Historical Society’s Ghost Walk returns By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Every other year, for the past decade or so, the East Troy Area Historical Society invites the public to learn about some of the “haunted” houses in the village with its Spirits of East Troy Ghost Walk. One of the […]

A status conference is scheduled for Dec. 7 for a Lyons man who pleaded not guilty Sept. 29 to trying to break into a house in the Town of Lyons. Jacob A. Johnson, 24, of Lyons, was charged Sept. 13 in Walworth County Circuit Court with possession of burglarious tools, […]

56th annual rummage sale, festival set for Saturday St. James United Methodist Church, 2945 Main St., East Troy, is hosting the Fall Harvest Faire from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. The fall rummage sale is celebrating its 56th anniversary and with multiple sales. The church puts […]

Summer campers brighten the day of former director By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff During a visit to her dad’s home in Florida earlier this year, Mary Montavon, of Waukegan, Ill., noticed how much her father Donald “Don” Scherwat loved his daily trip to the mailbox. “Dad has dementia and doesn’t […]

The East Troy Community School District is having multiple events to combat bullying in October to coincide with the National Bullying Prevention Month. Middle school counselor Krista Iserloth and Prairie View and Doubek counselor Christine Hamele briefed the board on several upcoming happenings at the schools and in the district. […]

By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Not counting School Board members and district staff, all of two residents in the East Troy School District attended the annual meeting Monday night. The annual meeting gives residents an opportunity to vote on the School District tax levy and the School Board members’ salary, […]

School District first in state to have new learning environments By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff       The East Troy School District is the very first in the state to have working SmartLabs. The new learning facilities are up and running at the middle school and Prairie View Elementary School and […]

      Rita and Jerry LaGreca stand with the book nook they built for their son Brandon LaGreca of East Troy Acupuncture to have at his office. Jerry built the nook and Rita decorated it. The bookshelf is in the hallway between LaGreca’s office and Koskinen Eye Clinic in the East […]

The community is invited to join in at the East Troy Middle School’s Color-A-Thon fundraiser at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. The fun, healthy event is a fundraiser where participants can walk, run, skip or cartwheel through a course where they get blasted by color dust. Registration is $30 […]

Village Board says no to committee volunteer By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board wasn’t even interested in voting on the appointment of Ben Beaird to the Airport Advisory Committee at it’s Sept. 19 meeting. Beaird expressed interest in filling the position left open when committee member […]