Hendrik Hawsner, 3, and Helen Hawsner, 4, have a picnic breakfast on the grass with mom, Williams Bay Lioness Club member Brenda Hawsner at the 47th Annual Williams Bay Lions Club Pancake Day in Edgewater Park last weekend. The event also included the Williams Bay Barrett Memorial Library Basket Silent […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
Catching LEGO mania
Diego Espinoza concentrates on his LEGO building project at the Everything is Awesome!” LEGOLand summer school session at Walworth Grade School last week.
A third helping of ribs
Ribfest beefs up the music for this weekend’s run By Heather Ruenz SLN Staff Though it began as something organizers hoped would grow into an annual event, Elkhorn Ribfest, a national rib competition now entering its third year has expanded into a smokin’ sweet festival that attracts thousands of people. […]
Family fun on the Village Square
A Joey Halbur mini fan enjoys the music at the July 6 Family Fun Night at East Troy Village Square Park. The First Friday events was sponsored by the East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce and featured live music and activities for kids and families. First Fridays run in conjunction […]
This week in the East Troy News…
The Village of East Troy Plan Commission paved the way for a couple of new businesses in the village at Monday night’s meeting. Read about the commission’s approvals and recommendations to the Village Board about the Kwik Trip and Schmitz Ready Mix proposals. Elkhorn’s annual Ribfest is this weekend, read […]
A date with the wrecking ball?
Village deems blighted home ‘uninhabitable,’ after police chief raises concerns By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A rapidly deteriorating home in a highly visible area in the Village of East Troy could soon have a date with the wrecking ball, based on a directive village officials handed down this week. Police Chief […]
East Troy schools receive safety grant
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District is one of seven area school districts awarded safety grants through the Wisconsin Department of Justice School Safety Grant program, administered by DOJ’s Office of School Safety. East Troy received $80,000 in grant money. “We’ll be using it for additional […]
Meetings set on pipeline
East Troy open house session will be July 11 By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief We Energies plans to host a series of three open house meetings in early July to provide area property owners with information regarding its proposal to build a 49-mile natural gas pipeline through Kenosha, Racine […]
Legion baseball team drops three in a row
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Offense wasn’t an issue for the East Troy Post 188 legion baseball team Monday at Janesville, as it put seven runs on the scoreboard. What hurt Post 188, however, was its defense. East Troy committed seven errors that led to 12 unearned runs in a 14-7 […]
Man gets maximum sentence in 2017 homicide
Gun owner gets 10 years in prison system for role in fatal shooting By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer An East Troy man was sentenced June 28 to the maximum sentence for his role in the 2017 shooting death of an Illinois man at his Emery Court apartment. Tyler Odell, 23, […]
