By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR The East Troy Village Board heard budget presentations for operations and capital improvements at its Aug. 1 meeting. Village Administrator Eileen Suhm asked the board for direction on the annual updated salary structure. In a memo to the board, she said the current wage […]
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Local woman uses beauty pageantry to fight bullying
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR Kathleen Wotjtasiak, 57, of East Troy, is leveraging her beauty pageant title to help fight bullying and abuse. Wotjtasiak is currently competing in the Ms. Petite USA Pageant. She is also a multi-pageant titleholder. “As a titleholder we are required to choose a […]
East Troy Parks and Rec bounces back from pandemic lows
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The Village of East Troy Parks and Recreation Department reported increased usage for 2021. The Parks Department released its annual report recently and the Village Board received it at the July 18 meeting. Parks and Recreation Director Vickie Muszynski, in the report, said the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Back again, hotel on Lake Beulah tabled
By Jennifer Eisenbart Editor After a lengthy public hearing at the Walworth County Zoning Agency May 19 – a hearing that included legal representation on both sides of the issue – the CZA tabled a decision on a hotel on Lake Beulah in East Troy. The issue was tabled and […]
East Troy spring election results
The polls have closed for the spring 2022 election. Here are the unofficial results: East Troy School Board – two seats Ted Zess 1,558 Adam Witkiewicz 1,542 Kevin Bong 1,312 Adam LeMarr 727 Village of East Troy – three seats Matt Johnson 542 Jason Smalley 462 Forty Renucci 430 Dusty […]
School Board race down to four candidates
Fuchs eliminated in primary election The East Troy School Board spring election will see School Board President Ted Zess and newcomers Kevin Bong, Adam Witkiewicz and Adam LeMarr on the April 5 ballot for the two open seats. Former School Board member Jessica Fuchs was eliminated in today’s election. The […]
Five vie in School Board primary election
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Community School District Board of Education race has five candidates for the two open positions, which means a primary election will be held Tuesday, Feb. 15, to narrow the field to four candidates. Running for the School Board are incumbent Ted Zess, […]
East Troy School Board race will need primary election
By Tracy Ouellette SLN STAFF The East Troy Community School District Board of Education spring election will need a primary in February to narrow the field down to four candidates to fill the two open board seats. The five candidates on the primary ballot are School Board President Ted Zess, […]
Fire at Double D’s closes restaurant
Fundraiser established to help employees, tenant By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff A fire broke out at Double D’s Pub and Eatery in the Town of East Troy in the early morning hours of Nov. 26, heavily damaging the building and closing the restaurant. East Troy Fire Chief Joe Degaro said […]
COVID hospitalizations spike in region
Increase is largely among unvaccinated, Advocate Aurora official says By Jason Arndt Staff Writer Advocate Aurora Health recently reported a sharp increase in hospital admission for COVID-19 primarily because of the more infectious delta variant among unvaccinated people. The health care provider, which is the parent company of Aurora Medical […]
