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How to spend the surplus

Village Board considers where to put the money By Tracy Ouellette Editor Although the final audit on the 2014 Village of East Troy budget is not complete, Village Clerk-Treasurer Eileen Suhm informed the Village Board in a memo that there was about a $260,000 surplus in the general fund from […]

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Personal politics

Citizen takes aim at School Board president By Tracy Ouellette Editor The end of the Feb. 23 East Troy Community School District Board of Education meeting had District Administration Chris Hibner staunchly defending the integrity and leadership of School Board President Ted Zess after Zess fielded a barrage of questions […]

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All present and accounted for

School Board appoints replacement board member By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy School Board voted Monday night to appoint former board president Brian Wexler to the open board seat left vacant when Chris Smith resigned in January. The vote wasn’t easy with the board deadlocked 2-2 through two secret-ballot […]

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A show of excellence

Middle School students participate in district solo and ensemble festival More than 90 seventh- and eighth-grade East Troy Middle School band and choir students participated in more than 125 events at the Wisconsin School of Music Associations District Solo Ensemble Festival at Whitewater Middle School Feb. 21. Kinsten Rought brought […]

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Candidate forum set for March 19

The East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce, the East Troy Times and East Troy News will hold a candidate forum on Thursday, March 19, for local candidates running for office in the April 7 election. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the East Troy Middle School auditorium, 3143 Graydon Ave., candidates […]

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Shortchanging the schools?

Governor’s proposed budget creates problems for local school districts By Tracy Ouellette Editor The recent release of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget for 2015-17 has school districts across the state scrambling to cut their budgets for next year. Cuts in educational funding proposed in the governor’s budget amounts to […]