By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board adjourned to a Committee of the Whole meeting at the May 22 board meeting to listen to a financial presentation from Ehlers Inc. representative Jon Cameron. It was the third of four planned workshops with Ehlers dealing with long-term financial […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
The ‘First Draft’ of an ‘Epoch’ adventure
Collaborative novels published by high school students By Tracy Ouellette SLN STAFF With little idea of what the project would entail, a group of freshmen at East Troy High School collaboratively wrote and published two original novels this year. The novels, “Epoch” and “First Draft” feature individual chapters written by […]
Track teams win regional championships
Sectional action began Thursday at home By Dan Truttschel Correspondent To say the East Troy boys and girls track and field teams had a good outing at Monday’s Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 Whitewater regional meet would be a classic understatement. Let’s go with great. Both squads captured regional […]
Tennis team advances in playoffs
Trojans win Division 2 subsectional title By Dan Truttschel Correspondent It’s been quite the week for the East Troy High School boys tennis team. Just six days after the Trojans captured the Rock Valley Conference championship for the first time since 2013, the Trojans on Monday brought home a Wisconsin […]
Village to fly special U.S. Flag on square on Memorial Day
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When East Troy’s Daniel Donegan found out he was going on a Tiger Cruise on the USS Makin Island, an LHD-8 aircraft carrier, he went to the Village of East Troy and asked if they had a second flag he could take along on the […]
PETER G. FRIEDRICHS
Peter Gordon Friedrichs, 54, of Whitewater, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, May 22, 2017. He was born April 16, 1963, in Atlanta, Ga., and was a longtime resident of Whitewater. A 1981 graduate of East Troy High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of […]
Corn and Brat Roast, Rummage, Brewfest to kick off summer season
Event continues 41-year tradition For 41 years, East Troy’s Memorial Day Weekend festivities have brought the community together serving as the unofficial kickoff to summer. Promising food, music and fun, the East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce’s 41st annual Corn and Brat Roast will return May 26 to 29, at […]
ROGER C. HOPKINS
Beloved Roger Carl Hopkins, 95, of Summerland Key, Fla., passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on April 30, 2017. He was born on June 18, 1921, in Troy Center, Wis., to the late Wilder Carl Hopkins and Flora Hopkins (nee Kehoe). He attended a one-room schoolhouse in Troy Center, […]
Man charged with shooting gun in house
Further proceedings are scheduled for June 9 for an East Troy man charged with firing a gun inside his Highway 20 home. Robert C. Ahorner, 57, was charged May 5 in Walworth County Circuit Court with endangering safety by the reckless use of a firearm and disorderly conduct, both with […]
Hitting the pause button
Operational referendum discussion on hold – for now By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Citing the uncertainty of the state’s budget and its educational funding, the East Troy School Board has tabled discussion about a possible operational referendum until the 2017-19 Wisconsin budget is released. The board had asked administration to […]
