By Heather Ruenz Sln Staff What began as a simple idea – to improve the beautification of downtown Elkhorn – quickly grew into a reality and now, 72 pots can be seen throughout the city boasting flowers and plants. It’s all about making the right connections, according to Stephanie Hansen, […]
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Trio represents Big Foot at Badger Girls State
By Penny Gruetzmacher Staff Writer Meghan Dykstra, Molly McEneany and Jaqueline Sanchez represented Big Foot High School at Badger Girls State this summer, at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus. A fourth student, Sophia Foster, was also selected, but she went to Japan to study under the Kikkoman Youth for Understanding […]
Man gets drug charge in 2016 shooting by cop
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff An initial appearance is scheduled for Aug. 23 for a Milwaukee man charged with conspiring to sell drugs in an incident in East Troy in 2016 that resulted in police shooting and killing one of the men with him. Roberto J. Juarez Nieves Jr., 28, […]
Have the kids’ car seats checked out
Lake Geneva Fire Department to host safety event Tuesday Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians will be in Lake Geneva next week as part of the Wisconsin Governor’s Conference on Traffic and Highway Safety, for a Child Passenger Safety Car Seat Check-up Event. Volunteer, certified child passenger safety technicians will be […]
This week in the East Troy News…
The East Troy Community School District’s Board of Education directed administration to put together a list of areas of need in the district from improving programming to funding to help form a community survey designed to find out what the community wants from the schools and what they will support […]
Woman charged for role in East Troy bank heist
By Vicky Wedig SLN Staff A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 24 for a Waterford woman charged with helping her boyfriend rob a bank in East Troy to pay her drug dealers. Azure S. Murray, 29, was charged July 31 in Walworth County Circuit Court with robbery of a […]
Stepping out
Maxwell Street Days was held in downtown Whitewater on Aug. 4. Twenty-plus children, known as Dancing in the Street, performed for dozens of onlookers as part of the Whitewater Parks & Recreation summer program. (Tom Ganser photo)
Construction worker falls 30 feet
A construction worker fell 30 feet while building a church on Bloomfield Road on Aug. 9. At about 1:30 p.m., a worker installing concrete spans at the church east of Highway 120 in Lake Geneva fell. Rescue personnel cared for the patient at the scene and then transported him to […]
Poker run to help dive team
Kip & Deb’s Tavern, 184 Park Ave., Sharon, will host Reaper Run on Saturday, Aug. 18 to benefit Darien Crossed Irons Firefighters Association. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase scuba equipment for the Darien fire and emergency medical services dive and rescue team. The team assists other […]
Big Rig Gig
Family Fun Night at Whitewater’s Cravath Lakefront Park on July 26 featured Big Rig Gig, which included vehicles from the City of Whitewater (front end- loaders, a dump truck and lawn mower), John’s Disposal (garbage trucks), Lowell Trucking (semi-truck cab), Nelson Bus Service (full-size bus), Whitewater Fire Department (ladder […]
