Nathan Nordentoft, as Horton from Dr. Seuss’s story “Horton Hears a Who,” sits perched upon a piece of the elaborate set Elkhorn Area High School students built for last weekend’s musical “Seussical.” The school chose the musical because of its great popularity and the familiarity of the numerous Dr. Seuss […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
Local athletes seek help raising money for charity
All-Star Tournament players asked to help support the MACC Fund By Tracy Ouellette Editor East Troy High School seniors Katrina Santos and Jake Nixon were recently selected to play in the 2016 All-Star Tournament June 17 and 18 at the JustaGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells. Santos, who will play for […]
Village-wide appraisals to begin next month
Associated Appraisal to perform interior, exterior inspections By Tracy Ouellette Editor Homeowners in the Village of East Troy will be receiving a letter at the end of April from Associated Appraisal letting them know when the village-wide appraisals will begin. The village contracted with Associated Appraisal for re-evaluation of all […]
Chester Byrnes sale still pending
School Board hears from attorney on offer’s terms By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community Schools Board of Education met in closed session Monday night after its regular board meeting to hear the opinion of the School District’s attorney on the proposed terms on the sale. School Board President […]
At the House of Mouse
The East troy High School Band and chaperones gather at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., during a recent trip. During the spring-break trip, the band performed on the Disney Springs Waterside Stage and also had the opportunity to participate in a Disney performing arts workshop […]
ERNEST F. RECKNAGEL
Ernest Frederick Recknagel, 94, went to his eternal reward on the evening of April 12, 2016. One of America’s greatest generation, he was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather who lovingly served his Lord, his family, and his country. Ernie was born Nov. 7, 1921, to Christian and Freida (Koehn) […]
Board hires engineer to create master plan for Village Hall
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board approved April 4 the hiring of Exel Engineering to create a master plan for renovations that need to be done to the Municipal Building on Energy Drive. Exel Engineering’s Tony LaShay took the board members and audience on a tour […]
City to draft rolling contract with skiers
Contract would create more permanent home for team, open doors to grant opportunities By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff In the spirit of working together, the City of Elkhorn Common Council voted last week in favor of directing staff to draft a multi-year contract that would allow the Lauderdale Aqua Skiers […]
City forced to put utilities expansion on hold
Changes with Safe Drinking Water Loan will not affect construction of Northeast Water Treatment Plant By Kellen Olshefski SLN Staff A slight hiccup in the DNR’s Safe Drinking Water Loan process has the City of Elkhorn making some slight changes to help move along an offsite project tied to the […]
Students first to letter in robotics at high school
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff East Troy High School students Meghan Griffin and Tim Zinniker were recently awarded varsity letters in robotics. They are the first students at the high school to do so. Griffin, a junior, and Zinniker, a senior, are members of the eTREC Robotics Team at the […]