By Ryan Spoehr SLN STAFF Several buildings in the Whitewater Unified School District were placed on lockdown this morning because of police activity in the area of three of the district’s schools. According to a statement on the Whitewater High School Facebook page, the Whitewater Police Department requested that the […]
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Offers on Chester Byrnes pending
School Board extends time line on three offers By Tracy Ouellette SLN Staff The East Troy School Board has met in closed session several times in recent months to discuss offers to purchase the Chester Byrnes building. The board is allowed to have closed session meetings when negotiating to buy […]
City to purchase home, lot adjacent to Starin Park
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 […]
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. […]
