Kids at Bloom360 are back in the classroom By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Getting the kids safely back to school is a challenge this year as the coronavirus pandemic rages on in the United States and across the world. School districts around the globe are struggling with how to keep […]
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JERALD D. ANDERSON
Jerald D “Chady” Anderson, 85, of East Troy, went home after a courageous battle he fought for years. He was born to Erick and Marie in Omaha, Nebraska. He relocated to Door County with his family where he graduated from high school and also met his wife, Vera, of 59 […]
MARY C. MEIER
Mary Carol (Rodwell) Meier, 57, passed away peacefully at her home in Rochester, Minnesota, on Aug. 31, 2020, from complications of a rare abdominal cancer, pseudomyxoma peritonei. During 12-1/2 years of her cancer journey, she persevered through several major surgeries and other difficulties, always striving to live a life […]
DEBRA DINGMAN
Debra “Debbie” Dingman, 55, of Troy Center, left us too early on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, very unexpectedly. Debbie was a graduate of East Troy High School. East Troy is also where she met and married her husband Dale of 37 years. She loved spending time with her grandchildren Ben […]
DEAN V. OHMS
Dean V. Ohms, 96, passed away Aug. 23, 2020, at the Veterans Home in Union Grove Wisconsin, because of COVID-19. He was the first born son of Hans D. and Teressa (Sorensen) Ohms on July 5, 1924, at the farm in Monroe Township, Shelby County, Iowa, that is now Prairie […]
LEE W. KETTERHAGEN
Lee W. Ketterhagen, 81, of Fontana peacefully passed away Aug. 17, 2020, at Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn. He was born on Jan. 15, 1939, at Burlington Hospital to the late Leroy (Roy) and Margaret (Johnston) Ketterhagen. After graduating from East Troy High School in 1957, where he thrived on playing […]
MICHAEL W. PRESCOTT
Michael W. Prescott Sr., 76, of Troy Center, passed away peacefully Aug. 16, 2020. He was a lifetime resident of Troy Center and graduated from East Troy High School. He married his wife of 54 years, Judy, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church and they raised their family in Troy Center […]
Gun fires as man, teen fight over it in East Troy
An initial appearance is scheduled for Aug. 20 for an East Troy man charged with pointing a gun at a 17-year-old boy before the weapon fired as he and the teenager fought over it. Albert E. A. Fletcher, 20, was charged July 28 in Walworth County Circuit Court with first-degree […]
Village Board, residents discuss restoring the Honey Creek
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board meet in a Committee of the Whole July 27 to hear about the weed removal and future vegetation options along the Honey Creek in the area of the former lakebed. The board and residents listened to a presentation from Andy […]
Take a trip to the past
East Troy Railroad operates the last remnant of the interurban rail system By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Although a popular attraction in the area, many still don’t know that the East Troy Railroad Museum runs the last remaining segment of the old Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light interurban rail system, […]
