Team sweeps RVC duals By Dan Truttschel Correspondent With the calendar now in mid-January, it’s just about time for high school wrestling teams to begin putting their best foot forward in anticipation for the end of the season. In East Troy’s case, the Trojans didn’t just put one foot forward […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
This week in the East Troy News…
With the grant application deadline looming to request Department of Natural Resources money to assist with either the repair or removal of the East Troy Dam, the Village Board had a tough decision to make. Read about this and other local news in this week’s edition of the East Troy […]
Boys bounce back
Trojans follow tough loss with decisive win over Brodhead By Dan Truttschel Correspondent When the East Troy High School boys basketball team hosted Brodhead last Thursday, it was a chance for the Trojans to show it could bounce back from disappointment. It didn’t take long to see they were right […]
Restoring the prairie
Area families committed to preserving their fen By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Two families who live on the Pickerel Lake Fen in the East Troy area are working hard to restore the land to its pre-settlement condition and recently donated large property easements to a land conservation organization to ensure […]
Help restore former Chapman Hills Girl Scout Camp
Join the Nature Conservancy from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 20, for its first volunteer work day to begin restoration at the former Chapman Hills Girl Scout Camp, the newest segment of the conservancy’s Crooked Creek Preserve northwest of East Troy. The conservancy recently acquired the 107-acre former […]
Brunch on Broadway Saturday at St. James
The East Troy High School choir will host its fourth annual Brunch on Broadway on Saturday, Jan. 20, at St. James United Methodist Church, 2945 Main St., East Troy. The first show will be at 10 a.m. and the second show at 11:30 a.m. Food for the brunch was donated […]
JAMES WENZEL
James “Jim” Wenzel, 100, died peacefully on Jan. 13, 2018, at Seasons of Life Hospice House in Woodruff, with his loving wife, Dorothy, at his side. Jim served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II as a second lieutenant. He was a navigator who flew missions on bombers […]
HEATHER GORRES
Heather Gorres, 42, of East Troy, found peace Jan. 15, 2018. She was born April 21, 1975, to Les and Diane (Hansen) Lincoln in Minnesota. Heather is a graduate of Forest Lake High School and earned her bachelor’s degree at Carthage College. She married her husband, Ben, on Aug. 14, […]
BETTY JANE SAFFRAN
Betty Jane Saffran, 89, of East Troy passed away surrounded by her family on Jan. 14, 2018. She was born in Hayes, to the late William and Clara Strehlow. She was married to Norman J. Saffran for 66 years and they were longtime East Troy residents. Betty worked as a […]
CHAELEY J. RUEGGE
Chaeley J. Ruegge, 17, of Johnstown, Nebraska, died Jan. 11, 2018, from injuries suffered in a car crash. She was born June 25, 2017, to Dave and Jenne Ruegge, Johnstown. Survivors include her parents; brother, Clint, of Brownlee, Nebraska; sister, Nichole Fischer and her son, Leighton, and special friend, Tyler […]
