The Racine Roundup aired on TMJ4 during the 4 O’Clock news on Thursday, Feb. 16. This week, Racine County Eye web editor Loren Lamoreaux discussed fish frys with TMJ4 anchors, Steve Chamraz and Susan Kim. Our segment focused on the Racine County Eye’s fish fry guide for all of Racine County. The guide features 100 […]
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Racine Roundup on TMJ4: Patton Law Office & making a difference for American Heart Month
The Racine Roundup aired on TMJ4 during the 4 O’Clock news on Thursday, Feb. 2. This week, Racine County Eye web editor Loren Lamoreaux was in the studio and discussed various stories with TMJ4 anchors, Steve Chamraz and Susan Kim. Our segment included two stories this week. First, Lamoreaux talked about Patton Law Office of […]
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RUSD Hosts History-Based Scavenger Hunt During Spring Break
Racine Unified School District is hosting its first-ever spring break scavenger hunt when students are on spring break. This scavenger hunt is sponsored by RUSD’s Family and Community Engagement, Ascension Healthcare and Domino’s Pizza. This fun opportunity is available for RUSD students and any student in the Racine area between the ages of 9 and […]
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Hometown Hero: Melinda Kusters
Melinda Kusters’ white coat is an everyday accessory for her at work. However, she’s not a doctor, rather a Lead Medical Laboratory Scientist. Her position is a vital role in hospitals that helps patients in need. While most of the time she isn’t interacting with patients directly, chances are she’s handling, analyzing and testing patients’ […]
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Ascension Nurse Diagnosed with Rare Cancer
Meghan Witter is no stranger to hospitals. She’s usually seen in the Emergency Room, floating to the Intensive Care Unit, serving as a House Supervisor, and stepping in to help patients, wherever needed. Witter has been a Registered Nurse at Ascension All Saints for over 20 years. Witter became inspired to join the profession after […]
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Ascension Wisconsin to Host Vaccination Clinic at City’s Juneteenth Celebration
City of Racine – Today, the City of Racine announced Ascension Wisconsin will host a pop-up vaccination clinic at the City’s Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 19. The clinic will take place inside of the Dr. John Bryant Community Center, 601 Caron Butler Drive, from Noon to 4 p.m. Ascension Wisconsin will administer second doses […]
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Ascension Wisconsin to Begin COVID-19 Vaccination for Frontline Caregivers on Thursday
RACINE – Ascension Wisconsin, which operates Ascension-All Saints Hospital, 3801 Spring St., plans to begin vaccinating frontline caregivers on Thursday. The health care organization announced Wednesday that in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, among the first group eligible to receive the vaccines are frontline caregivers – particularly those serving in […]
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Ascension Wisconsin Expands COVID-19 Testing in Racine
COVID-19 testing expands in Racine, as the Ascension Medical Group, will now be open 5 days a week. Starting on Monday July 13th at Ascension All Saints Hospital Wisconsin Avenue Campus, 1320 Wisconsin Ave, testing will take place. “Testing is essential to reducing the spread of of COVID-19,” says Vice President of Ascension Medical Group, […]
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Emergency Rooms Prepared to Safely Treat Patients
For people experiencing symptoms of a heart attack, stroke, mental health, or other acute illness or injury, a hospital emergency room is still the safest, most appropriate place to get care. If someone is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, difficulty breathing, or warning signs of a heart attack or stroke, they should not delay, but go […]
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Ascension to build hospital; providers will battle head-to-head near Foxconn
Ascension Wisconsin has announced plans to build a $42 million medical center in Mount Pleasant to care for the medical needs of a rapidly expanding community in the shadow of the Foxconn Technology Group campus, also down the road in Mount Pleasant. Projected to be larger than 80,000 square feet, the medical center will be […]
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Man Tried To Flood Hospital Bathroom, Police Say
A man who has a mental illness and jumped into Lake Michigan Sunday was charged after he caused a disturbance and tried to flood the hospital bathroom at Ascension-All Saints Hospital. Joseph Flowers, 24, of Racine, was charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office on Friday with possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct. If convicted […]
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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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Top Stories In 2016: Racine’s Dwindling Mental Health Services
An accessible and responsive mental health system are vital services needed for a thriving community and functional workforce, but access to mental health services has been an issue for years in Racine. This is why we have focused on this issue consistently on the Racine County Eye. We started seeing criminal complaints with officers noting […]
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EDITORIAL: Ascension Needs To Inform Community Of Mental Health Changes
Ascension–All Saints, formerly Wheaton Franciscan–All Saints, has cut staff, restricted admission for its mental health unit, closed the Psychiatric Intensive Care unit and kids partial hospital, and slashed its inpatient bed counts in an effort to “reset” the unit. But they failed to communicate those changes to the community at a time when those services are […]
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Ascension Cuts Mental Health Unit Staff, Beds
Want to see more hard-hitting stories like this? Consider making a donation. Editor’s note: This is the first story in a two-part series on Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare’s mental health unit. As Ascension Wisconsin restructures the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Group, the former Wheaton Franciscan Mental Health and Addiction Care Group is among the departments that have taken […]