Sealed Air Corp., 8310 Sixteenth St., sold its 280,000 square foot office building back to SC Johnson Co. for $27.6 million. The agreement allows for SC Johnson to lease the building to Sealed Air through 2015, according to a story in the Journal Times. Sealed Air, which manufactures packaging and containers, has two locations in […]
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Racine Unified Cancels School, Bitter Cold To Continue
With the National Weather Service calling for more frigid temperatures, officials with the Racine Unified School District have canceled school and after school activities for Thursday, Jan. 8. The Administrative Service Center will remain open and an advisory council meeting will still be held Thursday, according to the district. But there’s more winter weather on its way. The […]
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Caledonia Police Searching For Robbery Suspects
The Caledonia Police Department is searching for two men suspected of robbing Cousins Subs, 5131 Douglas Ave., employees at gunpoint at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, according to preliminary scanner reports. A silver 9 mm handgun with a silver barrel was displayed during the robbery. One suspect is described as a black man with dreadlocks. The […]
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Police: Narcan Saves Overdose Victim
Mount Pleasant police say they used Narcan to save a 24-year-old woman from possibly dying of an overdose. Officers were called at 5:37 p.m. Thursday to a home in the 4200 block of Spring Street for a report of a woman having trouble breathing. When police arrived, they found someone performing CPR because the woman […]
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Got The Flu? Here’s What You Need To Know
The flu season is in full swing in Wisconsin as the state is among several that have seen widespread reports of influenza, according to the Center for Disease Control. During a conference call held last month, Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said the H3N2 viruses have been reported and that has been cause for […]
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Racine County Property Transfers: Dec. 23 through Dec. 26
Lots of property changed hands between Dec. 22 through Dec. 26 in Racine County; a handful at pretty high prices. Here are the highlights: 38 properties sold. Of the properties that sold, three sold for $300,000 or more. Four sold for $200,000 or less than $300,000. 13 sold for $100,000 or less than $200,000. 18 sold […]
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Machinery Row Project Moves Forward
Despite questions raised about the credibility of the developer, the Racine common council approved Machinery Row — making the $65 million project the largest in the city’s history. The project is a retail and apartment development along the Root River in the 900 block of Water Street. Financial District Properties, a commercial real estate development […]
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Man Charged in Hatchet Murder of Wife is Competent
An Illinois man charged with killing his wife last month with a hatchet has one week to find an attorney to address whether or not he was competent when the crime allegedly took place. Cristian Loga-Negru is facing first degree intentional homicide, mayhem and kidnapping charges in the death of his wife, Roxana Abrudan. Police […]
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Westboro Baptist Church Protest:100s Show Up For Counter Protest
A handful of members from Westboro Baptist Church — a church where members have protested soldiers’ funerals, schools and Catholic Churches — were greeted with 100s of people counter protesting near St. Lucy Catholic Parish at the intersection of Durand and Drexel avenues at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Westboro Baptist Church is located in Topeka, […]
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Johnson Resigning Village Board, Opening Winery
Sturtevant Trustee Gary Johnson is resigning his seat effective the end of the month, he announced at the board meeting Tuesday. “Gary has done an outstanding job, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service,” Village President Steve Jansen said. Johnson has served as a trustee for the last decade. […]
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Wisconsin Lottery Sells Out Of 31 Holly Days Scratch Off Ticket
If you were looking to buy the 31 Holly Days Wisconsin Lottery scratch off tickets, you might have a hard time finding them. The $15 dollar instant scratch off ticket, which features 31 ‘days’ of scratch off spots has sold out, said Jennifer Western, assistant deputy secretary of the Department of Revenue. “The warehouse sold […]
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Westboro Baptist Schedules Pickets in Racine
The followers of Westboro Baptist Church say they will be in Racine next week to picket two locations: St. Lucy’s Catholic Church on Sunday and Horlick High School on Monday. On the group’s website, they say they chose those locations because priests “lie to them and preach smooth things instead of the true Gospel,” and, […]
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Racine County Real Estate: Open Houses
Whether you are looking for a ranch, bungalow or saltbox-style home: here are 11 homes in Racine County that will be hosting open houses, according to our partners at Zillow.com. House For Sale $154,900Open: Sun. 12-2pm6930 Beech Rd, Racine, W I 4 beds, 2 baths, 1,616 sq ft 9,147 sq ft lot Built in 1973 […]
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What Are You Thankful For?
Whenever life doesn’t always go as planned (and it really never does), I’ve always been a glass half-full kind of girl and I often pull out a sheet of paper to jot down a gratitude list. It’s a habit that I developed quite a few years ago when I found myself a single mom living […]
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