By Michael S. Hoey CORRESPONDENT A liquor license application for a new pizza restaurant called Lucky’s was denied by the Common Council on Jan. 17. The restaurant would have been located in the former Little Caesar’s space. Questions about the applicant, Jennifer Halverson, led city staff to recommend […]
Author: Jennifer Eisenbart
Snowfall might actually add snow to Snolf event
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR With the light snowfall over the weekend, the Elkhorn Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the novelty of snow on the ground, and what it meant for its Feb. 4 Snolf fundraiser. “We might actually have snow,” said Kate Abbe, the partner engagement and marketing […]
Village Board approves update to Memorial Wall in park
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR The East Troy Village Board gave the go ahead to an update to the Veterans Memorial Wall in Village Square Park at its Jan. 16 meeting. The upgrade will incorporate an honor stone component, according to a memo to the board from Village Clerk […]
FRANCIS A. WILCZEWSKI
Francis A. Wilczewski, 85, of East Troy, passed away Jan. 12, 2023, at Vintage on the Ponds Assisted Living in Delavan. He was born Dec. 2, 1937, in Milwaukee, to the late Frank and Gertrude (Mecikalski) Wilczewski. He grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated from St. Thomas More […]
Fire guts John’s Disposal recycling building
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor A fire at a local garbage and recycling company Jan. 8 resulted in no injuries, but plenty of damage at John’s Disposal recycling center. After numerous media requests throughout the day Monday, the City of Whitewater held a press conference at City Hall Monday afternoon to […]
East Troy School Board grapples with referendum question for spring ballot
Likely, voters in the East Troy School District will be asked to allow the district to exceed its state set revenue limits by $3 million each year for three years in a non-recurring operating referendum question on the April 4 spring election ballot. The School Board has not yet formally […]
DANIEL F. STIGLITZ
Daniel Franklin Stiglitz, 64, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, passed away peacefully Dec. 15, 2022, surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Milwaukee Jan. 19, 1958, to the late Robert A. and Marjorie J. Chase Stiglitz. Dan enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1975 and graduated from Catholic Memorial […]
MARY A. MOORE
After giving cancer and other cowardly ailments much more than they bargained for, former Walworth County resident Mary Ann Moore joined the Lord on Dec. 23, 2022. She was born in Milwaukee Jan. 29, 1935, to Lester and Ethel (McLaughlin) Stark. She graduated from Wauwatosa High School and studied at […]
Municipal and school boards are up for election
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR Area residents interested in serving on local government boards and the East Troy Community School District Board of education are circulating nomination papers. Dec. 1 was the first day candidates can begin circulating nomination papers with 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, deadline to […]
A local Christmas attraction worth its weight – in glass, not gold
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR Through this weekend, a new area holiday tradition has started at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay. The World’s Tallest Glass Tree, presented by Mack Glass and the Elliott Organization, offers a look at live glassblowing, steel sculpting and woodworking. There is also a winter […]
