By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School girls tennis team is on quite a roll. Fresh off a perfect 3-0 mark in Altoona over the weekend, the Trojans posted three more victories at a home quadrangular Monday afternoon. East Troy, which has won its last nine dual meets, […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
Man ordered to pay back Elkhorn company
A Maine man was ordered to pay $12,000 restitution Aug. 4 to an Elkhorn company after taking money for equipment that he failed to deliver. Mark C. Bates, 45, of Gorham, Maine, pleaded guilty to theft of more than $10,000 by false representation and was sentenced Aug. 4 to pay […]
RUTH ANN POLINSKI
Ruth Ann Polinski, 68, East Troy, formerly of Lake County, Ill., died Aug. 20, 2016, at Select Specialty Hospital in West Allis. She was born March 15, 1948, in Ausburg, Germany, to the late Charles and Sara Pranckunas. On October 6, 1964, She married Edward “Mike” Polinski on Oct. 6, […]
DALE N. STETTLER
Dale Nick Stettler, 67, of Whitewater, passed away peacefully on Aug. 19, 2016. He was a proud family man, avid sports fan, veteran of the Vietnam War, and lover of the outdoors. Dale was born in Milwaukee on July 27, 1949, the son of Ralph and Esther (Koller) Stettler. He […]
Serving as role models
Elkhorn, East Troy to participate in pilot of Youth in Government program By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted unanimously in favor of participating in the Youth in Government pilot program at its Aug. 15 meeting. Elkhorn will join the Village of East Troy in […]
Change is good for Elk runners
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The Elkhorn Area High School boys and girls cross country teams are gearing up for a healthy dose of change this season. The Elkhorn girls are dealing with the loss of four of the squad’s top five runners, and will struggle to maintain last season’s third-place […]
Elks look to rebound from soccer stunner
By Chris Bennett Correspondent The 2015 season for the Elkhorn Area High School boys soccer team ended in Elks-like fashion. The issue, though, is Fort Atkinson forced the Elks a dose of their own medicine. Under BZ Kayser, in his seventh season as head coach, the Elks’ reputation is that […]
Appeals to short-term rentals rules denied
Board of Adjustment finds applicants violated county’s zoning ordinance By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The Walworth County Board of Adjustment voted Aug. 11 to deny 23 appeals to violations of the county’s zoning ordinance against short-term rentals. At the board’s July 13 appeal hearings, numerous county residents showed up to […]
City fixing elevator at City Hall
By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff The City of Elkhorn is in the process of repairing the elevator at City Hall. The Finance and Judicial Committee approved repairs to the elevator at its Aug. 8 meeting because of the urgency of the matter. The full Common Council approved repairs Aug. 15. […]
Village Board approves full-time police officer
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board approved Monday night, the hiring of another full-time police office in the village at the request of Chief Alan Boyes. The approval is conditional on having the money in the 2017 budget, but the board members said if the money […]
