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 […]
Month: December 2014
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 […]
University to host info session on DBA program Dec. 13
UW-Whitewater is preparing to welcome the second cohort into its innovative Doctor of Business Administration program, with an information session planned for10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 13 in Hyland Hall 2101 on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus. The challenging three-year program offers the practical knowledge professionals need, along […]
Dreams Studio to present “A Perfect Christmas”
Performance to be studio’s first since it began last summer By Kellen Olshefski Editor Elkhorn’s newest dance company, Dreams Studio, is gearing up to present its very first production in Elkhorn, “A Perfect Christmas,” to be held Dec. 19 and 20 at the Walworth County Performing Arts Center in downtown […]
Village Board approves new health insurance coverage
By Tracy Ouellette Editor Although the East Troy Village Board approved Nov. 17 remaining United Healthcare Plan for the month of December to put the village back on a calendar-year renewal cycle, the process had begun to switch the village to a different health-insurance carrier, because of increasing costs. The […]
CDA supports local start-up businesses
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A trio of Whitewater-based start-up businesses have been given grants of varying dollar amounts, following a panel’s recent decision. The Community Development Authority (CDA) on Nov. 12 voted to award the grants, each coming in at a minimum of $10,000, to the emerging businesses. The grants […]
LUCILLE S. EILENFELDT
Lucille Eilenfeldt, 105, passed away on Dec. 6, 2014, at Fairhaven in Whitewater. Lucille Frances Dollase was born on Sept. 6, 1909, in Fort Atkinson, daughter of Reinhold “Ray” and Wilhelmina “Minnie” (Buening) Dollase. Lucille graduated from Fort Atkinson High School in 1928 and from the Whitewater Teachers College in […]
Students, community support memorial scholarship fund
By Tom Ganser Correspondent On Nov. 20, members of Whitewater High School’s S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions) organization presented a check for $80 to Tanya Scherer as a contribution to “Missy’s Mission,” a scholarship established in memory of Melissa Jeanne Patrick, a 1992 graduate of WHS who passed away on […]
TOM W. SAWYER
Tom W. Sawyer, 78, of East Troy died Dec. 8, 2014. He was born Feb. 6, 1936 in Milwaukee, to Wilfred and Blanche (Werner) Sawyer. He attended school in East Troy and received a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in business from UW-Milwaukee. He married […]
DEANNA M. BUCHHOLTZ
Deanna Mae (Nicoson) Buchholtz, of East Troy died Dec. 6, 2014 peacefully at home. She was born in 1941 to Lloyd (Nick) and Lauretta Nicoson in Burlington. She spent her youth in Burlington and East Troy. In 1958, she married Donald Buchholtz of Union Grove. They resided in Lake Villa, […]
