Team looks to get back on track By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent The road has gotten a bit rough lately for the East Troy boys soccer team. Visiting Big Foot-Williams Bay scored just three minutes into the game Monday night and never looked back in a 6-0 Rock Valley Conference […]
Sports & Other News
Can’t stop the bleeding
Run defense struggles in loss to P-E By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent There are times in every coach’s career that a defeat really isn’t all that stunning – sometimes the opposition is just better on that given day. For East Troy football coach Eric Sulik, however, last week was not […]
Scarecrow Fest set for Saturday
Submissions yet to be unveiled; volunteers still needed By Cam Cronkite Staff Writer The 13th annual scarecrow fest will take place Saturday in downtown Delavan. Organizers say the community-oriented, family event gives residents a chance to get together, be creative and take pride in their historic community, and most importantly, […]
Kiwanis Club duck race is Sept. 21
The Kiwanis Club of Greater East Troy is holding it 15th annual duck race at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. The race is held on the stream next to W2797 Highway ES, one mile west of East Troy. Proceeds from the event are used to fund the needs of […]
Musical moments
Seven-year-old Ava Mare Cottle, of Lake Geneva, performs at the Bluegrass Festival in East Troy last weekend. (Eric Kramer photo)
School Board accepts preliminary budget
The East Troy Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of accepting the 2013-14 preliminary budget at its meeting Monday night. According to Katherine Zwirgzdas, East Troy Community School District business manager, at the end of the 2012-13 fiscal year, totals for fund balance came out to $3,127,576, or about […]
Mercy to hold open house
Mercy Health System will hold a public open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, September 14 at its new Mercy Elkhorn Medical Center, 839 N. Washington St., Elkhorn. The event features refreshments and free activities for kids and adults. Activities include behind-the-scenes tours of the new clinic, a […]
Library to host author Katherine Perreth
Author Katherine Perreth will be speaking at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19. Perreth’s book, “Making Lemonade With Ben: The Audacity to Cope,” was a finalist in the Reader’s Favorite International Book Award contest winning the Silver Award for 2013 in the Non-fiction […]
City officials mull ‘child safety zone’
By Kellen Olshefski Staff Writer A proposed City of Elkhorn ordinance intends to make it more difficult for convicted sex offenders to live in the Elkhorn area. For nearly a year, Elkhorn’s Legislation and Regulatory Committee has been working on a sexual offender residency restriction ordinance which would control how […]
Long powers Big Foot in convincing road victory
Chiefs ranked No. 1 in Division 4 By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Big Foot’s Tim Long has waited patiently through the first three years of his high school football career. Not that Long didn’t play a key role in the Chiefs’ success – because he certainly did. But now […]
