By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board approved a mission statement for the village at Monday night’s meeting. The statement, reads: “To insure the prosperity and safety of all residents and businesses in our community. We will accomplish our mission utilizing sound fiscal management and fair and compassionate […]

Officials at the East Troy Community School District want to remind residents there are three open School Board seats on the ballot for the Spring General Election on April 5, 2016. The terms of office for the School Board members will begin on April 25, 2016. The two candidates with […]

Project-based learning engages kids a new level By Tracy Ouellette Editor Prairie View Elementary School’s project-based learning teacher Melissa Deutsch gave a presentation on what the program is and what the district wants it to be at the Dec. 14 meeting of the East Troy School Board. Project-based learning is […]

By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board discussed the possibility of having holiday decorations on the village square and down Highway ES toward the intersection of highways ES and 20 at the Dec. 7 meeting. Trustee Linda Kaplan brought the issue before the board saying many of the […]

School Board hears from possible buyer for school By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy School Board met in closed session with a possible buyer for the Chester Byrnes school building at Monday night’s meeting. The board met with the interested party in closed session for more than an hour […]

For the village administrator – a whole lot of respect By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board voted Dec. 7 to give Eileen Suhm the title of village administrator. Suhm, who was the clerk-treasurer, has no new duties or pay with the title. Village Board President Randy Timms […]

  By Tracy Ouellette Editor The Village of East Troy Police Department is investigating an attempted armed robbery of Salon Reneu on the East Troy village square at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Facebook post from the Police Department, the suspect entered the salon, which is only identified […]

Village Board president apologizes for comments By Tracy Ouellette Editor A large number of East Troy Lions Club members attended the Dec. 7 meeting of the East Troy Village Board to voice their concerns with the future of the East Troy Lions Public Library building and to correct recent statements […]

By Tracy Ouellette Editor When there isn’t enough money in a family’s budget for the basic necessities, much less a pile of toys under the Christmas tree, the holiday season can be a depressing and stressful time. Even in a seemingly affluent community such as East Troy. East Troy Family […]

By Tracy Ouellette Editor The first phase of bidding on the East Troy School District’s referendum projects wrapped up in October, and pending a final review, the bids were about $800,000 less than the allocated $7.5 million for the additions and renovations at the high school, School Board President Ted […]