Also listens to report on regulation of sex offenders By John Koski SLN Staff At its meeting Monday, the Elkhorn Common Council approved spending a maximum of $15,000 on repairs to Sunset Pool in 2013, with any single repair over $5,000 brought to the Municipal Services and Utilities Committee […]
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Rainbows weren’t meant to be black and white
Award-winning comic book artist takes bland to beautiful By John Koski SLN Staff If you asked a thousand people to guess what Jeff Balke of Elkhorn does for a living, odds are that not one in those thousand would come remotely close to a right answer. Balke, you […]
Sign up for East Troy youth baseball
East Troy Youth Baseball and Softball will hold registration for the 2013 season this week at East Troy Middle School, 3143 Graydon Ave. Sign-up will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13 and 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Feb. 16. For more information, visit www.et-baseball-softball.com.
Capital catalyst
Local entrepreneurs get boost from grants By Tom Ganser Correspondent Gov. Scott Walker announced a partnership Feb. 5 between the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Whitewater Community Development Authority (CDA) to provide financial support to area entrepreneurs in the early stages of business development. “This partnership is an […]
Historical society fetes 100th anniversary of local’s run for president
The East Troy Area Historical Society is celebrating a major milestone for one of East Troy’s most famous residents. The newest exhibition at the Kubicki Museum and Heritage Center deals with the life and times of East Troy-born Eugene Wilder Chafin – farmer, lawyer, orator, author and politician and presidential […]
Wisconsin Oven announces record growth, expansion to Waukesha
By Vanessa Lenz SLN Staff Wisconsin Oven Corporation, which has long been known as one of East Troy’s biggest and most revered companies, will soon be expanding its brand in the Dairy State. On the heels of a recent sale to PLC Group of France in April, Wisconsin Oven announced […]
Woman gets six months for stabbing roommate
An East Troy woman who admitted to stabbing her roommate in the head with a screwdriver will spend six months in jail and three years on probation. Police were called to an Edwards Street apartment on March 27 by a crying woman who was bleeding from her head and had […]
Director to show first feature film in hometown
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After nearly four years of filming, fine-tuning and fundraising, Sean Williamson is ready to share his finished product with captive audiences. Williamson, a Whitewater native with an interest in the cinematic arts, has made his directorial debut in the independent film, “Heavy Hands.” This weekend, he […]
A return to her roots
Director hopes to shoot movie in hometown By Dave Fidlin Correspondent In the past two decades, Shanra J. Kehl’s living backdrop has changed from the countryesque serenity of East Troy to the bright lights of Las Angeles. But she’s never forgotten her roots. Kehl, a 1995 East Troy High School […]
Whitewater man killed in snowmobile crash
A 37-year-old Town of Whitewater man was killed in a snowmobile crash on Tuesday night, according to a news release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office. Michael H. Zielinski was snowmobiling on his property at W9215 Highway 59 when he struck a tree at about 11 p.m., authorities said. Deputies […]
