School District’s technology initiative sees early success By Tracy Ouellette Editor When the kids in the East Troy Community School District started the school year Sept. 1 the term “hands on” took on a whole new meaning with the rolling out of the district’s technology initiative to get a computer […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
The marketing of East Troy
Village Board discusses how to encourage business growth By Tracy Ouellette Editor When it comes to letting the rest of the world know about East Troy and what it has to offer, the question of what is the best way to do that is at the forefront. At Oct. 5 […]
JOHN F. LEISING
John Francis Leising, 83, of East Troy, died Oct. 9, 2015, at Burlington Memorial Hospital. He was born April 12, 1932, to Francis and Marie (Kuehne) Leising and grew up in Milwaukee. He married Ruth Therese Labiszak, his longtime school sweetheart, on June 27, 1953, at Holy Angels Catholic Church. […]
HOWARD KEGEL
Howard “Howie” Kegel, 72, of East Troy, died Oct 8, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born to Albert and Fay (Kray) Kegel on Oct. 30, 1942 in Appleton. He was raised and attended school in Suring. He married Patricia W. Pik on April 19, 1969, […]
Former library purchase finalized
Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot to spend several months transforming it into museum and office By Fred Noer Contributor The sale of the former Walworth Memorial Library building to the Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie for use as a museum and office formally occurred Wednesday, […]
Man charged with stealing from friends
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 21 for an Illinois man charged with stealing, forging and cashing checks of close family friends totaling more than $13,000. Richard J. Geier, 23, of St. Charles, Ill., was charged Sept. 2 in Walworth County Circuit Court with theft by false representation of […]
High schoolers to work with NASA
Kick-off informational meeting set for Oct. 8 Several East Troy High School students will work with NASA again this year in the HUNCH (High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware) program. The NASA HUNCH program is a partnership between NASA and high schools across the United States in […]
One more block
Council takes a look at results of market analysis, downtown among topics By Kellen Olshefski Editor In a special Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night, City of Elkhorn Alderman and staff took a look at the results of a comprehensive market analysis for the City of Elkhorn. Monday night’s […]
Groundbreaking set for high school additions
School District sets preliminary tax levy By Tracy Ouellette Editor At Sept. 28 meeting of the East Troy School Board, which followed the annual meeting, District Administrator Chris Hibner announced the groundbreaking ceremony for the additions and renovations at the high school will be at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. […]
Homecoming 2015!
The East Troy High School varsity football players ride through Friday afternoon’s Homecoming parade on the village square. The Trojans face Edgerton tonight in the annual Homecoming game. Kickoff is 7 p.m. The Homecoming dance will be from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday at the high school. (Tracy […]
