Annual Easter train runs March 24, 25 and 31 Get ready for family fun on the East Troy Electric Railroad’s Bunny Train. Kids of all ages can have their face painted and fun coloring at the East Troy depot before departure. Then enjoy Easter-themed activities aboard a 10-mile round trip […]
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News from throughout Walworth County
City of Elkhorn taking steps for full-time fire department
Tentative plan is to move toward referendum in 2020 By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent City of Elkhorn aldermen began to move the ball forward on funding a higher staffing level for Elkhorn Fire and EMS services during a Committee of the Whole meeting last week by reaching an agreement that the […]
Searching for the right formula
Fontana School District seeking answers to declining enrollment By Todd Mishler Copy editor Open enrollment has eased the pain, but decreasing numbers of resident students has continued to pick at the scab that apparently won’t heal anytime soon for Fontana Joint 8 School District. Declining enrollments have forced officials […]
Lecture series focuses on Native American culture
By Tom Ganser Correspondent The spring Fairhaven Lecture Series at Fairhaven Senior Services in Whitewater explores historic and contemporary stories, issues and customs from the country’s indigenous peoples. The series is entitled “Native America: People and Places, Past and Present.” Collin Price, a 2006 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater […]
This week in the East Troy News…
The East Troy School Board hears from a concerned parent and district staff about safety concerns at the high school. Read about what happened at Monday night’s board meeting in this week’s edition of the East Troy News/Times. In other news, five individual wrestlers at East Troy High School punched […]
Fairest of the Fair promotes joining 4-H
Fairest a UW-Whitewater Student By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff Support, family and a path to a career are all things that Avonlea Odling says were given to her in her 11 years in 4-H. Odling, now the Walworth County Fairest of the Fair, has visited local schools telling students […]
Whitewater dodges bullet with flooding
Palmyra has road closure By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF Heavy rain throughout Monday and into Tuesday in Jefferson and Walworth counties left many areas underwater, but the City of Whitewater seemingly didn’t get hit too badly with flooding. “We are in pretty good shape,” said Brad Marquardt, the city’s public […]
Time to get the kids registered for kindergarten
East Troy School District to have registration at Little Prairie The East Troy Community School District is offering pre-registration for 4-year-old and new 5-year-old kindergarten students for the 2018-19 school year. Children who turn 4 or 5, on or before Sept. 1, are eligible to attend pre-registration from 3:15 to […]
In this week’s Times/Reporter…
The Feb. 23 Times/Reporter includes the following: • Photos from local flooding as a result of warm temperatures early in the week • The Fontana Joint 8 School District seeks answers to declining enrollment • Coverage from the Geneva Lake Arts Foundation’s Winter Art Show at Pier 290 in Williams […]
Area roads flooded early this week
The warm temperatures early this week caused flooding in several areas in Walworth as the large amounts of snow on the ground melted including on Howard Street (above) as a village truck makes its way through a high water area. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
