Author: Tracy Ouellette

East Troy area

What’s for Dessart?

Dual-threat quarterback does it all during East Troy’s historic season By Chris Bennett Correspondent Consider the last time in life you missed a goal, and then pause and feel happy for Jake Dessart. Dessart entered his senior season as the quarterback for the East Troy High School Trojan football team […]

East Troy

Sewer rates to hold steady for 2019

Possible increase in 2020 By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board decided to leave the sewer rates as they stand for 2019 after Ehlers presented the sewer utility rate study at the Dec. 17 board meeting. The village commissioned the study in fall and included an analysis […]

East Troy

Drama group to present holiday play

The Off the Square Players will present “The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular” by Bo Wilson for their holiday play Dec. 27 to 30 at Ivan’s Backstage, 2093 Division St., East Troy. A fast-paced comedy features feisty church-ladies, a Christmas spectacular, and a stolen nativity baby Jesus. Evening performances will be […]

Obituaries

THERESIA WOODSIDE

Theresia M. Woodside was born Sept. 27, 1947, in Wayne, Mich., to Robert and Ginger (Hazinski) Arndt. She passed away Dec. 21, 2018, at Mercy Janesville Medical Center. She was the dearest wife of Don; beloved mother of Rick, Chris and Denise, and loving grandmother to all her grandchildren. Theresia […]

Obituaries

MARY ELLEN MURPHY

Mary Ellen “Maya” Murphy, 89, of East Troy, passed away Dec. 21, 2018, at Aurora Medical Center in Summit. She was born on March 26, 1929, to Lloyd and Ellen (Branstad) Cottrell. Maya was united in marriage to William Murphy on Dec. 22, 1952. She was a dietician for Waukesha […]

News

‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’

Holiday traffic campaign through Jan. 1 To discourage impaired driving and support public safety, law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin will patrol in greater numbers for longer hours during the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” holiday campaign began last week and continues through New Year’s Day. The Wisconsin Department of […]

East Troy

The results are in

Residents show limited support for operational referendum By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff After repeated belt tightening, to the tune of $6.3 million over the last 10 years, the East Troy School District began investigating the possibility of an operational referendum for the April ballot to avoid cutting programs and teachers […]

Obituaries

LAVERN BETTS

LaVern Betts, 91, beloved wife of the late Donald, passed away on Dec. 13, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Myrtle (Borck) Gerbig. Survivors include her sons, Bob of Andover, Minnesota, and Tom (Jackie) of East Troy; daughter, Nancy (Dick) Powell of Florence, South Carolina; 10 […]

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DANIEL HEINZ

Daniel Heinz, 79, of East Troy passed away suddenly Dec. 13, 2018. He was born in Milwaukee but relocated to East Troy where Dan and his wife, Rita, raised their children. He attended school in Fort Atkinson and was a U.S. Marine. Dan was an active member of St. Peter […]