Salvation Army to collect donations at Frank’s Piggly Wiggly and BP By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer The Salvation Army needs volunteers to ring bells for its Red Kettle Campaign that begins Nov. 21 and runs through Dec. 24. Bells are run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at each location […]

Scouts looking for leaders and girls present at 1992 event The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland Council will be opening a forgotten time capsule from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Camp Oakwood Knoll, W3524 Highway 20, East Troy. The opening will include activities for scouts […]

Acquisition protects shoreline on Pickerel Lake and water quality in Mukwonago River The Nature Conservancy has purchased 325 acres of land near its Pickerel Lake Fen and Lulu Lake preserves, located northwest of East Troy. In addition to 1,600 feet of shoreline on Pickerel Lake, 5 acres of oak woodland […]

By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board voted to require harassment training for all permanent village employees and board members at the Nov. 2 meeting. Trustee Dusty Stanford brought the proposal to the board and said he thought everyone should take part in the training “so everyone knows […]

By Tracy Ouellette Editor East Troy’s Gerald Zess was one of the area veterans who took part in the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 24. According to its website, the Honor Flight Network is a non-profit organization created to honor America’s veterans for all their sacrifices. They transport […]

2016 village budget presented to public, board By Tracy Ouellette Editor Village of East Troy Clerk-Treasurer Eileen Suhm presented the village’s 2016 budget to the Village Board and public at Monday night’s meeting. The $2,6 million budget is a .39 percent increase on the 2015 budget. Suhm said at Monday […]

High School drama club to present ‘Cinderella’ this weekend By Tracy Ouellette Editor When it came time for the East Troy High School drama students to choose a fall musical, it wasn’t a difficult task to pick one. “This group in particular seems to really follow the Disney movies, so […]

Nostalgia the secret to barbershop’s success, owner says By Tracy Ouellette Editor It was just a little more than a year ago when single mother of three, Diane Lies, decided she wanted to open a barbershop. The 45-year-old licensed barber and cosmetologist from Walworth said she hadn’t cut hair in […]

School Board considers options for Byrnes, Doubek campus By Tracy Ouellette Editor The future of the Chester Byrnes and Doubek school buildings was the subject of a lengthy discussion at Monday night’s meeting of the East Troy School Board. School District Business Manager Kathy Zwirgzdas, who was filling in for […]

By Vicky Wedig Staff Writer A Wind Lake man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to six felony offenses in connection with a December crash in the Town of Troy that injured six people. Nicholas D. Lecus, 27, was charged Aug. 27 in Walworth County Circuit Court with first-degree reckless injury and […]