Author: Tracy Ouellette

Obituaries

EDITH WILLIAMS

Edith “Babe” (Thiele) Williams, 94, died Jan. 5, 2017, in Phoenix, Ariz. She was born in Oak Park, Ill., on May 29, 1922. She married Glenn Williams in June 1943 in Burlington. Edith relocated to Phoenix in 1987, where she enjoyed playing cards with family, jigsaw puzzles, and volunteering at […]

Obituaries

MARY E. BORGERT

Mary Elaine (Hofner) Borgert, 95, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Feb. 5, 2017. She was born Sept. 30, 1921, in Lyons, to Elizabeth and Henry Hofner owner of the Ye Olde Hotel in Lyons. She was a 1939 graduate of St. Mary’s High School, Burlington. She married Marcus […]

Obituaries

DONALD A. NELSON

Donald A. Nelson, 86, of Brodhead, died Feb. 5, 2017, at Brookdale Assisted Living, Brookfield. He was born on May 27, 1930, in Elkhorn, to the late Herbert and Eva (Rummel) Nelson. His first marriage was to Rose Marie Friemoth in 1951. He later married Sandra Hanzel, of Eagle, in […]

East Troy

On the agenda

Village Board to revisit eminent domain issue By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff East Troy Village Administrator Eileen Suhm offered some clarification on comments she made in last week’s article about the Jan. 23 East Troy Village Board meeting titled “Hot topics raise heat at Village Board meeting.” Suhm said the […]

East Troy area

Boys pummel Parkview, 103-31

By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy High School boys basketball team has played in its fair share of hard-fought, down-to-the-wire games already this season. A road trip to Parkview last week for a Rock Valley Conference contest wasn’t one of them. East Troy quickly erased all thoughts of a […]

East Troy area

Wrestlers fall to Whippets

Trojans docked for ‘excessive celebrating’ By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Last week’s Rock Valley Conference dual meet finale came down to the slimmest of margins for the East Troy High School wrestling squad. And unfortunately for the Trojans, they were just on the other side of a victory. East Troy and […]