By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board adjourned to a Committee of the Whole meeting at the May 22 board meeting to listen to a financial presentation from Ehlers Inc. representative Jon Cameron. It was the third of four planned workshops with Ehlers dealing with long-term financial […]
Month: May 2017
Three area students die in fiery crash
Two Burlington High School students and a recent graduate of the school were killed Sunday when the car they were in collided with a tree and burst into flames in the Town of Lyons, according to officials with the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department. Driver Jason Davis, 17, and passengers Hunter […]
The ‘First Draft’ of an ‘Epoch’ adventure
Collaborative novels published by high school students By Tracy Ouellette SLN STAFF With little idea of what the project would entail, a group of freshmen at East Troy High School collaboratively wrote and published two original novels this year. The novels, “Epoch” and “First Draft” feature individual chapters written by […]
Track teams win regional championships
Sectional action began Thursday at home By Dan Truttschel Correspondent To say the East Troy boys and girls track and field teams had a good outing at Monday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 Whitewater regional meet would be a classic understatement. Let’s go with great. Both squads captured regional […]
Tennis team advances in playoffs
Trojans win Division 2 subsectional title By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s been quite the week for the East Troy High School boys tennis team. Just six days after the Trojans captured the Rock Valley Conference championship for the first time since 2013, the Trojans on Monday brought home a Wisconsin […]
Village to fly special U.S. Flag on square on Memorial Day
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When East Troy’s Daniel Donegan found out he was going on a Tiger Cruise on the USS Makin Island, an LHD-8 aircraft carrier, he went to the Village of East Troy and asked if they had a second flag he could take along on the […]
CURT H. QUASS
Curt H. Quass, 69, of Winchester died unexpectedly at his residence on May 23, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Mary; son, Chris (Karen) Quass, of Janesville; two grandchildren, Briana and Grant Quass; two sister-in-laws, Ginny (Bob Hudson) Richert and Cathy (Jim Wood) Ladika; nieces, nephews, other relatives […]
PETER G. FRIEDRICHS
Peter Gordon Friedrichs, 54, of Whitewater, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, May 22, 2017. He was born April 16, 1963, in Atlanta, Ga., and was a longtime resident of Whitewater. A 1981 graduate of East Troy High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of […]
Local high schools receive Gateway donation
EAHS teacher one of several to attend seminar Elkhorn Area High School was one of several area schools to have a Tech Ed teacher attend a Gateway Technical College seminar on Snap-on torque wrenches use training, and then receive wrenches as a donation. Carl Bjorge, of EAHS, participated in the […]
Special donation
A donation from the Sharon Drift Skippers, presented to Moser Ortmann Legion Post 301 on May 11. Pictured, from the left are: (front row) Sue Mullis, Sherle Dawson, Donna Brooks, Diane Mahoney; (middle) Dave Gerhardt, Art Mullis, Bill Dawson, Matt Gerhardt, Ray Lowry, Jerry Gibbons, Mike Brooke; (back) Al Romo, […]