Amen to Danielle Stemper’s Letter to the Editor in the March 15, 2013, issue of the East Troy Times. She’s right on target, in my opinion. We as responsible adults should know the difference between “needs” and “wants.” Our kids need and deserve a “challenging educational environment with only […]
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LETTER: Vote ‘Yes’ for education
Please vote “yes” on April 2 for the East Troy Community Schools Referendum. When we were house hunting as a young family in the late 1990’s, East Troy appeared to be a community that valued education, having recently voted to build Prairie View Elementary. My hope is that we can […]
WILLIAM E. O’CONNELL
William E. O’Connell, age 70 of East Troy passed away on March 31, 2013. He was born Sept. 6, 1942 to Frances and Eugene O’Connell in Milwaukee. He married Nancy Wielgosz in 1965. They were married for 48 years. He was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church. He had […]
COLLEEN S. HOPKINS LEWIS
Colleen Sue Hopkins Lewis passed away March 14, 2013. Colleen was born July 1, 1951 in Elkhorn, Walworth County, Wis., to Roy M. and Ann Simpson Hopkins. She grew up in Troy Center and graduated from East Troy High School in 1969. Colleen attended Milton College. She married Ronald William […]
East Troy Expo
Ryan Meehan, 7, gets up close and personal with a snake brought in by Timber-lee Christian Center at the East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual East Troy Expo held at East Troy Middle School March 22. (Katie Kostopoulos photo)
Race for East Troy School Board heats up
Four candidates will face off April 2 for two East Troy Community School District Board of Education seats. Incumbents Brian Wexler and Dawn Buchholtz and newcomers Ted Zess and Charles Harwood will vie for the two positions. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will serve a three-year […]
LETTER: The East Troy Schools referendum numbers don’t lie
A recent letter to the editor listed 301 uses for the auditorium proposed as part of the upcoming school referendum that will be on the ballot in April. It is my understanding that of the $19 million proposed, the portion for the auditorium is as follows: $9 million baseline […]
Move to Amend, city council race top election issues in Whitewater
By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff City of Whitewater voters will decide on April 2 whether they think corporations – nonprofits and for-profit enterprises – should have the same rights as individual people. The Whitewater Common Council advanced the measure to the spring ballot following a local petition campaign by the […]
Thornton Wilder is focus of fifth annual Big Read
Libraries throughout Walworth, Rock and Jefferson counties will kick off southeastern Wisconsin’s fifth annual Big Read literacy project next week. Wisconsin native Thornton Wilder is the focus of the “Our Voices, Our Town” Big Read event. Led by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Young Auditorium and 12 area libraries, the Big […]
East Troy village trustee challenges president for his seat
By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff A Village of East Troy trustee will try to unseat the longtime village president in the April 2 election. Incumbent trustee Randy Timms, a Village Board member since 2004 and plan commission member since 2001, is challenging Bill Loesch, who has been on the board […]
