Police, fire and water safety patrol reps among the volunteers By Penny Gruetzmacher Correspondent Safety Town, a weeklong event held at Walworth Grade School that featured two sessions each day, saw numerous volunteers from throughout the area step in in an effort to keep kids safe. Held the week of […]
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East Troy schools receive safety grant
By Tracy Ouellette Editor The East Troy Community School District is one of seven area school districts awarded safety grants through the Wisconsin Department of Justice School Safety Grant program, administered by DOJ’s Office of School Safety. East Troy received $80,000 in grant money. “We’ll be using it for additional […]
Dementia program to be presented at library
At 5:30 p.m. July 12 and 19, Bonnie Beam-Stratz of the Alzheimer’s Association will present a two-part program, “Living with Moderate Dementia,” at the Lake Geneva Public Library. Beam-Stratz is the Alzheimer’s Association community outreach coordinator for Walworth County, and she has 30 years of experience in the dementia care […]
Whitewater economic panel wants to help promote home loan programs
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Most of the work on the Whitewater Community Development Authority’s plate focuses on job growth and bringing a cross-section of new businesses in various sectors to the city. Last week, members of the economic development panel expressed widespread support in favor of another effort: helping spread […]
Corn Fest amenities
Darien Corn Fest Committee members Deb Shinkus, Greg Epping, Greg Nichols, Ron Bigelow, Barb Huber, Kathy Vance, Doris Maize, Kathy Boss, Pattie Keyzer and Jane Koehl stand in front of one of the new scoreboards the committee purchased and donated to West Park. Three new LED digital protection screen […]
Star Spangled Celebration
Emily Kruse (right) and Alliah North, of the Elkhorn FFA, show off their spirit and smiles at the Star Spangled Celebration in Elkhorn June 29. The event included kids’ games, food and drinks, a performance by the Holton Community Band and a fireworks show. See more photos in the July […]
Celebrating our independence
Hundreds of people line the streets of Sharon for the annual Fourth of July parade despite the heat and humidity. Among the numerous parade entries was Hugs, the clown, and his friend. See more photos from the festivities in Sharon in the July 6 Times/Reporter. (Penny Gruetzmacher photo)
Meetings set on pipeline
East Troy open house session will be July 11 By Ed Nadolski Editor in Chief We Energies plans to host a series of three open house meetings in early July to provide area property owners with information regarding its proposal to build a 49-mile natural gas pipeline through Kenosha, Racine […]
Elkhorn Council OKs fairgrounds access road
By Kellen Olshefski Correspondent The City of Elkhorn Common Council voted in favor of an access road to connect the Market Street project to the city water tow-er on the Walworth County Fairgrounds at its June 18 meeting. Alderman Scott McClory said the city was approached by representatives of the […]
Legion baseball team drops three in a row
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Offense wasn’t an issue for the East Troy Post 188 legion baseball team Monday at Janesville, as it put seven runs on the scoreboard. What hurt Post 188, however, was its defense. East Troy committed seven errors that led to 12 unearned runs in a 14-7 […]
