Drive, on Sunday, Aug. 20. The ride allows blind and visually impaired veterans to experience over 100 miles of road via […]
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Village of East Troy Department of Public Works Director Jason Equitz said he met with representatives of Bielinski Homes the afternoon of Aug. 7 to get the roads in the Lake Bluff subdivision fixed. At Village Board meeting later that night, Village Trustee Matt Johnson […]
Village trustee unhappy about plans for Highway 20 By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Village of East Troy Trustee Matt Johnson expressed his frustration with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and its plans for Highway 20 in East Troy. “We should have a DOT representative come here to answer questions,” he […]
An East Troy man pleaded not guilty July 28 to sexual assault for having sex with an underage girl three years his junior. Thomas J. Hunt, 18, was charged July 24 in Walworth County Circuit Court with sexual assault of a child younger than 16 years old as a repeater. […]
New primary school grand opening set for Aug. 15 By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When the kids head back to school on Sept. 5, the littlest ones in the district will be starting their school year in a brand new building. After about 16 months of construction, Little Prairie Primary […]
East Troy Manor to host block party in honor of 40th anniversary By Meghan Griffin Correspondent Local, nonprofit senior housing community and rehab therapy provider East Troy Manor will host a community block party on Sunday, Aug. 20. All residents of East Troy and surrounding communities are invited to the […]
East Troy Area Historical Society to host annual 5K run-walk By Meghan Griffin Correspondent The East Troy Area Historical Society, in conjunction with the East Troy High School cross country team, will host the Blast to the Past 5K run-walk on Saturday, Aug. 19. Proceeds from the event will be […]
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff A Glendale man – one of four charged in connection with a Town of Troy shooting and robbery in 2014 – is scheduled for another status conference Aug. 18. Michael R. Kraft, 36, known as “White Boy Mike,” appeared in Walworth County Circuit Court […]
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff An Illinois man who fired a fatal shot in a game of Russian Roulette in East Troy in January pleaded guilty last week and is scheduled to be sentenced in September. Robert M. Sterling, 31, of McHenry, Ill., changed the not-guilty plea he entered in […]
Michael Fields annual farm dinner to feature seafood from the Gulf By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute’s farm-to-table dinners have been a big success for the farm over the past three years and this year they’re doing something new with the Farm and Sea Conservation Dinner. […]
