by Heather Asiyanbi Good looking out by a neighbor helped police nab a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old friend for allegedly trying to break into a vacant home. Kadeem Rhoades, 16, of Mount Pleasant, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single felony count of attempted burglary of a dwelling. If convicted, […]
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Vinehout Mulling Another Run for Governor
by Heather Asiyanbi State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout is on a state tour to vet the option of running for governor next year. On December 8, she’ll visit Wilson’s Coffee on Washington Avenue in Racine to meet residents and answer questions. While she says she hasn’t made a decision either way, theJSOnline – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted […]
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Villages Have 3 Trustee Seats Each Up for Grabs
by Heather Asiyanbi Residents interested in running for a seat on the village board in either Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant can now officially take out nomination papers and circulate them for signatures. Packets are due back to either Mount Pleasant Village Hall or Sturtevant Village Hall by 5 p.m. Jan. 7. In Mount Pleasant, Trustees […]
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3 Caledonia Village Board seats and the Municipal Judge seat up for grabs
By Denise Lockwood racinecountyeye@gmail.com Three seats on the Caledonia village board and a municipal judge seat will be up for grabs during the spring election on April 1. Today is the first day candidates can circulate nomination papers, which have to be turned in by 5 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Caledonia Village Hall, 6922 […]
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Google Settles Safari Suit with Wisconsin
by Heather Asiyanbi State residents who use Safari as their Internet browser were vindicated this week when Google settled a $17 million privacy browsing lawsuit with Wisconsin, 36 other states and the District of Columbia. At the center of the suit is a kind of bait-and-switch Google was running on Safari users from June 1, […]
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Op-Ed: Increase to Minimum Wage Would Aid Working Families, Provide a Boost to the State’s Economy
by State Sen. Bob Wirch As Wisconsin’s economy continues to struggle and working families find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet, there is a small step the state can take that would have a profound and immediate impact: we need to raise the minimum wage. In 1913, Wisconsin became one of the first states […]
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Trustees Taken by Surprise by South Shore Station Closing
by Heather Asiyanbi Learning about the closing of a fire station through via the news did not sit well with several members of the Mount Pleasant Village Board. Though the plan to close Station 7 in the Lake Park neighborhood was approved by the Fire/EMS Oversight Committee at their November meeting, the full board wasn’t […]
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Police Investigating Man Down in Yard
by Heather Asiyanbi The Racine Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding out the details of why a man was found unresponsive in the bitter cold early Wednesday morning. According to a press release issued by RPD Sgt. Jessie Metoyer, officers responded at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday to a call in the 10 block of Ohio […]
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SC Johnson Grant Puts Mount Pleasant Firing Range Within Reach
by Heather Asiyanbi Completion of the Village Of Mt. Pleasant Police Department’s indoor firing range looks like it’s within reach thanks to a $75,000 matching grant from SC Johnson. MPPD Chief Tim Zarzecki told trustees Monday night that he has almost $120,000, primarily from donations and impact fees, and $150,000 pledge from the City of Racine. “I’m […]
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Youth Football Equipment Thieves Still at Large
by Heather Asiyanbi The Village Of Mt. Pleasant Police Department is looking for the person or persons who stole a trailer full of youth football equipment on or about Nov. 17. The trailer and equipment belong to the Racine Gladiators Youth football team. MPPD Sgt. Eric Relich confirmed in a press release Friday afternoon that a trailer […]
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New Development Could Mean More for Sturtevant
by Heather Asiyanbi Sturtevant trustees are mulling how to approach potential negotiations with the Village of Mount Pleasant over sewer and water extensions for a possible development. The topic was part of the Stormwater Committee meeting Tuesday. Specifically, there is an interested party willing to build and open an undisclosed business on a tract of […]
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West Bend Man Arrested After Scrapping With Officers, Police Say
By Denise Lockwood A 23-year-old West Bend man was charged with felonies after he allegedly fought with with police after they pulled him over for driving erratically, according to a criminal complaint. Christian Nelson was charged with escape, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer causing substantial bodily harm to an officer, resisting an officer causing a soft tissue […]
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Mount Pleasant Village Board Round Up
by Heather Asiyanbi racinecountyeye@gmail.com Mount Pleasant trustees Nov. 11 voted to approve three items on the agenda: –the 2014 village budget: Trustee Jerry Garski said he wished more money taken from reserves to help pay for identified purchases had instead gone to pay down the village’s debt. “Only Mark and the public works department had […]
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Sturtevant Approves 2014 Budget
by Heather Asiyanbi racinecountyeye@gmail.com Sturtevant trustees unanimously approved the 2014 village budget, which includes an increase in the levy but lower taxes overall for residents. The 2014 budget as proposed is $3,997,739; about a 4.25 percent increase over the 2013 budget, which was $3,834,512. About half of that amount – two percent – is an […]
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Sturtevant Considering Incentive for Bliffert Lumber
by Heather Asiyanbi racinecountyeye@gmail.com Bliffert Lumber and the Village of Sturtevant are in negotiation over a financial incentive package the company requested to help them finish rehabbing their location on Durand Avenue. Village President Steve Jansen said the village is thrilled to see Bliffert bustling so soon after it moved in earlier this fall, and […]