By Dave Fidlin Correspondent A residential property adjacent to Starin Park will be turned over to the city later this month for potential future development. After meeting behind closed doors and discussing the matter, the Common Council on Dec. 5 agreed to the transaction, which carries an $80,000 price tag […]
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School District, Village Board seats up for spring election
School District, Village Board seats up for spring election By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Residents interested in entering the field of local politics have an opportunity to do so with the upcoming April 3 spring election. The East Troy Community School District has two seats up for election in 2018, […]
Whitewater native named Toppers VP of operations
By Ryan Spoehr SLN staff As a youngster, he walked right by the original Whitewater Toppers Pizza to and from school in Whitewater. Now, he is a main player in running the business. Whitewater native Adam Oldenburg grew up in the city, graduated high school in community and graduated from […]
Cranes of Winter exhibit opens Dec. 16
The Good Earth Church of the Divine will have an opening reception for the “Cranes of Winter – Sacred Winter: Mobiles and More” exhibit from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Gallery, W2493 Highway ES, East Troy. The exhibit will run until […]
Concerts set to return to Alpine this summer
By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff Local officials say there are excited to see Alpine Valley Music Theatre will be up and running again the summer of 2018, after Live Nation suspended concerts for the 2017 season. “This hurt us this year; it was traumatic,” East Troy Village Board President Scott […]
Oh, Christmas Tree
Santa and Mrs. Claus, along with a large crowd, gather around the Christmas tree after it was lit Dec. 1. The event included the Tibbets Elementary School choir leading the crowd in holiday songs and special guest Jacob Kloiber who helped turn on the tree’s lights. (Dave […]
On the playground
East Troy High School Key Club members Paul Friemoth (back from left), Liv Solbjerg-Nielsen, Taylor Grenier, Megan Mast and Sophia Donegan have a bit of fun with Little Prairie Elementary School students Lily Cetnarowski (front from left), Payton Evans and Tiffany Colson on the playground equipment the club donated to […]
Library needs ‘more space’ than previously thought
Information comes after new study By Dave Fidlin SLN CORRESPONDENT The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library needs more space than previously thought. This was one of several big-picture messages Library Director Stacey Lunsford shared as she presented a freshened space needs analysis at a Common Council meeting Dec. 5. […]
Reaching 1,000
Whitewater native Brooke Trewyn was honored Tuesday at the Warhawks game for becoming the 16th player in the history of the women’s basketball program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to reach 1,000 points in the game that night against Milwaukee School of Engineering. She was joined by her parents Scott […]
Ganser appointed to School Board
By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF By a unanimous vote, 27-year Whitewater resident Tom Ganser was appointed by the Whitewater Unified School Board to fill a vacancy. Ganser and another longtime resident, Jean Linos, applied to fill the role that was left vacant by Gretchen Torres’ resignation. Ganser was appointed in […]
