Christmas trees and wreaths to support local athletics Give Options 2 Athletes 4 Life, also known as GOAL, will hold it annual Christmas tree and wreath sale at Wildflour Bakery beginning Friday, Nov. 28. Funds raised from the sale will go to offset the costs for local athletes who want […]
East Troy
News from the East Troy area
Special recognition
Middle School band students to perform in Honors Bands Fourteen students from the East Troy Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade bands were selected to participate in the 49th annual University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Honors Band Festival on Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Zelazo Performing Arts Center. Sara Balge-flute, Elizabeth Malicki-flute, Kinsten […]
Natural Resources Foundation awards area conservation projects
The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin recently awarded a total of $21,559 through its C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program to 30 organizations across the state to implement conservation projects. Three area organizations received awards. They include: Nature’s Classroom Institute, Jericho Creek Boardwalk Construction, Mukwonago; Camp Timber-lee, Oak Savanna Alliance Educational […]
Get it together!
Residents tell School Board to stop fighting and fix the problem By Tracy Ouellette Editor Tempers flared Monday night at the East Troy Community School District Board of Education meeting when nearly 70 people showed up to have their say about the failed facility needs referendum. Emotions ran high as […]
One drop at a time Doubek kids fill buckets with good deeds
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The students at Doubek Elementary School, whose mascot is the Dalmatian, are not only “PAWS”itively Respectful, Responsible, Safe and Caring, they are also bucket fillers. Bucket filling is based off Carol McCloud’s children’s book “Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for […]
All-conference honors
Seven football players named to all-conference teams By Dan Truttschel Correspondent The East Troy football team recently placed seven players on this year’s All-Rock Conference North Division teams. Landing on the first team were senior quarterback Charlie Kutschenreuter and sophomore defensive lineman Owen Goedland, while second-team selections were junior defensive […]
Help ‘Stuff the Bus’ this weekend
The East Troy Lions Club will hold its Stuff The Bus. Stuff The Bus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 8 and 9, at Frank’s Piggly Wiggly, 3238 Main St., East Troy. The Lions will be collecting non-perishable food items and cash donations for the […]
Whitewater man dies in crash on Highway 20 in East Troy
A 36-year-old Whitewater man is dead after a head-on collision on Highway 20 in East Troy early this morning. According to a press release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, Titus J. Greenwood was eastbound on Highway 20 when his 2011 Honda Insight crossed the centerline and entered the westbound […]
‘We’re off to see the Wizard!’
Drama Club presents ‘The Wizard of Oz’ this weekend By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy High School Drama Club is presenting “The Wizard of Oz” this weekend. “It’s the 75th anniversary of the 1939 Wizard of Oz movie and that’s why we chose to do it,” co-director Deb Williamson […]
Voters say no to referendum, again
Result sends officials back to the drawing board By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District facility needs referendum was voted down Tuesday by 406 votes. Vote totals, according to unofficial results Tuesday, are: No 3,120 Yes 2,714 Turn out was large for the midterm elections and with […]
