Holiday comedy opens Dec. 29 By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The Off the Square Players are offering a respite from the holiday hustle and bustle with their comedy “The Regifters” over the New Year’s weekend. “It can be a little bit stressful this time of year, and if anyone is […]

Village Board discusses recording meetings By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff John Jacoby talked to the East Troy Village Board about recording meetings Monday night. Jacoby has been using his iPhone to record Village Board and Plan Commission meetings recently, but had the discussion item put on the agenda so he […]

Prairie View Elementary School fifth-graders Kylie Schmidt (from left), Madison Kegley, Cadence Kroll and Gabby Smith collaborate on the construction of their board game as part of their project-based learning assignment about world explorers. The games helped them develop skills with the 5Cs – Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and […]

By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff East Troy Community School District Administrator Chris Hibner informed the School Board the teachers in the district failed to certify a collective bargaining agreement for the 2017-18 school year. Of the 113 eligible voters in the East Troy Education Association, only 44 cast their votes […]

Whooping cough outbreak continues in East Troy       Stay home – please. That’s the message to anyone coughing in the East Troy Community School District. “As much as I absolutely appreciate any family and staff member wanting to be present at school and or work, it is more imperative for […]

The Greater East Troy Kiwanis Club members show off the pajamas they collected for the Holiday Help of East Troy program this year. The program also received $1,000 from the Kiwanis and $500 from First Citizens State Bank. (Eric Kramer photo)

By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction sent out its 2015-16 school report cards recently and East Troy Community Schools either met or exceeded state expectations. The DPI report cards use three years of standardized test scores to determine student achievement, student growth and “closing the […]

Village Board approves Cycling Classic By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board gave the go ahead for next year’s East Troy Cycling Classic, but it wasn’t without debate. East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Vanessa Lenz addressed the board members Monday night and gave a […]

Milwaukee man to go on trial in January in 2014 Town of Troy shooting, robbery By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff A Walworth County Circuit Court judge last week agreed to release a pre-sentencing investigation report of one of four alleged co-conspirators in a Town of Troy shooting and robbery in […]

There have been 35 confirmed and probable cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, in East Troy High School and Middle School since November, according to a press release from the Walworth County Department of Health and Humans Services. Health officials expect to identify more cases as the investigation continues […]