Railroad officials ask drivers to be alert By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Officials with the East Troy Electric Railroad are asking the public to be prepared to stop for the trains in East Troy and Mukwonago and to keep a watch out for the trollies when traveling in those communities. […]

Village Board struggles with choosing water tower painter By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff When charged with stewardship of taxpayer dollars, municipalities are required to take the lowest “responsible” bid for the work they are contracting before. Sometimes, determining what is and isn’t a responsible bid can be difficult as the […]

By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy Village Board approved May 16 the naming of the East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce as the village’s tourism entity starting in 2017. The move comes after a new state laws were put in place that say the majority of room tax […]

  A status conference is scheduled for June 3 for a Waukesha man charged with stealing his uncle’s safe that contained more than $10,000 cash. Bishop K. Howard, 21, pleaded not guilty April 26 to burglary of a building or dwelling and theft of movable property valued at more than […]

Memorial Day weekend events include rummage sale, Brewfest By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce’s four-day 40th annual Corn and Brat Roast is just around the corner – Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 to 30. The roast features roasted sweet corn, brats, hot dogs, burgers, soda […]

School Board wants community input on new school name By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District Board of Education is asking the public for its input on naming the new school. While the board members all said they like Little Prairie Primary School, which was one of […]

East Troy man charged with having stolen refrigerators A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 26 for an East Troy man allegedly found with stolen refrigerators valued at nearly $30,000. Richard T. Neudorff, 51, was charged April 27 in Walworth County Circuit Court with three counts of receiving stolen property. […]

      Village of East Troy Police Department is warning residents of a suspicious man who followed a high schooler this morning on her way to school. The Police Department posted the warning on its Facebook page say it had “received a complaint of a high school girl being followed, 7:12 […]

By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District is one of 25 districts in the state to be awarded a Wisconsin’s Fabrication Laboratories Grant. The School District will receive $25,000 for its high school Fab Lab. Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation recently announced the […]