By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Village Board approved May 18 the installation of restrooms at the Mitchell Park concession stand. Department of Public Works Director Mike Miller recommended the work be done in a memo to the board, dated May 12. “(The) bathroom and concession stand have been […]
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Gerry will hang up her green thumb
Longtime East Troy greenhouse carved out a niche selling plants By Tracy Ouellette Editor Next year, many area gardeners are going to have to find a new greenhouse to supply them with their plants. Gerry Urbaniak, owner of Gerry’s Geenhouse in East Troy, is closing up shop at the end […]
Middle School sports will stay as is
Proposed intramural program has too many ‘hidden costs’ By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Middle School athletic program will remain in place for the 2015-16 school year. The East Troy School Board voted unanimously May 11 to fund the sports program through the Fund 80 account instead of switching […]
Troy Liquor denied liquor, operator licenses
By Tracy Ouellette Editor At the recommendation of Village of East Troy Police Chief Alan Boyes, the Village Board voted Monday to deny Troy Liquor owner, A.M. Sons Inc., an alcohol beverage license and an operator license for the liquor store on the downtown square. “During my investigation for renewal […]
East Troy gets busy Memorial Day weekend
Corn and brat roast, community-wide rummage return The East Troy Area Chamber of Commerce’s 39th annual Corn & Brat Roast will return on Memorial Day weekend, May 22-25, on the East Troy village square. The event, featuring roasted sweet corn, brats, hot dogs, burgers, soda and beer, as well as […]
For a good night’s sleep
Girl Scout Troop 4283 members Ella Rondeau (front from left), Morgan Bartlett, Alliso Slusar, Kylie Moker; back row: Kaylee McFarland, Lizi Malicki, Megan Mast, Sophia Heimos, Jenna Gulig, Krystal Loebsack, Sierra Wojciechowski, Sami Biesterveld, and Allyson Gebauer with the sleeping bags they recently completed in an 18-month community service project. […]
School Board remains at four members
By Tracy Ouellette Editor An audience member at Monday night’s meeting of the East Troy School Board who came in a bit late, and hasn’t been keeping up with what’s been going on, would have no reason to suspect the board members have been stuck in a holding pattern and […]
On the chopping block
School District trims $800,000 from next year’s budget By Tracy Ouellette Editor With a projected shortfall of $484,000 in the 2015-16 East Troy School District budget and the loss of the $258,000 in state funding for the district in the governor’s proposed budget, the School Board approved a series of […]
Building the new school
Low interest rates will save taxpayers money By Tracy Ouellette Editor There was some good news out of the April 27 meeting of the East Troy School Board. With interest rates as low as they are and that trend expected to continue in the foreseeable future, the taxpayers in the […]
Work continues on Beulah Dam
Crack and damage surveys to be mailed to homeowners Construction is in full swing on the Lake Beulah Dam project with sheet piling being driven in anticipation of constructing a diversion channel for the spillway flow and removing the old spillway structure. According to a press release from the Walworth […]
