By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community Schools Board of Eduction approved the 2015-16 calendar at the Dec. 8 meeting. School will begin before Labor Day next year on Sept. 1, with the holiday break running Sept. 4-7. School District Business Manger Kathy Zwirgzdas said when polled, 90 percent […]
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Man dead after one-car crash in LaGrange
A 58-year-old Madison man is dead after his car swerved off the road and hit a tree Friday afternoon. According to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, Marc R. Semrow was westbound on Highway 12 at about 3 p.m. on Dec. 19 when the 2014 Nissan he […]
Around the block
St. Paul’s Lutheran School fifth and sixth graders from Miriam Holm’s class took a walking field trip to the East Troy historic village square in September. The class referenced “Memories Around the Square,” an East Troy Area Historical Society publication, as they viewed each building. Several businesses invited the class […]
Get ready to ride
Village Board approves Cycling Classic for June 19 By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board approved Monday night the East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce’s request to hold the annual Cycling Class bike race on the village square June 19. The East Troy Cycling Classic is part of […]
Crash on Highway 20 injures two, snarls traffic for hours Thursday
By Tracy Ouellette Editor Although icy conditions were a problem in some areas on Thursday, the weather and road conditions don’t appear to be a factor in the semi vs. car crash on Highway 20 in the Town of Troy yesterday morning. “The report says the semi driver was driving […]
Man allegedly broke into mother’s residence
By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An East Troy man is expected to waive his preliminary hearing and enter a plea to a charge of burglarizing his mother’s Woodview Court home. Mikhall M. White, 18, was charged Dec. 2 in Walworth County Circuit Court with burglary of a building or dwelling […]
Business as usual School Board
By Tracy Ouellette Editor Monday night’s meeting of the East Troy Community School District Board of Education had the board back to the regular business of leading education in the community. There was discussion by the board after some corrections were made to the minutes from the Dec. 2 special […]
Decorating the village square
Special School Board meeting draws large crowd
By Tracy Ouellette Editor Community members showed up in force Dec. 2 for the East Troy Community School District Board of Education special meeting regarding the referendum the district is hoping to put forth next year to address the facility needs in its buildings. Residents came prepared with suggestions, plans […]
Man dies in one-car crash
Another crash over weekend injures seven By Tracy Ouellette Editor A 38-year-old man from Troy Township died Tuesday morning when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree on Highway ES. According to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department, the Walworth County Sheriff’s Crash Investigation Unit’s […]
