A Racine man who injured a Walworth County sheriff’s deputy who was deploying stop sticks in the Town of Spring Prairie on Aug. 1, 2021, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and 14 years extended supervision. Tony Perales, 26, an unlicensed driver who was fleeing from police when […]
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Walworth County schools pass report card test
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR As the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released its school report cards in the past two weeks, Walworth County schools passed the test. The majority of the schools in the county either met or exceeded expectations, with a handful of schools hitting the “significantly […]
East Troy Village Board approves 2023 budget
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR The East Troy Village Board approved the 2023 budget at Monday night’s meeting. In the budget presentation to the board, Village Administrator Eileen Suhm outlined next year’s budget. She told the board there were some unknown variables at this time, mostly related to insurance […]
Youth suicide program helps try to answer questions for grieving community
By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR Dr. Greg Hudnall admitted that answers in regard to suicide aren’t easy to come by. “Suicide is very, very individualized,” said Hudnall, considered an expert in the youth suicide due to his work in Utah. “Correlations does not equal causation.” Hudnall equated understanding […]
Woman with disabilities has baby after assault
A warrant was issued Oct. 26 for the arrest of an East Troy man who allegedly impregnated a woman with developmental disabilities in 2020. Jaycob M. Demara, 19, was charged Oct. 25 in Walworth County Circuit Court with first-degree sexual assault. According to the criminal complaint, the adoptive […]
East Troy School Board readies survey on referendum
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR The East Troy School Board agreed to send out a survey measuring community support for a three-year, $3 million annual operational referendum. The survey also asks the community about its support for a capital improvement referendum to take care of the facility needs in […]
Village Board discusses work on former lakebed
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR The East Troy Village Board received an update on the creek restoration that is ongoing since the removal of the East Troy Dam. Village Engineer Tim Lynch, of Lynch and Associates, updated the board on the progress and needed work to address the recent […]
Medaling at state – tennis seniors finish career on podium
For the third straight year, the senior trio of Lauren Lindow, Katie Metcalf, and Sophia Rondeau finished their season on the podium at state. Lindow placed fourth in the singles draw while Metcalf and Rondeau finished runner-up in doubles. For the senior trio it was their third straight podium […]
East Troy School Board considers referendum
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR With the East Troy Community School District facing a nearly $1.2 million structural deficit for the 2022-23 school year, the School Board has been meeting to discuss the possibility of going to referendum to ask the community for more money for operations and facility needs. […]
