A rash of bogus phone calls from fraudsters pretending to be IRS agents and demanding money has prompted the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to release a statement denouncing these fake calls. The scam is apparently nationwide according to a DATCP press release. And many Wisconsin taxpayers in recent weeks have […]
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Posted inElections, Government
Gridlock: Mount Pleasant Stuck On Village Trustee Appointment
In a three to three vote, the Mount Pleasant Village Board of Trustees failed to confirm new president Dave DeGroot’s choice to fill his empty trustee seat. The vote split along voting blocks that have formed in recent years. Trustees Gary Feest, Jon Hansen and Ken Otwaska voted against appointing John Kis to the Village […]
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3 Children Taken From Home After Mom Sold Drugs, Police Say
After conducting three controlled drug buys from a mom, Racine Police searched her house and turned up a small amount of marijuana. Charlotte Delray, 31, sold cocaine and marijuana to an individual cooperating with the police in October 2016. Three times she did this, twice selling cocaine and once selling marijuana. In total she sold less […]
Posted inGovernment
New Sewer Rate Rules Up For Consideration In Mount Pleasant
The rules governing connection charges for sewer projects will go before the Mount Pleasant Village Board, now that an ad hoc committee approved them Wednesday. The new rules, if passed by the board, will set new a procedure in place for assessing the cost for homeowners and developers when a sewer line is being put […]
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15-year-old Boy Charged In Gun Battle On 9th Street
A teenager has confessed to being involved in a March 28 gunfight, and is now facing charges of attempted first degree intentional homicide. Trevell Bealls, 15, was charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office as an adult in felony court on Friday. Bealls was with Alondro Pratt Jr., 21, when the gun battle happened […]
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Jealous Rage Center Of Tuesday Gun Battle, Police Say
Ungovernable jealousy was at the heart of a gun battle last week. Alondro Pratt Jr., 21, was arrested by the Racine Police Department for his part in a shooting on the 400 block of 9th Street March 28. The incident, according to many witnesses, was the flash point for Pratt after a years-long obsession and stalking of […]
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Waukegan Man Caught In Controlled Heroin Buy, Police Say
A Waukegan man was charged with possession of heroin after police set up a controlled heroin buy for what they thought was a large amount of heroin at a motel. Jerald D. Hodges, 25, went to the Seeker Motel, 1700 Durand Ave., Friday. When he knocked on the door a police officer opened and grabbed him […]
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Man Charged with Trafficking Heroin
A Racine man was arrested Monday when police initiated a no-knock search of his home on the 1700 block on Linden Avenue as part of a drug trafficking investigation into his son. Thomas Flanagan, 70, was in the house with his wife when police executed the raid, aimed at collecting evidence of drug trafficking by Terrance Flanagan, 42. […]
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Woman Charged After Caledonia Head-on Collision
A Pleasant Prairie woman who caused a head on collision Tuesday in Caledonia was charged with being under the influence of a cocktail of prescription drugs. Chelsea Styron, 32, was under the influence of at least five drugs, including prescription anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic, narcotic, amphetamine and muscle relaxant medications, according to a criminal complaint by the […]
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Police: Burlington Man Tried To Poison His Wife
With his marriage on the rocks, a Burlington man tried to poison his wife with eye drops, and when she caught him, he tried to strangle her. Darin A. Tiedt, 35, was seen by family members putting “something” in his wife’s drinks over the past weeks. During that time, she began to have blurry vision, […]
Posted inBusiness, Government, Real Estate
Grand Appliance, Ashley Capital Projects To Receive TIF Funds
With development deals agreed upon, two significant developments — Ashley Capital and Grand Appliance — are coming to Sturtevant in the near future. For years, Ashley Capital has developed industrial buildings for a business park in Sturtevant. Now the company plans to build a new 438,000 sq-ft building at the west end of Enterprise Business […]
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Police: Man Drove Drunk, Rolls Car Into Ditch
After rolling his car on Highway 36, Juan M. Ordaz Ibarra, 53, has been charged with his fourth drunk driving charge. Ibarra, of Racine, was between Highway P and Spring Valley Road in Burlington on Sunday when he swerved into the gravel shoulder and over corrected into a fishtail. His silver Nissan Altima went flying […]
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Man Charged With Assault While In Jail
A man made his initial appearance in court today for several assault charges he committed while incarcerated, according to a criminal complaint by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office. When Luis C. Granados Jr., 26, was in custody at the Racine County on June 20, 2015, he urinated on the floor of a common area and […]
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Man Charged With Drunk Driving From December Crash
The results of a blood test show a driver in a December 2016 crash that left two seriously injured was driving drunk and well over the legal limit. Tyler Lau, 23, was driving too fast and recklessly around 2 a.m. Dec. 4, eventually slamming his silver Honda into the passenger side of a red SUV […]
Posted inGovernment
Sturtevant Hands Over $43 Million Property To Mount Pleasant
A valuable piece of property is being transferred from Sturtevant to Mount Pleasant, adding significant tax revenue and new constituents to the latter village. The land being transferred is, “Pretty much everything north of Hwy 20,” that is currently part of Sturtevant, as Mount Pleasant Trustee Gary Feest put it. There are two rectangular blocks […]