Kids in the nine and older group take off during the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Duck Pond Recreation Area in Fontana April 20. Just prior to the horn being blown to signify the start of the hunt, the Easter Bunny arrived on a Fontana fire truck. The event, […]
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Celebrate World Migratory Bird Days this weekend
Dodge tall buildings and escape from a cat. Compete in JeopBirdy and Bird Bingo. Look through a spotting scope, learn how to use binoculars and go on a 10-minute bird walk. Make a model bird and join the Flock. These are just some of the more than 20 activities in […]
Key Club approaches fundraising goal for dog park
Sponsorship, giving opportunities still available East Troy High School Key Club is about three-quarters of the way to its goal of raising $15,000 for the dog park it’s building by East Troy Village Hall, 2015 Energy Drive. “We have had many area businesses and community members contribute and are very […]
Ride the rails
East Troy Railroad opens for the season The East Troy Railroad kick offs its 2019 season Saturday. Trains will depart on the hour from the East Troy Depot starting at 10 a.m. The last train departs at 3 p.m. Trains run every Saturday and Sunday through the first weekend in […]
Status of former middle school property discussed
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Twenty years have passed since Whitewater’s former Franklin Middle School building was bulldozed. The status of the vacant parcel was discussed at length at a recent meeting. Members of the Plan and Architectural Review Commission on April 8 heard a status report about the dormant 3-acre […]
Disorderly derby driver enters plea deal
A demolition derby driver who was arrested after causing a disturbance at the 2017 Walworth County Fair pleaded guilty to one of four charges against him. Robert S. Moore, 34, of Lombard, Ill., is scheduled to be sentenced May 24 on a charge of substantial battery, intending bodily harm. He […]
Settlement considered in sexual assault case
A status conference is scheduled for May 3 for a Town of Walworth man charged with having sex multiple times with a now-15-year-old girl when she was 12 and 13 years old. Lawrence C. Hisel Jr., 31, was charged Sept. 12 with repeated sexual assault of a child as a […]
Working together
Tri-Troy Alliance benefits greater East Troy By Cathy Kozlowicz Contributor While it can be somewhat rare for municipalities to get along so well to have regular meetings, share resources and mentor each other, the Tri-Troy Alliance is doing just that. Through the partnership with key leaders and community members for […]
“The Gift of Our Wounds’
Sikh Temple shooting brings two men from different worlds together By Tom Ganser Correspondent On April 7, Arno Michaelis and Pardeep Singh Kaleka opened the First United Methodist Church’s Draw the Circle Wide lecture series with a program titled “The Gift of Our Wounds,” which drew an audience of more […]
Side by Side to host poverty simulation
Nearly 13,000 Walworth County residents, or 12.8%, live in poverty every day according to the 2008-2012 American Community Survey, which can be found at apl.wisc.edu/resources. Many more have incomes above the poverty line, but their incomes are still low enough to qualify for programs like Food Stamps and Medicaid. The […]
