Village Board members debate insurance issue, again By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Several East Troy Village Board members took turns making verbal jabs at each other during the March 6 board meeting when they were discussing the insurance for the May 5 and 6 Sidewalk Chalk-Art Festival. With accusations of […]
Author: Tracy Ouellette
Former County Board chairman nominated for District 2 supervisory seat
Walworth County County Board Chairperson Nancy Russell announced her choice of Bill Norem to serve in the vacant District 2 supervisory seat. Norem served on the County Board from 1996 to 2004 and served as the County Board chairman from 2002 to 2004. Russell said Norem’s experience serving on the […]
Trojans fall in regional semifinal
Boys close season with one-point loss to Beloit By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The difference between a win and a loss – especially in the postseason – can be fleeting. Nobody has to tell the East Troy boys basketball team that. The sixth-seeded Trojans gave third-seeded Beloit Turner all it could […]
Getting real
Village of East Troy Police Chief Alan Boyes (center) gives a warning ticket to international student Sune Noehr Andersen (left) for a faulty taillight on the used car he just purchased during East Troy High School’s Reality Store on March 2. Reality Store is a required financial literacy course, which […]
East Troy man charged with having child porn
Applications engineer allowed to work with internet-disabled devices By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff An applications engineer charged with having child pornography will be allowed to work on computers as long as his employer disables internet access on the devices. Kyle J. Zink, 48, of East Troy, was charged March 2 […]
Fighting hunger, one can at a time
Prairie View students organize food drive By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Three fourth graders at Prairie View Elementary School in East Troy have organized a food drive at the school the week of Feb. 20 to 24 to help fight hunger in the area. Jordan Volkman, Emily Ruszkiewicz and Kiersten […]
End of the line
Girls fall to Brodhead in regional opener By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The first time the East Troy High School girls basketball team faced Brodhead this season, it was the Trojans who had all the answers. In the rematch, however, it was the Cardinals who passed the test. Brodhead held the […]
Insurance for Chalk-Art Festival still in question
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District will not be insuring the Sidewalk Chalk-Art Festival on May 5 and 6. The district will only be insuring the students and teachers who will be on the Village Square on May 5 to create the sidewalk art. Officials […]
ALLEN J. NEWMAN
Allen J. Newman, 41, of East Troy, died unexpectedly on March 2, 2017, at his home. He was born on March 13, 1975, in Waukesha, to Michael and Lou Ann (nee Gourdoux) Newman. He attended Waukesha North High School. He was a member of the Red Cross and a former […]
Woman charged in restaurant owner’s death
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Danielle A. Grooms, 20, of Watertown, is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing in Waukesha County Circuit on March 16 on two felony charges from the Aug. 5, 2016, car vs. motorcycle crash that killed Roma’s Ristorante and Lounge, East Troy, owner Mark Galluzzo […]
